Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The Fifteen Variations (with Fugue) op. 35 composed in 1802 are known primarily by their sobriquet “ Eroica Variations ” because the theme is also used in the finale of the Third Symphony. Together with its sister work, opus 34, this composition marks the breakthrough of character variations. Not without pride did the composer stress to his publisher that both works were …

Commandé pour le millénaire par Royal Armouries la Grande-Bretagne et dédié aux victimes de la crise du Kosovo, ce travail est un exemple contemporain d'une masse basé sur la chanson française du XVe siècle l'homme armé (l'homme armé). Défini dans le cadre de la masse chrétienne, l'homme armé est une oeuvre majeure de chorale qui utilise des textes sacrés et profanes. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orch…

Commandé pour le millénaire par Royal Armouries la Grande-Bretagne et dédié aux victimes de la crise du Kosovo, ce travail est un exemple contemporain d'une masse basé sur la chanson française du XVe siècle l'homme armé (l'homme armé). Défini dans le cadre de la masse chrétienne, l'homme armé est une oeuvre majeure de chorale qui utilise des textes sacrés et profanes. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Orch…

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…

Studie Zu 'Tristan Und Isolde'. Par WAGNER RICHARD. The sophisticated choral arrangements by Clytus Gottwald have found a place in concert life throughout the world. Now Gottwald has arranged two of Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, “Im Treibhaus” and “Träume”, for 16-voice choir a cappella. In his choral transcriptions Gottwald has transferred to traditional music the compositional techniques f…

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In Full Score. With Mozart's Cadenzas for Nos. 9 and 10. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart's supremacy as a composer is nowhere more apparent than in his piano concertos, which were a lifelong preoccupation for him. This volume includes the Triple Concerto No. 7 in F, Mozart's only concerto for three pianos, with the composer's cadenzas for all three movements. Reproduced and unabridged from the…

Par MARTIN MATTHEW. The Festival Anthem I saw the Lord (2012) is a setting of words from Isaiah Ch 6, some of which are perhaps better known in the context of the great Victorian anthem by John Stainer. This Trinitarian/Dedication text (starting with the words “in the year that King Uzziah died”) is both powerful and full of dramatic imagery - flying seraphim, live coals, cries of the Tersanctus -…

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One of the most well-known Star Wars themes is now available for percussion ensemble! John Williams' classic composition, from the Mos Eisley Cantina scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, is arranged in a big band swing style that will be sure to get your audience in a toe-tappin' mood. This seven-player arrangement will definitely become a favorite for fans of all ages! Instrumentation inclu…

For Medium Voice. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Do you know our performing edition of Schubert Lieder? 13 volumes containing the complete Lieder for solo voice and piano in editions for high, medium and low voice are planned. Nine of these volumes have already been published and provide the basis for this special sampler at a very special price. “A Taste of Schubert” presents one to three pieces from each v…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. The episode from Ovid‘s “Metamorphoses” in which Daphne attempts to escape Apollo’s advances by turning into a laurel tree, causing the devastated god to weave a laurel crown in memory of the nymph, has inspired the masterworks of many artists. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, whose famous marble sculpture is housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, is only one example of this. M…