For Henle's Urtext edition of the Clarinet Sonata op. 167 they were able to consult the autograph for the first time. 'At the moment I am putting my last ounce of energy into giving seldom considered instruments an opportunityto be heard' Saint-Saëns wrote to a friend in April of the year he died. A sonata for oboe one for clarinet and one for bassoon were thus composed; yet he was not to hear …

After the Oboe and Clarinet sonata the Bassoon sonata forms the conclusion of the wind compositions from Saint-Saens due to his death in 1921 - the also planned Sonata for English Horn never to be composed.Playing thehumorous not too technically demanding work you can hardly imagine that the composer did not feel particularly familiar on this instrument.

Novelty of form selected modulations strange tone colours the use of completely unexpected rhythms' this is how Camille Saint-Saëns praised the debut work of a young colleague and continued: 'Above everything is a charm that surrounds the whole work and makes the mass of average listeners accept the most surprising audacities as something entirely natural.The First Violin Sonata by Gabriel Fau…

Beginning pianists of all ages will cherish this excellent compilation of classics. Each piece was carefully selected and simplified to help students develop their skills. Many of the greatest composersâ??J. S. Bach Beethoven Brahms Mendelssohn Mozart Rimsky-Korsakov Rachmaninoff Tchaikovsky and othersâ??are represented by several pieces each some newly adapted for the piano. Composers an…