Master Classes with Menahem Pressler
- Author: Brown, William
Pressler is insightful and amusing in equal doses, as lionised astutely by his former student, William Brown
Master Classes with Menahem Pressler
- Author: Brown, William
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Pressler is insightful and amusing in equal doses, as lionised astutely by his former student, William Brown
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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, Frederic 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.
Contents
- A Few Words Before
- Acknowledgements
- A Brief Biography
- Master Classes and Lessons
- Interlude I. Master Classes
- 1. Johann Sebastian Bach
- Partita No. 6 in E Minor, BWV 830
- 2. Samuel Barber
- Sonata, Op. 26
- Interlude II. Page Turners
- 3. Ludwig van Beethoven
- Thirty-Two Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
- Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 26
- Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3
- Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53, Waldstein
- Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110
- 4. Johannes Brahms
- Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 35, Bk. 1
- Klavierstucke, Op. 76
- Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
- Interlude III. Poor Pianos
- 5. Frederic Chopin
- Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22
- Deux Nocturnes, Op. 27
- Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39
- Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
- Berceuse, Op. 57
- Barcarolle, Op. 60
- Interlude IV. Hotel Stories
- 6. Claude Debussy
- Reflets dans l'eau, from Images, Book 1
- Poisson d'or, from Images, Book II
- 7. George Frideric Handel
- Chaconne in G Major, HWV 442
- Interlude V. Missed Concerts
- 8. Franz Joseph Haydn
- Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, HOB. XVI:52, Mvt. 1
- 9. Franz Liszt
- Grandes Etudes de Paganini, S. 141
- Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
- Interlude VI. Funny Stories
- 10. Felix Mendelssohn
- Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
- 11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 281
- Piano Concerto in C Minor, K. 491
- Piano Sonata in D Major, K. 576
- Interlude VII. Stories about Pianists
- 12. Serge Prokofiev
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29
- 13. Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Etude-Tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6
- Interlude VIII. Honorary Citizenship in Magdeburg, Germany
- 14. Maurice Ravel
- Sonatine
- Miroirs
- Interlude IX. Through Hell and Back
- 15. Franz Schubert
- Sonata in A minor, D. 784, Op. 143
- Sonata in A minor, D. 845, Op. 42
- Impromptus, D. 899, Op. 90
- Interlude X. A New Love
- 16. Robert Schumann
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 11, Grosse Sonate
- Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op. 26
- Appendix A. Menahem Pressler's Musical Ancestry
- Appendix B. Tributes from Former Students and Other Musicians
- Bibliography
- Index of Compositions
- Index of Names and Concepts
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Pressler is insightful and amusing in equal doses, as lionised astutely by his former student, William Brown
