Dvorák, Antonín Songs II for High Voice and Piano Edition no. BA 11517 ISMN 9790260107984 Following the publication of Dvorák's early set of love songs 'Cypresses', all his other songs with piano accompaniment are now appearing in Urtext editions. 'Songs II' includes the mature works from Dvorák's late period. Besides the well-known cycle 'Love Songs' and the less well-known cycle 'Three Modern …

Par LEIVISKA HELVI. Finnish composer Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982) created a broad-based output of orchestral works, solo songs and chamber music. Her style could be described as moderate modernism, deriving influences from multiple sources such as late Romanticism, Symbolism, Expressionism, Existentialism and Neo-Classicism. Leiviskä's output is characterised by philosophical and religious themes, i…

Par PHILIPS JULIAN. Four Sonnets of John Clare by Julian Philips is a 12-minute work for baritone and piano which sets four sonnets by the English poet John Clare. The work reflects on different aspects of Clare\'s human experience: the transcience of worldly renown, the loss of inspiration, a fear of neglect in death and a love of the numinous in nature, and the music seeks to match Clare\'s poet…

Par VAINIO JENNAH. Composer Jennah Vainio sees End Credits for string trio (2016) as a portrayal of a person's inner mind: 'It is a beautiful, tender and introvert snapshot of a moment, a journey into the thoughts of a person. The work can be visualized by a video edited by myself. It is filmed shot by my father on an 8-mm film during a train trip in Germany in 1972. My grandfather briefly appears…

Par HAWES PATRICK. The Nativity is a collection of six carols with brand-new texts by Patrick’s brother. Three of these – The Infant, The Shepherds and The Magi – which are more upbeat in nature, follow the structure of verse and chorus and intersperse themselves with the more reflective poetry of The Manger, The Oxen and The Star, thereby providing a sense of overall momentum and contrast. The …

Peteris Vasks occupe une position particulière dans le cercle des compositeurs baltes. Il n'est pas seulement le compositeur le plus important et populaire jamais à sortir de la Lettonie, il parle toujours à ses auditeurs avec une intensité fervente qui semble pointer vers quelque chose de supérieur. Cet aspect supérieur est sans doute quelque chose qui se dresse au-dessus du monde de l'humanité, …

(Spring Music). Par VASKS PETERIS. Spring Music - The Seasons II (1995) This Spring music forms part of the cycle 'The Seasons', a collection for piano containing the previously published pieces 'Balta ainava' (White Landscape) and 'Rudens musika' (Autumn music). Nature in all its shapes and the relationship of humans to nature play an important role in Vask’s works. Many of his works have program…

Par RHIM WOLFGANG. Wolfgang Rihm, né en 1952, est l'une des figures majeures de la création musicale. Ce recueil de ses textes, le premier qui lui soit consacré en français, permet donc de faire connaître les idées et les conceptions qui sous-tendent son oeuvre. Aussi bien dans sa musique que dans ses réflexions, Rihm est un anti dogmatique: lors d'une séance d'analyse à  Darmstadt, publiée sous l…

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). Love’s Philosophy, a beautiful setting by Alexander L’Estrange, explores the marvellous comparison of couplings in nature – the mountains and the river, the moonbeams kissing the sea – and amongst humans. The music is inspired by composers Gerald Finzi and Roger Quilter, two of the most prominent figures in English song in the first half of the twentieth century, a…

Par JACKSON MICHAEL. / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare