Latest News: Sheet Music
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Bartók’s Complete Choral Works 18th May 2021
Based on the Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition, Bartók's complete choral works are now available in this set of three cloth-bound volumes combined in a slipcase. Find out more about this publication alongside a range of other new Bartók sheet music here.
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Education Publications,
The Rusty Pianist: Rediscover the Piano 27th April 2021
In conjunction with the release of Pam Wedgwood's latest publication The Rusty Pianist we have compiled a collection of sheet music ideal for people who have previously played the piano, and are interested in rediscovering the instrument again. Find out more here.
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Education Publications,
Nikki Iles & Friends: Jazz Pieces for Piano 20th April 2021
Nikki Iles & Friends is a collection of original compositions and new arrangements for piano written by Nikki Iles and her friends from the world of jazz including Jason Rebello, Gwilym Simcock, Pete Churchill and more.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 from Breitkopf & Härtel 8th April 2021
The first text-critical edition of Mahler’s most extensive work, his Symphony No. 3, is a further milestone in Breitkopf & Härtel’s project, Mahler – The Symphonies. Find out more here.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Schumann’s Cello Concerto Rediscovered 1st April 2021
Edited by internationally renowned cellist Josephine Knight, Edition Peters presents the original version of Robert Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 129, the only available modern scholarly edition of the work as Schumann originally conceived it.
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Broadening the Repertoire,
Viardot-García: Selected Songs from Breitkopf & Härtel 25th March 2021
This year celebrates the 200th anniverary of the birth of Pauline Viardot-García. To celebrate this anniversary, Breitkopf & Härtel have published the first critical edition of songs by the composer. Find out more here.
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Anniversary,
Celebrating Astor Piazzolla's 100th Anniversary 11th March 2021
Today marks the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla's birth. A composer whose works revolutionised the traditional tango into a new style termed Nuevo Tango, incorporating elements from both jazz and classical music. Find out more here.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
A Stanford Organ Album 25th February 2021
A superb volume comprising of a selection of twenty pieces by Charles Villiers Stanford, the hugely influential composer, conductor, and teacher from the late-Victorian and Edwardian age. Providing the repertoire-hungry organist with preludes, postludes, and shorter descriptive works, suitable for either liturgical or recital use. Find out more here.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Frédéric Chopin: Trois Nouvelles Études 16th February 2021
Introducing Edition Peters' new Urtext edition of Chopin’s Trois Nouvelles Études, the latest publication from The Complete Chopin: A New Critical Edition. Originally published in 1840 in the multi-composer Méthode des Méthodes, the Trois Nouvelles Études are Chopin’s least overtly vituosic studies, but they are arguably the most quietly sophisticated of all. Find out more here.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Great Choral Works in Small Scorings 26th January 2021
Offering arrangements to make it easier and considerably more economical to perform the great choral works every choir wants to sing.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Best of Boosey & Hawkes 29th December 2020
A collection of some of Boosey & Hawkes' most popular publications to date.
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Awards,
Presto Sheet Music Awards 2020 10th December 2020
We are excited to announce our first ever Presto Sheet Music awards! There have been so many fantastic new publications this year, but our winning products in particular have made a significant impression on us here at Presto. Find out more here.
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Announcement,
Introducing Presto Instruments & Accessories 26th November 2020
We are very pleased to be able to announce the latest development on the Presto website: a new department dedicated to musical instruments and accessories which we launched at the end of last month.
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Anniversary,
Beethoven 250th Anniversary 10th November 2020
This year marks the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth. Browse some of our favourite selections here.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Sheet Music for Well-Being 13th October 2020
Explore our selection of some of the most relaxing sheet music collections. From meditative piano solos, to a practical guide to the benefits of singing, we hope our selection of music for well-being will bring you peace and tranquility through the power of music.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Edition Peters Concert Band Series 30th September 2020
The Peters Concert Band Series offers an exciting new range of repertoire for symphonic bands. This expanding series contains new arrangements of some of the most popular concert and choral works of recent years, from the exuberant joyfulness of Jonathan Dove’s Ring Out, Wild Bells or the folky, avant-pop of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s Perpetuum Mobile to the enraptured stillness of Ēriks Ešenvalds’ Stars.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
Beethoven Complete Violin Sonatas 22nd September 2020
Beethoven's ten sonatas for piano and violin, along with those by Mozart, constitute the heart of this classical music genre. Not only does Clive Brown's scholarly critical edition offer a meticulously edited text, but for the first time it presents a list of sources and a Critical Report. Find out more about Barenreiter's Beethoven publications here.
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Education Publications,
Alfred's Back to School 2020 Publications 8th September 2020
Welcome to our selection of a range of publications from Alfred’s 2020 Back to School catalogue! Packed with exciting new titles from Alfred, Piano Safari and Poco Studios, all-time classics and educational must-haves, as well as COVID-proof self-teaching methods.
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Anniversary,
Celebrating 250 Years of Schott Music 11th August 2020
In 2020, 250 years after it was founded, Schott Music remains one of the leading publishers of classical and contemporary music. Find out more about Schott’s history here.
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Recommended Sheet Music,
The New Oxford Organ Method 21st July 2020
A new comprehensive method book for organ providing a complete syllabus for learning. Designed for both beginners at the organ and for experienced players revising their skills. Find out more here.
