Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. In Satoshi Yagisawas SAXOPHONE CONCERTINO the solo instrument is integrated with the accompaniment, rather than being separate. The romantic-sounding solo chorale in the first half of the work sounds wonderful on the alto saxophone. A lively allegrois heard in the second movement, referencing music of the baroque era, with the solo now played on the soprano saxophone but by t…

Par VINE CARL. Composed for Steven Isserlis in 2004, Carl Vine's Cello Concerto is an exhilarating 20-minute work that traverses a vast emotional palette.  The Concerto begins arrestingly, with soloist pitted against orchestra, though as it develops the two factions move towards union. A slow chorale led by the cellist frames the central section, whilst relentless motor rhythms drive the work to i…

Organisée ici pour soliste flexible et cordes, cette mélodie envoûtante du compositeur de tango argentin Astor Piazzolla offre une impressionnante vitrine pour un soliste du violon, de la flûte ou du hautbois. Magnifiquement marqué pour orchestre à cordes et minutieusement rythmé.

Par SINATRA FRANK. Australian saxophone wizard Brian Hayes brings you this collection of classic swing standards. A great set that you won\'t want to miss! Includes a printed music score with parts for both B-flat tenor and E-flat alto saxes, and access to online audio containing a complete performance with soloist (on tenor sax), then a second version with accompaniment only. Performed by Brian H…

C Major. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. In Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, a piano trio provides the soloists – a first in the history of music. Beethoven’s treatment of the trio is pioneering: he does not apply a typical piano trio setting in contrast to the orchestra, but varies his treatment of the solo parts, allowing each instrument to play alone with the orchestra (particularly the cello), using two…

Par KULENTY HANNA. I composed Aisthetikos Duo for soprano saxophone and piano immediately after Aisthetikos for soprano saxophone, piano and orchestra. I hit on the idea of preparing a work that could be performed more often. I was approached with a request to write such a version of Aisthetikos by its first performers: Magdalena and Bartlomiej Dus. A composition for two soloists and orchestra is …

The Form, Order of Service and Music. Par . The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023, which was watched by millions around the world, was not just a state event of immense historical significance. It was also a major musical landmark. Twelve contemporary composers were twenty performed during the two-hour Service, while there were also four original instrumental commissions and…

Written in 1899 for the Cambridge Degree of Doctor of Music and prepared by Alan Tongue from the composer's manuscript, A Cambridge Mass is the largest work written by Ralph Vaughan Williams before A Sea Symphony of 1909, and amongst his most ambitious. The opening Credo is set for SATB soloists, double chorus and orchestra on the broadest and most dramatic scale. The Offertorium that follows is f…

Dvorak's Mass in D Op.86 was completed in 1887. It is scored for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass soloists, SATB and organ, or SATB (with optional soloists) and orchestra. Edited by Michael Pilkington. / Choeur

Par DONIZETTI GAETANO. Through works such as Verdi’s Requiem or Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, we know that the great composers of Italian bel canto opera also wrote marvelous sacred music. Yet most of these pieces are rarely performed. This is also true of Gaetano Donizetti’s Messa di Requiem, which he composed as an expression of grief at the early death of Vincenzo Bellini in 1835. Neither performe…

Samson , an oratorio for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra by George Frideric Handel, libretto by Newburgh Hamilton after Milton's Samson Agonistes . Edited by Donald Burrows. This latest addition to the Novello Handel Edition is the first complete, modern edition of the composer's longest oratorio, prepared after examination of all known contemporary sources, both music and word-books. The pub…

A Chorale and Fugue in the Baroque Tradition. Par HAYES MARK. If you enjoy singing Baroque music and value the importance of kindness, courage and compassion, this new 30 minute through-composed work by Mark Hayes for chorus, soprano and tenor soloists and orchestra is for you. Drawing from the writings of ancient and contemporary authors, the original text of Kindness, written by Hayes, seeks to …