Aus tiefer Not. Par RENTZSCH FRIEDHELM. Friedhelm Rentzsch, long a cellist in the Dresden Philharmonic, set Psalm 130, whose character of penitence is especially impressive here, through the reduction of the musical forces to a solo alto with orchestral accompaniment, and this in a most unique, urgent manner. Through the addition of a sombre text by Erich Arendt the subective manner of the song is…

With his clarinet quintet, begun in 1915, Reger was remembering his role models Mozart and Brahms, whose works in this genre he particularly admired. This melancholic quintet that is worked through in a strictly motivic way was to be Reger's last opus. Shortly after he had sent it to his publisher, he died of heart attack in May 1916. The quintet was to become his swan song, first performed at a m…

Song cycle for medium voice and piano, based upon the poetry of Ivor Gurney and Leonard Clark. A set of pieces very much in the English lyrical vocal writing tradition of Butterworth, Ireland and, of course, Gurney. ' The Pine Boughs Past Music is a song cycle baseed upon poetry associated with Gloucester and was commissioned to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the Gloucester Music Society. …

The three popular sonatas op. 10 were written between the end of 1795 and the beginning of 1798, only shortly after Beethoven had completed his first fully-fledged sonatas op. 2. In the press they were announced as ?3 very nice piano sonatas' of a composer whose name would sufficiently guarantee ?for the quality of his work to the audience.' The three technically and musically demanding works, whi…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. 'My angel, my all, my self”. With these words Beethoven, in July 1812, began his passionate love letter to a woman whose identity has eluded discovery to the present day. Was he perhaps addressing the same woman four years later when he composed 'An die ferne Geliebte”, his song cycle on poems by Alois Jeitteles? Barry Cooper discusses this and many other questions in the…

Weihnachtskantate. Par SCHMELZER JOHANN HEINRICH. With this pastoral Christmas cantata by the long-serving Royal Hofkapellmeister of Vienna, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, we wish to draw attention to a prominent baroque composer whose vocal and instrumental works have yet to achieve their historical place in the “early music scene“ which they richly deserve. Schmelzer’s easily performable pastoral mu…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Whilst making no claims to be stylistically authentic, this little piece aims to capture the infectious spirit of mariachi, a word whose origins are lost in the mists of time, but which describes not only the performers (on guitars, vihuelas, violins, trumpets and harp) but also the music itself. Their music speaks of love, passion, politics, life in the country and revolutionar…

Par SCARLATTI / GILBERT. The sixth volume of the series of 12 Sonatas, this book contains the Sonatas K. 256 to K. 305. Composed by Domenico Scarlatti, this edition by the harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert regroups the 555 sonatas arranged for Piano. Based on the two sets of books discovered in Venice and in Parma, this edition still contains some of the annotations initially suggested by Kirkpatrick…

Par KNUSSEN OLIVER. Paul Griffiths says 'The piece is full of clever and beautiful things - the early scenes proceed almost in convulsions of orchestral brilliance within a marvellously clear and animated world whose chief references, sometimes explicit, are to Ravel and Stravinsky. The scene with the pig is deliciously rich in bass gruntings - that with the milkman cat mixes Marx brohters dialogu…

Par WILLIAMS SANDY. Edited by Sandy Williams The first of three anthologies in the Touching the Pulse series, Worship and Where We Live questions the assumptions we all bring to the 'where' and 'how' of the lives of others. The editor's hope is that within the context of Christian worship, people will be helped to understand the life-situations of those whose experiences and emotions are different…

Par DEHNHARD TILMANN. Tilmann Dehnhard is a creator of music which specialises in unusual playing and sound techniques. In Endlos, this remarkable work for solo flute he combines modern playing technique with extended breathing techniques. Dehnhard sets up the score with fingering patterns and playing instructions to approach intonationally the nuanced pitch changes that often require small variat…

Even for Ralph Vaughan Williams the prospect of two world premieres within 24 hours must have been something of a rarity. Such was the case however on the first two days of June 1953, when his now classic arrangement of The Old Hundredth Psalm was sung at the Coronation of Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, being preceded the evening before by the premiere of 'Silence and Music', fourth of ten par…

With the Playalong 20/20 Clarinet sheet music songbook, you get an incomparable collection of 20 of the best pop songs topping the charts of today, as well as demonstrations and backing tracks for each song for you to download. All 20 tunes are fantastically arranged in melody line format for the Clarinet.Featuring some of the best pop hits from the current charts, this pop sheet music selection m…

Par SCHWAEN KURT. Katze, Schnee und Dudelsack, Zwölf Klavierstücke für Kinder (KSV 196) by Kurt Schwaen is a 10-minute work for solo piano. The twelve piano pieces were written between 15 November 1959 and 2 January 1960. Kurt Schwaen was an extremely productive composer whose style could be classified between Bartók, Stravinsky and Hindemith. Katze, Schnee und Dudelsack (\'Cat, Snow and Bagpipe\'…

Nine of the most popular covers by these YouTube superstars whose video mashups featuring creative piano and cello arrangements have brought them a worldwide audience. This collection features piano solo arrangements with an optional cello part for the songs: Bless the Broken Road - Fight Song - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Line upon Line - Say Something - A Sky Full of Stars - Thinking Out Loud …