Master Classes with Menahem Pressler, livre ebook

Menahem Pressler is a world-renowned piano soloist, master class teacher, and member of the acclaimed Beaux Arts Trio. In this companion to his first book, Menahem Pressler: Artistry in Piano Teaching, Pressler's former student William Brown brings together Pressler's teachings on an additional 37 piano masterworks by Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, George Frideric Handel, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Maurice Ravel, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann. With over 200 musical examples and measure-by-measure lessons on masterpieces of the piano repertoire as well as instructions on phrasing, fingering, imagery, dynamic contrasts, pianistic touches, articulation, and practice drills, pianists of all levels will benefit from Pressler's expertise.A Few Words BeforeAcknowledgementsA Brief BiographyMaster Classes and LessonsInterlude I. Master Classes1. Johann Sebastian BachPartita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 8302. Samuel BarberSonata, Op. 26Interlude II. Page Turners3. Ludwig van BeethovenThirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO 80Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 26Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, WaldsteinPiano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 1104. Johannes BrahmsVariations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Bk. 1Klavierstücke, Op. 76Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2Interlude III. Poor Pianos5. Frédéric ChopinAndante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 Deux Nocturnes, Op. 27Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39 Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52Berceuse, Op. 57Barcarolle, Op. 60Interlude IV. Hotel Stories6. Claude DebussyReflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1Poisson d'or, from Images, Book II7. George Frideric HandelChaconne in G Major, HWV 442Interlude V. Missed Concerts8. Franz Joseph HaydnPiano Sonata in E-flat Major, HOB. XVI:52, Mvt. 19. Franz LisztGrandes Études de Paganini, S. 141Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178Interlude VI. Funny Stories10. Felix MendelssohnRondo Capriccioso, Op. 1411. Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPiano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576Interlude VII. Stories about Pianists12. Serge ProkofievPiano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 2913. Sergei RachmaninoffÉtude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6Interlude VIII. Honorary Citizenship in Magdeburg, Germany14. Maurice RavelSonatineMiroirsInterlude IX. Through Hell and Back15. Franz SchubertSonata in A minor, D. 784, Op. 143Sonata in A minor, D. 845, Op. 42Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90Interlude X. A New Love16. Robert SchumannPiano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, Grosse SonateFaschingschwank aus Wien, Op. 26Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's Musical AncestryAppendix B. Tributes from Former Students and Other MusiciansBibliographyIndex of CompositionsIndex of Names and Concepts