To mark its 250th anniversary, the Schott publishing house has dug up and reedited treasures from its historical publishing archives. This anthology is aimed at professional musicians and advanced amateurs interested in interesting new discoveries off the standard repertoire. It mainly contains works from the Romantic era: virtuoso pièces de résistance and encores, expressive character pieces, gems of salon music or elaborate arrangements of well-known (opera) melodies. Many of the original compositions and arrangements were written by major piano virtuosos of the 19th century.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): 24 Variations sur l’Ariette Venni Amore par Righini, WoO 65
Carl Czerny (1791–1857): Le Désir op. 604/2
Henri Herz (1803–1888): Variations brillantes sur la Cavatine de l’opéra Cenerentola de Rossini op. 60
Ferdinand Beyer (1803–1863): Nocturne op. 81
Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874): Grande valse de salon sur Le pardon de Ploërmel de Meyerbeer
Franz Liszt (1811–1886): La Danza. Tarantella Napoletana
Sigismund Thalberg (1812–1871): Home! Sweet Home! Air anglais varié op. 72
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888): Le Chemin de Fer. Étude op. 27
Charles Gounod (1818–1893): Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de J. S. Bach
Julius Schulhoff (1825–1898): Feuille d’Album
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869): Le Banjo. Esquisse américaine op. 15
Carl Tausig (1841–1871): Siegmunds Liebesgesang aus der Walküre von Richard Wagner
Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914): Mélodie de Gluck
Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925): Tarentelle op. 77/6
Edward Elgar (1857–1934): Salut d’amour op. 12