Monika Twelsiek – författare

At about the same time as 1783-85, a version for piano duet was made which rearranged the movements of the five Divertimenti as ''6 Viennese Sonatinas''.Our new edition is based on the piano version of 1803 but also takes into account the original wind divertimenti and attempts to combine the original phrasing and part-writing with an idiomatic pianistic style.

The "25 Easy Studies" Op. 100 with their melodic and tonal charm wins the player over immediately. Burgmüller succeeds in combining technical problems with appealing musical ideas. The choice of the titles and the musical appeal of every single piece stimulate the imagination of the player.

The "18 Studies" Op. 109 with their melodic and tonal charm wins the player over immediately. Burgmüller succeeds in combining technical problems with appealing musical ideas. The choice of the titles and the musical appeal of every single piece stimulate the imagination of the player. This series of moderately difficult pieces deserves far wider circulation.

Grieg''s "Lyric Pieces" are among the most popular piano pieces ever written. Works such as "Papillon", "Fairy-Dance" and "To Spring" have become ''cult pieces'' in the repertoire of domestic music-making. It is a delightful challenge for the modern performer to realize the delicate musical balance between a simple folk tradition and the Romantic urge of expressiveness.

The ''12 Brilliant and Melodic Etudes'' lead the player through an enchanting world of sound. Burgmüller manages to combine technical problems with appealing musical ideas. New in the series "Piano Classics".

These short eight-bar exercises are generally regarded as some of the best, most versatile and comprehensive of Czerny''s studies. Apart from helping to achieve speed, suppleness and versatility of tone and touch, these exercises concentrate on many essential aspects of piano technique: diatonic and chromatic scales, tone repetition, chords progressions and arpeggios, thirds and octaves, two-part playing in one hand, polyphony, alternating hands, trills and other ornamentation, etc.This new edition is based on the first edition of 1853 and contains Czerny''s original fingering.

In 12 little piano stories the young composer Vera Mohrs tells stories about the more than 3000-year-old friendship between cats and humans.Piano teacher Monika Twelsiek about the edition: ''In her very own tonal language the young composer Vera Mohrs recounts touching and amusing incidents in her "Cat Songs": the first cautious approach, the wild and the purring kitten, its desire for freedom, and a longing for security.''''Cat Songs'' is suitable as a musical story for children to be played and read aloud, as a theme of class concerts at music schools, and for being played and read by all – even older – cat lovers.