Le Festin d'Esope op. 39 no. 12. Par ALKAN CHARLES-VALENTIN. Charles Valentin Alkan's cycle of variations Le Festin d'Esope derives from his monumental series of etudes op. 39, the 12 Etudes dans tous les Tons Mineurs, and forms the culmination of that work. Now G. Henle Publishers presents, for the first time in an Urtext edition, what is by far the most well-known piano composition by this Frenc…

Par LAISNET STEPHANE. Cette méthode s'adresse à celles et ceux qui souhaitent découvrir toutes les facettes de la guitare folk, ou plus généralement de la guitare acoustique. Cet ouvrage sera ainsi l'occasion d'aborder aussi bien le jeu aux doigts que le jeu au médiator, et ce au travers d'accompagnements en arpèges ou en accords. L'utilisation du capodastre, accessoire indissociable de la guitare…

Par JOLAS BETSY. 'Almost half a century after 'B for sonata', here is another musical evocation of my intriguing trip to Bali. Yannis Xenakis and Toru Takemitsu were there, among others, and we were walking around in the dark one evening when a Topeng appeared to us, in full action: Balinese musical theatre with one actor successively playing several legendary characters by means of mask changes c…

The pianist and composer Alexander Rosenblatt (*1956) from Moscow loves to cross frontiers, trying to overcome in his piano and chamber music works the rigid barriers between classical and jazz music. It was precisely in this spirit that he wrote his Tango for clarinet and piano. It is a virtuoso, exciting and quite effective piece which deliberately puts the possibilities of performance and sound…

Par LACHENMANN HELMUT. temA was written in the summer of 1968. In spite of Ligeti's “Aventures” it may be considered one of the first compositions in which the breathing plays a role as an accoustically transmitted energy process (Holliger, Globokar, Kagel, Schnebel and Stockhausen in “Hymnen” have already worked on this phenomenon independently of each other and from different points of view). Mo…

Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Satoshi Yagisawa’s Trombone Concerto is both impressive and original at the same time. It features a slow-fast-slow structure with each movement being connected to the next. The second movement, with its rich choralelike writing, is especially noteworthy, bringing out the warmest and most delicate sounds of the trombone. Yagisawa also takes extreme care in how the soloist and…

Par STRAVINSKY IGOR. Composed in 1902 it is a miracle that Stravinsky's Scherzo in G minor survives at all. Most of the pieces from his extreme youth were lost with the fall of the Russian Empire. But the Scherzo was found among the scores presented by the estate of Nicolai Ivanovich Richter, a pianist and friend of Stravinsky's youth, to the Soviet government, and it was published in facsimile in…

Par KASHPEROVA LEOKADIYA. Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky’s piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, she emerged as a virtuoso pianist and composer in the romantic tradition. She was associated with some of the great musicians of her day, including Balakirev and Auer. She perf…

Kammeroper Nr. 2. Par RIHM WOLFGANG. Chamber opera does not mean “little opera.” On the same scale as chamber music is to the symphony, it is rather the other way of talking onstage. The movable apparatus permits sophisticated voice-leading. A large ensemble demands simple conception to achieve the complexity it perhaps intends; this can be formulated more sharply and nuanced in a chamber ensemble…

Par SCHWARTZ JAY . From the composer: “I composed Music for Saxophone and Piano for Harry Kinrose White in 1992. It is an early attempt in my work at magnifying the barriers between sound and silence, exploring the extreme ranges of pianissimo sounds in the saxophone that seem to appear without recognizable transition out of nothing. Glissandi, sliding tones, have always fascinated me, and in this…

Par MANOOGIAN V.. Foundations of double stops (šThirds›), 3rd / Fundamentos de dobles cuerdas, šTerceras› Fundamental left hand technique is base don the release of finger pressure. This basic technique is of extreme importance for it facilitates interval changes and shifting. / Pédagogie / Recueil / Violon

Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Satoshi Yagisawa’s Trombone Concerto is both impressive and original at the same time. It features a slow-fast-slow structure with each movement being connected to the next. The second movement, with its rich choralelike writing, is especially noteworthy, bringing out the warmest and most delicate sounds of the trombone. Yagisawa also takes extreme care in how the soloist and…

69 CHANSONS ACOUSTIQUES ARRANGÉES POUR PIANO, CHANT ET GUITARE. TITRES : THE DOCK OF THE BAY (OTIS REDDING) ADIA (SARAH MCLACHLAN) AMANDA (BOSTON) AMERICAN PIE (DON MCLEAN) AND I LOVE HER (BEATLES) ANNIE'S SONG (JOHN DENVER) BABY, I LOVE YOUR WAY (PETER FRAMPTON) BARELY BREATHING (DUNCAN SHEIK) BEST OF MY LOVE (EAGLES) BLACKBIRD (BEATLES) BLAZE OF GLORY (JON BON JOVI) BLOWIN' IN THE WIND (BOB DYL…