Find out about Pianist's Special issue: Great Piano Composers of the Classical Era

STOP PRESS! Pianist magazine releases its special stand-alone issue, ‘Great Composers of the Classical Era’, on 26 June. If you love the Classical repertoire, this is just perfect for you. And if you're not familiar with these great composers, and all that there is to learn and discover, then now's your chance to brush up on the knowledge! 
 
Here’s just some of the content:
 
The usual 40 pages of sheet music plus cover CD Our editor’s selection of the best Classical Scores from past issues of the magazine. Composers include Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Hummel, Cimarosa, CPE Bach and Clementi

5 how-to-play lessons from beginner to advanced – includes the first movement of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’, CPE Bach's Solfeggietto and Mozart’s Rondo in A minor
 
2 masterclasses from the experts Mark Tanner on perfecting your Classical playing and Graham Fitch on improving techniques found in the Beethoven Sonatas
 
Pianists Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Imogen Cooper, Stephen Kovacevich and Howard Shelley talk about the joys (and challenges) of playing the great Classical repertoire
 
John Suchet, the renowned Classic FM radio presenter and Beethoven author, talks about his passion for the composer and his piano works
 
Walk in the footsteps of the great Classical composers by reading our feature on European cities and festivals brimming with musical history

Discover the Classical era with articles on Mozart the Man, Beethoven’s ‘32’, Keyboards of the Classical Period, the best recordings and sheet music, and more