Few Books to RECOMMEND!!

As I am searching for rare scores online, I will not miss any chance to grab interesting Urtext editions by well-known composers. Here are a few books I will like to recommend with their respective dealers.

#1

Guess what? This is the paperback edition of the authentic Barenreiter RCW Urtext (with collaboration with Russian Music Publishing), titled 24 Preludes in a brand new scientific edition. The only thing that I am not satisfied is the language is in Russian only, including preface and critical notes. I bought this book a month ago from Ruslania, http://www.ruslania.com/entity-6/context-321/details-157712.html The paperback cover is quite thick though, with clear and precise notes printed on thick, larger size papers. Price is quite cheap at 27 euros compared to the hardback edition. I will recommend this book to highly-advanced pianists or serious collectors because the music inside is quite challenging, not suitable for intermediate learners. There is another book in the same series of Rachmaninoff Complete Works (V), the etudes-tableux.

#2

MENDELSSOHN  6 PRELUDES AND FUGUES

This is an authoritative edition by the deceased Howard Ferguson, a great musicologist, he didn't name it Urtext but he did consulted a series of original autographs by Mendelssohn. Clear and clean printed notes, with a brief intro and some critical notes at the back, this book provides sufficient details for a intermediate learner, such as precise fingerings. The price is $13 at bookdepository (free shipping), so I recommend any intermediate pianist to grab a copy for future reference.

#3 

Carl Czerny - Nocturnes for piano

First modern edition of all published and some unpublished nocturnes by the remarkable pianist and composer, Carl Czerny. This book is released straight after the CD release of published nocturnes played by Isabelle Oemichen. This is the first book I encounter Henry Lemoine editions (previously unknown to me). The contents are as follow:

Le Golfe de Naples, Tableau Nocturne ou Fantaisie Pittoresque Op.253 

 8 Nocturnes, Op.368 -

Rondo Nocturne en Lab, Op.506 nº3 

Nocturne Sentimental et Brillant en Lab sur un motif favori de Strauss 

 8 Nocturnes de différents caractères, Op.604 (L'hommage, Le désir, La persuasion, La colère, L'excuse, La consolation, La méditation, La joie) 

 Nocturne en Mib, Op.647 - Notturnino en Mib, Op.699 nº2 

 Notturnino en Lab, Op.728 nº3 

 Notturnina en Mib, Op.756 nº14 

Notturno en Mib 

 Notturno en Fa 

2 Nocturnes de H.W. Ernst transcrits pour piano (nº1 et 2 en sol mineur) 

Notturno en Mib , extrait de Mosaïque pour Piano sur l'opéra Martha de Fr. de Flotow 

Nocturne sentimental en Lab

Carl Czerny (1791-1857), the Viennese composer and pianist, produced a remarkable number of scores. They cover all genres except opera - most are for piano (or piano with other instruments). He published no less than 861 opuses (using 30 opus numbers more than once) as well as a large number of compositions without opus numbers (Werke ohne Opusnummer). In his monumental "Universal Handbook of Musical Literature: a practical and complete guide to all classical and modem musical publications from all countries" (1904-1910), Franz Pazdirek mentions 381 and, despite the title, his listing is not complete. As if that were not enough, Czerny also left behind a significant number of nonpublished manuscripts, probably amounting to several hundred works...

quoted from Henry Lemoine 

A definite try to encounter the pieces inside is a must!