The Charmes de Hambourg takes the form of a brilliant Rondo prefaced by a lyrical introduction in the Viennese style.

Composed before Heller turned sixteen it was part of the programme he took on the road in a tour of Hungary (his homeland), Poland and Germany. One of his last works before abandoning life as a touring musician, it is one of the first of a prolific career span ningalmost 200 compositions.

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Das Charmes de Hambourg in der Form eines brillanten Rondos wird durch eine lyrische Einführung im Wiener Stil eingeleitet.

Vor Hellers sechzehntem Geburtstag komponiert, war es Teil des Programms, das er mitauf eine Konzertreisedurch Ungarn (sein Heimatland), Polen und Deutschland nahm. Es ist eines seiner letzten Werke, bevor er sein Leben als reisender Musiker aufgab, und eines der ersten einer produktiven Karriere, die fast 200 Kompositionen umfasst.

Les Charmes de Hambourg, Op. 2 - Piano Solo

Rooted in European music history due to his acquaintance with Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz and Schumann, Stephen Heller (1813-1888) is one of the most important representatives of the Romantic character piece. The Budapest-born pianist and piano teacher composed almost exclusively for his instrument. His overall oeuvre comprises more than 150 works, including sonatas, preludes, dances, variations, collections of studies, arrangements, numerous cycles and individual pieces. His rather simple, yet inventive and varied piano setting is typical of 19th-century moderately difficult, virtuoso salon music. In 'Melodic Studies' Op. 45 Heller addresses various technical tasks in a melodious piano setting that is typical of him. Varied, charming idiomatic figurations appear in a harmonically simple and pleasing Romantic tonal language. The rather easy to moderately difficult studies are ideal for lessons and also suitable as performance pieces. Apart from character pieces, this collection also contains effective bravura studies. Instrumentation : piano op. 45

Essential Exercises

It is absolutely without reason that Stephen Heller lives in the shadows both in terms of concert life and piano lessons - even though the pianist, who was born in Budapest in 1813 and died in Paris in 1888, was one of the great virtuosos of his time and knew Chopin, Liszt and Berlioz. Our newly engraved editions of the two ballads in B minor and D minor invite you to an encounter with the work by this Romantic whose 200th birthday will be celebrated by the musical world in 2013. The two one-movement ballads are suitable for concert performances and music lessons, demonstrating his ability as a master of the small form. Instrumentation : piano op. 115

Ballade n° 1 - op. 115. piano.

Stephen Heller wrote many works for piano during his compositional life. Erlkönig is a work based upon Schubert's lied known by the names of 'Die Erikonig' and Roi Des Aufnes', which

is, in turn, based on Goethe's poem about a child attacked by a supernatural force - the Erlkonig The work, described by Heller as a Ballade, explores the story through the use of several

characters, and contains excitement, mystery and suspense as the story is tokd through Heller's passionate melodies and ability to writeemotively for the piano.

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Stephen Heller schrieb während seiner Laufbahn als Komponist viele Warke für das Klavier. Der Erikönig' ist eine Arbeit, die auf einem Lied Schuberts mit dem Namen Der Erlkönig' oder 'Roi Des Aunes' basiert, das wiederum auf ein Gedicht Goethes zurückgreift, in dem ein Kind durch eine übernatürliche Kraft - dem Erkönig - angegriffen wird. Die Arbeit, von Heller als Ballade bezeichnet setzt sich mit der Geschichte mithilfe ihrer Charaktere auseinander und enthält Dramatik, geheimnisumwobene Ereignisse und Spannung. die durch Hellers leidenschaftliche Melodien und seine Fähigkeit, gefühlvoll für das Klavier zu schreiben, hervorragend umgesetzt werden.

Erlkönig - Opus 34, Piano Solo

Heller took the popular Rondo from Paganini's Violin Concerto no.1 as the theme for his first composition when just sixteen year old. The work reflects the high technical ability that was required of a young travelling prodigy and the fertile imagination of a gifted improviser. He would later belong to the influential circle of composers that included Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Debussy and Bizet.

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Gerade sechzehn Jahre alt verarbeitete Heller das

populäre Rondo aus Paganini's erstem Violinkonzert als Thema für sein Opus 1. Das Werk zeigt die grossen technischen Fähigkeiten eines Wunderkindes gepaart mit der fruchtbaren Fantasie eines begabten Improvisators der sich später in einen Kreis einflussreicher Komponisten einfügte, der neben anderen Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Debussy und Bizet einschloss.

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