Does any one know what is a good edition for Schumann and Tchaikovsky "Album for the young" ?
I only found the Schirmer edition but I've been told they're not good
Thanks
Daniel
The ABRSM edition is excellent.
A few more “Albums for the Young”
J. S. Bach – I guess his Little book for Anna Magdalena Bach and Little Book for Wilhelm Friedemann could be considered as “albums for the young".
Leopold Mozart - “Nannerl’s Little book” – in the same vein as Bach’s, this album of teaching compositions has some real gems – mostly unknown. It was originally written for Mozart’s sister, but Mozart quickly mastered it and soon started adding his own compositions to it.
Amy Beach – Children’s Album op. 36 and Children’s Carnival op. 25 – both collections have superb pieces.
Enrico Bossi – Kinder Album – 6 pieces in Salon-like style
Robert Fuchs – Children’s pieces – op. 32 and op. 47 – similar to Schumann’s Album for the young.
Benjamin Godard – Etudes Enfantines (studies for children), op. 149.
Enrique Granados – Tales of Youth (Cuentos de la Juventude)- again, similar to Schumann, there are some amazing pieces in this album, “Dedication” being my favourite.
Cornelius Gurlitt – Albumleaves for the young, op. 101 and Albm for the young op. 140
Stephen Heller – Album for the young op. 138
Genari Karganov – Album for the young – op. 25 – Karganov wrote mostly pedagogical material, but it is of such a superior quality that it can easily be added to one’s repertory – excellent student's recital material.
Theodor Kirchner – New Scenes of Childhood – op. 55 – Kirchner was a great admirer of Schumann, and the title says it all. However it is more similar to the Album for the Young than to Scenes of childhood (which is really for adults – not children – to play).
Louis Kohler – Children’s Album op. 210 – I am afraid there isn’t much here to get excited about…
Theodor Kullak – Scenes from childhood – op. 62 and op. 81 – similar to Gurlitt’s
Gabrial Pierne – Album for my little friends - six romantic pieces.
Edouard Poldini – Album for the young op. 122.
Max Reger – Album for young people op. 17
Gioachino Rossini – Album for Adolescent children
Anatoli Alexandrow – Pieces for Children – similar to Kabalevsky op. 39.
Fikret Amirov – Children’s pictures.
Bela Bartok – For Children
Ernest Bloch – Enfantines – Like Schumann’s these were written for the composers daughters. Impressionist.
Alfredo Casella – Pieces for children (Pieces Enfantines) – Casella was a disciple of Faure, so these pieces are in a more modern, impressionist style.
Debussy – Children’s corner.
Norman de lo Joyo – Lyric pieces for the young
David Diamond – Album for the young – ten contemporary pieces.
Jean Françaix – 10 pieces for young people – This is an interesting set: each piece describes a stage in a child development – the last pieces covering adolescence, adulthood and old age (and they get more difficult too!).
Luis Gianneo – Music for children – South American rhythms (Gianneo was Argentinian) and folk songs.
Alexander Gretchaninoff – Children’s Album op. 98 – similar to Kabalevsky.
Michael Hennagin – Children’s suite – superior modern pieces (but tonal) that can be played by adults.
Dmitri Kabalevsky – Children’s pieces op. 27 and op. 39
Aram Katchaturian – Children’s album
Lower Lieberman – Album for the Young – very modern (but tonal) – all the pieces are very easy, and yet sound very difficult and musical. (And thanks to Amanfang for pointing it out to me)
Alexi Matchavariani – Children’s album
Nilolay Miaskovsky – Children pieces op. 43
Walter Niemann – The children’s delight – op. 58 – 24 easy pieces in traditional writing.
Leo Ornstein – Memories of childhood – I bet some jaws are dropping! Yes, Ornstein of “Wild man’s Dance” notoriety wrote a children’s album! Check it out, it is pretty interesting. All the pieces are surprisingly easy and yet sound very difficult. I like “A tale from the moon” best. Expect a lot of dissonance though.
Soulima Stravinsky – Piano pieces for children – Solima is the son of Igor.
Villa Lobos – Petizada (little children) – Six beginner pieces with strong rhythms. Villa Lobos also wrote the “Guia Pratico” (Practical guide), a piano method based on Brazilian folksongs with some superb music.
Alec Wilder – Pieces for young pianists.
Mikhail Ziv – Album for Children – 30 pieces – not for beginners- written in neo romantic style. Ziv was a student of Kabalevsky.
Best wishes,
Bernhard.
Topic: Albums for the Young