Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The Song of the Earth , composed in the summer of 1908, is Mahler’s best-known and most personal work. Reflecting drastic changes in his life, its immense emotional density is very moving. Until the very end, Mahler continued to refine the extremely differentiated instrumentation, as is evident in numerous retouchings in the autograph score and engraver’s model. It is therefore …

Fassung Iv. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. with the unfinished revision [1739] an an appendix. The St. John Passion ranks among the great vocal works from Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he made numerous changes. All previous editions of the St. John Passion have combined …

An Anthology. All eighteen pieces in this collection are reliably dated to the reign of James I, and whether by named composers or anonymous ones, appear in sources other than the notable Virginal books preserved in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. The contents demonstrate the variety of forms in the Keyboard repertoire of this period, from plainsong-based compositions to dances by Orlando Gibbo…

Par TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH. Tchaïkovski passa l’été et l’automne 1880 au domaine de sa sœur à Kamianka, en Ukraine, à la recherche de calme et de repos. Mais la pulsion créatrice le saisit à nouveau très rapidement: «Je suis en train d’ébaucher une symphonie ou un quintette à cordes; je ne sais pas encore comment cela va tourner», écrivit-il à son amie et mécène Nadejda von Meck. Finalement, ce …

Urtext. Par DOTZAUER JUSTUS JOHANN FRIEDRICH. Dotzauer's études have been part of the standard repertoire in cello lessons for generations. Our new edition of the 12 Études Op. 107 follows the original sources and contains the original text. While the Dotzauer études are usually only available in selected editions today, opus 107 is edited here in its entirety, as conceived by the composer himself…

Dans cette édition, Palmer fournit doigté et offre des suggestions pour l'exécution des ornements et autres marques tel que révélé par l'étude des sources originales. Le matériel d'introduction comprend une discussion utile de l'ornementation dans la musique de Chopin. On y trouve aussi un enregistrement de CD en circulation à partir de l'étiquette Naxos. / Piano

Conçue à l'origine comme un petit duo pour violon et piano, cette composition se développa pour devenir en automne 1885 une grande sonate. Les premières exécutions firent à Saint-Saëns l'effet d'une douche froide, car les violonistes trébuchaient face aux difficultés techniques du Finale notamment. Pour bien montrer que seul un être fabuleux pouvait venir à bout de la partie de violon, Saint-Saëns…

Florentiner Sinfonie'. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger began work on his second Symphony during his visit to Italy with his wife in 1874. He was commissioned to write it by an orchestral society in Florence – an indication that his reputation had already spread throughout Europe. The autograph score contains a poem by his wife Fanny, which in four sections expressed the moods of impress…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven completed his String Quartet Op.135 at Wasserdorf Castle in Gneixenhof, where he sought to recuperate with his nephew Karl after the latter?s failed suicide attempt in summer 1826. It stands out among his late quartets owing to the often cheerful, almost pastoral character of its four movements. Since Beethoven?s death it has often been interpreted as an attempt…

Mozart's Sonata in A minor is published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes. / Piano

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This new Urtext edition, by the leading Ravel scholar, Roger Nichols, is based on all available manuscript and printed sources, and the first recording (1932), made under Ravel’s supervision. It includes a historical preface, in which Roger Nichols considers the origins or the work and early public reaction, and a critical commentary./ Répertoire / 2 Pianos

 sous la direction de François Zamour De la sculpture antique à la peinture moderne, du cinéma de fiction à la captation d'opéra, ce recueil de textes, réuni à partir de deux colloques organisés par le département d'histoire et théorie des arts de l'Ecole normale supérieure, s'interroge sur toutes les formes de la relation entre l'image et la musique, L'instrument, le musicien, le geste occupent l…

Par SCARLATTI DOMENICO. Edited in Chronological order from the manuscript and earliest Printed sources with a preface by Ralph Kirkpatrick. / Rép Classique / Répertoire / Piano

Fassung für Sinfonieorchester. Par FAURE GABRIEL. Version for symphony orchestra: 60 min; Church version: 35 min Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, Op. 48 for SATB and Piano. Version for Symphony orchestra. The Requiem of Gabriel Fauré is undoubtedly the most important opus among the sacred works of this French master. Beginning with the first performances during the composer?s lifetime, it is one of those …

Christopher Hogwood a-critique savante édition de Brahms op 'trio final et le plus grand peut-être. 101 est basé sur deux sources principales, la première édition et la autographes.La préface de cette édition présente des informations sur la pratique de la performance contemporaine- Hogwood a tiré sur les commentaires de Fanny Davis, un étudiant de Brahms, de faire la lumière sur ce point. Elle dé…