Selected and reviewed by ANDREW EALES
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Here’s an interesting idea – and a superb collection of music!
German music publisher Bärenreiter have had offices in Prague since 1991, and have done more than any other publisher to champion Czech music.
For their new Expedition into Czech Piano Music collection they have worked with leading Czech pianist and educator Ivo Kahánek to produce a collection of 21 solo piano pieces composed from the 18th to 20th centuries, including representative music by 15 composers.
Though rather ambitiously billed as being for “early intermediate pianists” (and such definitions are always loose), I would suggest the pieces here would suit later intermediate to advanced players, from around UK Grades 4-8, several pieces having appeared in the higher grades.
Let’s go exploring…
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