Concerto for piano and orchestra. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K. 503. Piano Solo, Flute, Oboe (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (2), Trumpet (2), Kettledrum, Strings. The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart 's autograph manuscripts). At the same time, it also serves as an aid…

Mozart's 'Missa in C major? (K. 220), nicknamed the 'Sparrow Mass? for its frequently recurring characteristic motifs in the violins, has retained a firm place in the choral repertoire to the present day. Now it has been arranged for female choir and is appearing as part of the recently started 'Bärenreiter Female Choir? series.Heribert Breuer has judiciously transferred the tenor and bass solos t…

Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. If My Verses Had Wings! for Voice & Piano however, is one of many compositions that shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conse…

ABOUT ALFRED'S ULTIMATE VOCAL SING-ALONG SERIES Alfred's Ultimate Sing-Along books give you everything you need to sing with your favorite songs. Each songbook has the lyrics, music notation, and chords to eight great hits, with lyrics-only pages included. There are two versions of every song on the CD: a full-performance track with an amazing sound-alike recording, and a professional accompanim…

Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which the composer himself collected in the course of his numerous collecting trips to the Carpathian Basin and in Algeria. Although conceived as parts of a pedagogically motivated set, these little pieces …

Dramatic Poem. Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. 'Kalanus”, a 'dramatic poem for soloists, choir and orchestra” op. 48 was composed between June 1867 and March 1869 and is based on a text by Carl Andersen. A historical event during Alexander the Great's Indian campaign (326 AD) serves as the origin of the material: Alexander met Indian philosopher Kaljana, referred to as Kalanos in ancient sources. Gade had…

Jeux d'enfants, Bizet's last and finest piano work, is one of the gems of piano duet literature. These 12 colorful pieces describe various children's activities. This edition, based on the first edition and the autograph, includes editorial fingering and pedal markings that are clearly differentiated from Bizet's minimal indications. Interesting historical information on Bizet and his music is als…

Par HESS NIGEL. Chansons de Normandie was commissioned by the Central Band of the Royal Air Force and premiered on BBC Radio 2 as part of their D-Day broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall on June 6th, 2014. This 4 minute piece is based on three traditional Normandy folk songs: Les Metamorphoses, Le marchand de velours and Le corselet. An ideal concert opener, the work is in a lively dance tempo wit…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This new Urtext edition, by the leading Ravel scholar, Roger Nichols, is based on all available manuscript and printed sources, and the first recording (1932), made under Ravel’s supervision. It includes a historical preface, in which Roger Nichols considers the origins or the work and early public reaction, and a critical commentary./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

Version Hellmann/Koch. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN / KOCH JOHANNES H.E.. Reconstruction [based parodies] of Bach's St. Mark Passion by Diethard Hellmann [1964], with new composed recitatives [texts of the evangelium] and turba choirs by Johannes Koch [1999]. The words of Jesus are accompanyed by 2 gambas and organ./ Répertoire / Solistes SAT, Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières,

Version Hellmann/Koch. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN / KOCH JOHANNES H.E.. Reconstruction [based parodies] of Bach's St. Mark Passion by Diethard Hellmann [1964], with new composed recitatives [texts of the evangelium] and turba choirs by Johannes Koch [1999]. The words of Jesus are accompanyed by 2 gambas and organ./ Répertoire / Solistes SAT, Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières,

Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 is based on Bischoff's analysis of several documents, including a 1730 manuscript belonging to the Berlin Royal Lib…

The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. According to Dr. Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using …

Par MESSIAEN OLIVIER. Drawing its material from the tui bird from New Zealand, Un oiseau des arbres de Vie (Oiseau Tui) was originally envisaged as the third movement of Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà..., Messiaen's last completed work. Despite having written all of the music in short score, the composer reluctantly decided to omit this remarkable movement from Éclairs at a relatively late stage. This real…