Recommended Sheet Music, Mark Anderson introduces Julius Röntgen

Presto Music are excited to announce that, in collaboration with Nimbus Music Publishing, we now offer a selection of sheet music by Julius Röntgen. Watch the video below to hear pianist Mark Anderson discuss the composer's history and performing Röntgen's music. Until the end of July, all Nimbus Music Publishing products are 25% off.

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Watch the video below to hear Mark Anderson introduce the sheet music of Julius Röntgen.

Mark Anderson

A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, pianist Mark Anderson’s recordings and performances have met with widespread critical acclaim. Since his successes at the 1993 Leeds (U.K.) and 1994 William Kapell (U.S.) International Piano Competitions, Mark Anderson has appeared frequently as recitalist, soloist and chamber musician. He has performed in Japan, throughout much of Europe and Great Britain, Ireland and North America.

Mark Anderson has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Nicholas McCegan, William Boughton, George Cleve, and Adam Fischer. In recital, Mark has appeared at New York’s Alice Tully Hall and Weill Hall, the Kennedy Center and the Phillips Gallery in Washington D.C., London's Wigmore Hall and Zurich's Tonhalle and elsewhere throughout Europe and North America. His solo and concerto performances are complimented by chamber music work, most recently with the newly formed Röntgen Piano Trio.

Julius Röntgen

Julius Röntgen (1855-1932) was both a composer and a gifted pianist and as such he knew how to write well for his instrument. Röntgen was a child prodigy and from an early age composed ambitious works for the piano. He frequently performed his own, and others, piano concertos. Beethoven's Fourth and Brahms's Second were particular favourites. It was through performances of Beethoven's Piano Sonata op.111 and Schumann's Etudes Symphoniques that Röntgen established himself. However, it was not as a soloist but as an accompanist that Röntgen would make a lasting impression. The partnership with his contemporary, the baritone Johannes Messchaert, was legendary and they made several European tours. At one of their recitals, in the Vienna Musikvereinsaal, it was noted that Brahms and Grieg were sat together in the front row. Röntgen composed constantly throughout his performing and teaching career.