Album für Jugendliche für Klavier

This publication includes works that, in the composer's view, represent a continuation of the well-known series "Ich fange an zu spielen," "Ich spiele schon," and "Gram wszystko," and are intended to accompany young pianists from the fourth to the sixth year of their instrumental training and even into old age. The centerpiece of the collection is the cycle of miniatures op. 25, which the composer calls "Album." The book is supplemented by two sonatinas without opus numbers. All of these miniatures are organized in this publication according to their level of difficulty. While each composition remains true to Rybicki's characteristic style, it also surprises with something new: here you will find a romantic waltz, a playful dance, a polka with a retro sound, and sonatinas with a fresh sound that develop musical imagination. It can therefore be confidently stated that Feliks Rybicki's Album for young players has the potential to become as significant a canon for young pianists as the albums for young players by Robert Schumann or Pyotr Tchaikovsky are today.