/ Quatuor A Cordes

This short suite, much inspired by Bartók's Six Romanian Folk Dances, is based on traditional dances and songs of Argentina. Although the original rhythms and melodies are often transformed by the use of contemporary techniques, the piece preserves the authentic spirit of each of these folk forms.Zamba de Vargas, a well known folk song, refers to a battle in Argentina between two armies of gauchos…

Dave explains his approach to jazz improvisation with musical examples that he himself uses, learned from years of playing with the greats - after learning how to play jazz from listening to players such as Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. Explains the minor sub approach using minor scales to play over dominant seventh chords, and then includes several solos over often-played jazz stan…

Krönungsmesse. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart’s Missa in C K. 317, erroneously dubbed the “Coronation Mass, ” is among the most popular and most often performed works in this genre. The autograph of the Mass, which in many respects is very enlightening, was regarded as having been lost following the end of World War II, but was discovered at the end of the 1970s, it is preserved among the mus…

On 20 December 1823 Helmina von Chézy's 'great romantic drama? 'Rosamunde? received its premiere performance at Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Unfortunately this version of the drama with ghosts, shipwreck, pirates, attempted poisoning and other horrifying ingredients has not survived - unlike Schubert's popular incidental music which was already praised by contemporary critics. Special acknowledgm…

Par BOUSCANT / DESCHENEAUX. L'oeuvre monumentale de Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) retrace la trajectoire d'un compositeur de son temps, conscient des enjeux esthétiques de la modernité musicale française. Figure de proue de la polytonalité, membre du Groupe des Six, Milhaud n'a cessé tout au long de sa carriêre d'expérimenter des avenues compositionnelles novatrices. Sa nature profondément inventive,…

Arrangement: Fox Dan. Par FOX DAN. Après des années d'expérience dans la fabrication des pianos les spécifications de la plus haute, Steinway se sont lancés dans la sphère de la musique imprimée avec la série ' Bibliothèque de Piano Steinway ', conçue pour faire de vous et vos sons de piano mieux que jamais. Certains des meilleurs pianistes et arrangeurs piano ont travaillé sur ces livres pour fou…

Org (Cemb,Klav) / Orgue

Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Concerto for four-part select (solo) choir, two four-part ripieno choirs (ad lib), a three-part solo Violin ensemble, a three-part solo Trombone ensemble and Basso continuo (cello or organ) My soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. Schutz's impressive and musically colourful setting of the Magnifcat from 1665 shows the influence of Monteverdi…

for soprano saxophone and chamber orchestra. Par BRYARS GAVIN. The piece is dedicated to John Harle and the Bournemouth Sinfonietta, who commissioned it with funds made available by South West Arts. It makes use of the saxophone's ability to play long expressive melodic passages, and was written too, having seen the Sinfonietta perform, with some of its individual players in mind. Although played…

Par D'ADAMO DANIEL. Lips, your lips, based on texts by the composer, exploit vocal sounds produced inside the mouth to the exclusion of traditional singing. It is an authentic sound theater where the characters are the character traits of themezzo-soprano on stage and its duplication projected by the speakers. The principal subject of the text of this first piece of 'The Lips Cycle' is telling and…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. « Regarde, c’est la femme du soldat de bois » ! Tout d’abord, elle chante une tendre berceuse. Vient ensuite une partie plus puissante, avec des rythmes syncopés et de surprenantes contorsions de la trame harmonique. Cette composition, qui peut êtrejouée par une formation incomplète, commence doucement et gentiment, et se termine par un motif empreint d’un dynamisme singuliè…

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Arrangeur: Florent HEAU. Par PIAZZOLLA ASTOR. L’école française de clarinette est depuis longtemps considérée dans le monde comme l’une des plus brillantes. Depuis son premier enregistrement consacré aux sonates françaises pour clarinette et piano, Florent Héau est apparu comme un des principauxhéritiers de cette grande tradition. Il signe ici un formidable recueil de difficulté moyenne pour Quatu…

für Oboe, Violine, Tasteninstrument, Cello ad lib.. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Here is a publication that springs from the spirit of Baroque transcription practice at its best. In this case, it also goes hand in hand with a reconstruction made with scholarly precision. As to the choice of the key, editor Klaus Hofmann decided against C minor, which the previous generation had preferred, and turned…