First scholarly-critical editionThe single-movement String Quartet #2 by Josef Suk (1874-1935) was written at the height of his compositional powers. Completed in Krecovice in May 1911, this demanding work, with its complex harmonies and motivic structure, seemed avant-garde for its day: the Berlin premiere of November 1912 was accompanied by protests from the audience.Now Zdenek Nouza has edited …

Par BARTOK BELA. This version of Béla Bartók’s “Allegro Barbaro” is the latest of several challenging arrangements for guitar of twentieth century masterpieces. The piece was written by Bartók as a reply to a critic who had accused him of “musical barbarity” and it pulls no punches in its opposition to the late romantic musical styles of the time (1911). Huge technical and musical challenges have …

after Texts from the Old and New Testament. Par PUETZ EDUARD. Seit jeher gehören berühmte Requiem-Vertonungen zu den großen interpretatorischen Herausforderungen im Bereich der Chorliteratur. In seiner modernen Komposition spiegelt der rheinische Komponist Eduard Pütz (1911–2000) unsere Zeit auf musikalischer aber auch gesellschaftlicher Ebene in vielfältiger Weise wider. Die Komposition wird von…

Piano reduction from the original version for baritone sax and wind orchestra. Par DE MEIJ JOHAN. In Mondriaan, composer Johan de Meij, producer Rob Hauser and saxophone virtuoso Henk van Twillert are taking their audiences on an adventure of sound, light and movement. The music leads us through various Mondriaan’s style periods: from expressionism and symbolism to new objectivity and abstraction.…

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music. / Quatuor A Cordes

The Bartók Performing Editions-Instruktive Ausgaben von Béla Bártok. Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók probably first played pieces by Domenico Scarlatti in public in 1911. During the next two decades he featured them in his piano recitals more than 60 times. His dedication to Italian and French Baroque music is also illustrated by the fact that in 1920, he signed a contract with the Budapest publisher Rozs…

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music. / Quatuor A Cordes

First scholarly-critical editionThe single-movement String Quartet #2 by Josef Suk (1874-1935) was written at the height of his compositional powers. Completed in Krecovice in May 1911, this demanding work, with its complex harmonies and motivic structure, seemed avant-garde for its day: the Berlin premiere of November 1912 was accompanied by protests from the audience.Now Zdenek Nouza has edited …

Par SUK JOSEF. First scholarly-critical edition The single-movement String Quartet #2 by Josef Suk (1874-1935) was written at the height of his compositional powers. Completed in Krecovice in May 1911, this demanding work, with its complex harmonies and motivic structure, seemed avant-garde for its day: the Berlin premiere of November 1912 was accompanied by protests from the audience. Now Zdene…

Gustav Jenner (1865-1920), un étudiant de Brahms, écrit seulement trois quatuors à cordes. La troisième Quatuor à cordes en fa majeur a été terminé en 1911 et créée par le Quatuor Rebner. Communs à de tous les Jenner quatuors est sa façon de perfusion le modèle classique avec son propre langage musical, tant sur un plan intellectuel et d'un point de vue technique. Fidèle à la tradition du genre, l…

Ravel's 'Valses nobles et sentimentales? created a stir when they were anonymously premiered in Paris's Société nationale indépendante in 1911: many listeners thought they were by Satie, or even Kodály!For our new Urtext edition of this work, the famed musicologist Nicolas Southon, a co-editor of the 'oeuvres Complètes de Gabriel Fauré?, has examined a large body of sources to present a musical te…

Surmonter les frontières entre 'sérieux' et de la musique divertissante a été ce qui comptait pour le musicien Eduard Pütz (1911-2000). Ses compositions comprennent donc les caractéristiques stylistiques du jazz et de musique pop. Plusieurs de ses oeuvres ont été écrites pour les enfants et les jeunes instrumentistes de leur offrir une pause dans la monotonie de sonatines classiques et des études.…

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music. / Quatuor A Cordes

Arr. Henk Hogestein. Par PROCTOR HARDING JAMES. En 1811, le journal chrétien The Christian Observer publie le texte du cantique de l’Épiphanie, Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning, de l’évêque anglican Reginald Heber (1783-1826). Ce texte ne sera mis en musique et intégré dans des recueils de cantiques que plusieurs années après la mort de son auteur. James Proctor Harding (1850-1911) fu…

A Centenary Tribute to Holst's First Suite in Eb. Par DE HAAN JACOB. En 1909, Gustav Holst composa une oeuvre audacieuse et novatrice, la Première Suite en Mib Majeur, op. 28 n°1 (First Suite in Eb major, Op. 28, No. 1), une suite exclusivement écrite pour instruments à vent. À l’occasion du centenaire de cette pièce, devenue un classique du répertoire pour Orchestre d’Harmonie, Jacob de Haan a co…