Joy of Music

To mark its 250th anniversary, the Schott publishing house has dug up and reedited treasures from its historical publishing archives. This anthology is aimed at professional musicians and advanced amateurs interested in interesting new discoveries off the standard repertoire. It mainly contains works from the Romantic era: virtuoso pieces de resistance and encores, expressive character pieces, gems of salon music or elaborate arrangements of well-known (opera) melodies. Many of the original compositions and arrangements were written by major piano virtuosos of the 19th century.

 

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BEETHOVEN: 24 Variations sur l'Ariette Venni Amore par Righini, WoO 65, CZERNY: Le Désir, Op. 604/2, HERZ: Variations brillantes sur la Cavatine de l'opera Cenerentola de Rossini, Op. 60, BEYER: Nocturne, Op. 81, BURGMULLER: Grande valse de salon sur Le pardon de Ploërmel de Meyerbeer, LISZT: La Danza. Tarantella Napoletana, THALBERG: Home! Sweet Home! Air anglais varie, Op. 72, ALKAN: Le Chemin de Fer. Etude Op. 27, GOUNOD: Meditation sur le 1er Prelude de J. S. Bach, SCHULHOFF: Feuille d'Album, GOTTSCHALK: Le Banjo. Esquisse americaine, Op. 15, TAUSIG: Siegmunds Liebesgesang aus Der Walkure von Richard Wagner, SGAMBATI: Melodie de Gluck, MOSZKOWSKI: Tarentelle, Op. 77/6