Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliché' composer of his day, Hahn was best known for his contributions to the French Melody, however his other works have never gone amiss. His Quintet represents the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high standard of musical education f…

Composed between 1920 and 1921, this set of Histoires is a suite of four short movements by Jacques Ibert selected out of the ten initial ones, for Flute and Piano. This publication was commissioned by the Alphonse Leduc editors and increased Jacques Ibert's popularity. This four pieces are as followed :3. Le vieux mendiant (The old beggar)4. 'A Giddy girl?6. Le palais abandonné (The abandoned pal…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Remembrance Day (Totengedenken) is a chorale-like piece in memory of those who have died in times of conflict. The composition is based on a text from Totengedenken (Commemoration of Those Who Have Died). The enclosed narrative text, which has been provided in four languages, is intended to be spoken (using a microphone) ad libitum during the piece. Optional choir parts are also…

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…

Par AAGAARD-NILSEN TORSTEIN. 'Pang' is an onimatopoeia that discribes the brutal forces unleashed from the very first bar. The stream of energy contiunes throughout the piece. The piece was comissioned by Bispehaugen Ungdomskorps (Bispehaugen Concert Band) in 1998. A version for brass band was written for Manger Musikklag and recorded by them on 'Grafitti', Bjørn Sagstad conducting. / Date paruti…

orchestrated by Ferde Grofé edited by Ryan Raul Bañagale. Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. The names of George Gershwin (1898–1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896–1983) are synonymous across the globe with American musical creativity. The Gershwin family estates, their publishers, and the University of Michigan have joined forces to produce The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition—the first-ever scholarly edition…

Par CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO MARIO. Born into a family that had lived in Florence since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) entertained only a distant relationship with the music he heard at synagogue. It was only when he discovered Schelemo, a rhapsody for cello and orchestra written in 1916 by Ernest Bloch, that he began to understand what ' Jewish mus…

Prefazione di Alfonso Alberti. Par DE SABATA VICTOR. As an orchestral conductor, Victor de Sabata was indisputably one of the leading musical figures of his day. With this edition, we hope to draw light upon the little-known but extremely interesting fruits of his 'second' career, that of composer, with his Tre pezzi per pianoforte (Three pieces for piano), which bring together the influence of Ea…

Par CRUMB GEORGE. Like Book I of George Crumb\'s final large-scale keyboard cycle, Metamorphoses, Book II: Ten Fantasy-Pieces (After Celebrated Paintings) comprises ten movements for solo piano, each inspired by one of the composer\'s favorite works of visual art. His efforts to render these paintings in sound lead Crumb to reach beyond the conventional resources of the instrument once more: the i…

for piano. Par LARCHER THOMAS. One could say that it is very natural to write for a “natural” [as opposed to prepared] piano - yes, maybe, but for me this had not been natural for many years. Exploring new things and sounds sometimes also has to do with not wanting to face the status quo, hiding oneself in a so-called future. In many of my earlier pieces I had fled into preparing the piano, wantin…