Complete sonatas, Invitation to the dance, and other piano works

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 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.