This collection follows the tradition of important etude cycles, which are not so much about training pianistic technique, but rather explorations of composing for the piano, thus entering into a contemporary dialog with great predecessors and role models in the genre. Created on various occasions for renowned soloists, Brett Dean's musical and intellectual cosmos ranges from Bach to Beethoven, Brahms and Liszt to Janáček, Lutowsławski and Kurtág – he pays homage to all of them in his own typica...

Hommage à Janáček (2009) Hommage à Bach (2010) I. Prelude II. Chorale (Transcription of J. S. Bach’s Gute Nacht, o Wesen from Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 277) Hommage à Kurtág (2011) Hommage à Brahms (2013) I. Engelsflügel 1 (Angels’ Wings 1) II. Hafenkneipenmusik (Harbourside Bar Music) III. Engelsflügel 2 (Angels’ Wings 2) Hommage à Lutowsławski (2017) Music for Drakenstein | Two Etudes for solo piano (2018) I. Tallying II. Envoy (Hommage à Beethoven) Faustian Pact (Hommage à Liszt) (2023)