Drawing on the definitive scholarly-critical edition by Hendrik Schulze et al., the renowned conductor, harpsichordist and organist Jörg Halubek has joined forces with students from the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart ...

Iris Rieg’s two-volume method in organ improvisation consists of systematic exercises with the goal of achieving new harmonies in organ playing. Using extracts from works by well-known composers, she explains various options for free improvisation ...

Ševcík's opus 3 which concentrates mainly on the use of the bouncing bow in violin playing, builds on the systematic development of bowing technique which the composer had already focused on in his previous opus 2 – School of Bowing ...

Antonín Dvorák’s five-movement “Suite in A major” for piano was completed in New York on 1 March 1894, shortly after the triumphant success of his “New World” Symphony. As he himself noted in the autograph, it was the fifth piece ...

The bagatelles reflect Beethoven’s diverse compositional cosmos in miniature. Technically, they range from moderate dexterity to demanding virtuosity.

In addition to the well-known collections opp. 33, 119 and 126, ten pieces were ...

The Piano Sonata in B minor op. 58 constitutes Chopin’s third and most significant contribution to the genre. An entirely new evaluation of the sources by the editor resulted in a revised reading of the work. This edition is based on the French ...

The Indian king Poros offers fierce resistance during Alexander the Great's conquest of India in 327 BC. When the defence threatens to fail, his lover Cleofide decides to use her beauty to ensnare Alexander and to save Poros.

The ...