Two piano pieces, one organ transcription and 14 harmonium pieces by César Franck are now available for download as Piano Street Editions and recordings: Slow Dance (piano piece) Dolly’s Complaint (piano piece) Prelude to Ave Maris Stella (originally for organ) 14 Harmonium pieces In César Franck’s keyboard music he clearly indicated in the scores for which specific instrument the music […]

Gabriel Fauré is considered one of the most influential and gifted French composers of the late romantic and early 20th century period. His early compositions, influenced by Chopin and his teacher Saint-Saënt, are of very romantic character while he later developed a more personal and harmonically complex musical style. The Nocturnes for example were composed over a range of 45 […]

For decades people who were fortunate enough to see and hear esteemed pianist Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982) perform left concert halls spellbound. Rubinstein went for the soul of the audience as he wrapped his soaring and spirited playing around each listener. His magnificent interpretation of Chopin remains without equal. Biographer and music historian Sachs first heard Rubinstein play in 1959, but […]

The 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth falls in 2010. What better excuse could there be for the International Piano Series to celebrate this most magical of pianist-composers? Including celebratory programmes from two of today’s greatest Chopin players, Krystian Zimerman and Maurizio Pollini, this season’s IPS recitals revolve around the composer, along with his contemporaries, peers and successors. Series debuts for […]