26 DECEMBER 1846, Page 19

Serenade, pour le Pianoforte; par Stephen Heller. Op. 56. Scherzo

Fantastigue, pour to Pianoforte; par Stephen Heller. Op. 57. These are the latest productions of a young Parisian pianist, who is rapidly rising to the highest distinction as a composer for and a performer on his instrument. He has studied in the best school; and formed his style upon works of the greatest ancient as well as modern masters; blend- ing the solidity of the one with the brilliancy and effect of the other, and superadding the fruits of an original and inventive genius. We have sel- dom met with more attractive modern pianoforte music than the two pieces before us; and, though they are anything but easy, yet their difficulties are more of an intellectual than of a mechanical kind, and are such as may be successfully encountered by any lady performer who has received a sound musical education.