Complete Sonatas, Invitation to the Dance and Other Piano Works (Dover Classical Piano Music)

Table of Contents:
"Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24 ) (ded to the Grand Duchess Maria Paulowna of Weimar)"
I: Allegro
II: Adagio
III: Menuetto
IV: Rondo
"Sonata No. 2 in A-flat Major, Op. 39 (ded. To Francois Lauska)"
I: "Allegro moderato, con spirito ed assai legato"
II: Andante
III: Menuetto capriccioso
IV: Rondo
"Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 49"
I: Allegro feroce
II: Andante con moto
III: Rondo
"Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 70 (ded. To Johann Friedrich Rochlitz)"
I: Moderato
II: Menuetto
III: Andante (quasi Allegretto) consolante
IV: Finale
"Momento Capriccioso [Capricious Moment], Op. 12"
"Grande Polonaise [Grand Polonaise], Op. 21"
"Rondo Brillante ("La Gaîté") [Brilliant Rondo ("Gaiety")], Op. 62"
"Invitation to the Dance [Afforderung zum Tanze], Op. 65 (ded. To his wife, Caroline)"
"Polacca Brillante ("L'Hilarité") [Brilliant Polacca ("Mirth")], Op. 72"
"Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 2 (ded. To Johann Nepomuk Kalcher)"
"Variations on a Theme from Vogler's Castore e Polluce, Op. 5"
"Variations on a Theme from Vogler's Samori, Op. 6"
"Variations on Bianchi's "Vien' quà, Dorina bella," Op. 7"
"Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 9"
"Variations on a Theme from Méhul's Joseph, Op. 28 (ded. To Fanny von Wiebeking)"
"Variations on a Russian Theme ("Schöne Minka"), Op. 40"
"Variations on a Gypsy Song, Op. 55"


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A virtuoso of the piano and a pioneer of musical Romanticism, Carl Maria von Wolfe (1786-1926) wrote piano music of elegance and grandeur enhanced with bravura technical effects that profoundly influenced later 19th-century piano music. This volume presents virtually all Weber's works for piano solo: the four piano sonatas -- Opus 24 in C Major (1812), Opus 39 in A-flat Minor (1816), Opus 49 in D Minor (1816), and Opus 70 in E Minor (1822) -- considered the core of his output; his most popular piano composition, Invitation to the Dance, a waltz later orchestrated by Berlioz and used for the celebrated ballet Le Spectre de la Rose; eight lively and engaging sets of variations; and the dazzling Momento Capriccioso, Grande Polonaise, Rondo Brillante, and Polacca Brillante. Pianists will enjoy exploring this richly varied collection of piano masterworks, reprinted from the authoritative edition published by C. F. Peters of Leipzig.