George Berg’s eight keyboard suites Op. 5 were published in London around 1760 while the composer was travelling in Italy. They are his most varied and resourceful compositions following generally in the tradition of Handel’s suites but adding stylistic elements culled from Italian German and French music in a playfully eclectic manner. This is sparkling idiomatic music suitable equally for private enjoyment and concert use but until now hardly known even to specialists in the keyboard repertoire.

Edizione critica a cura di Claudio Toscani (testi in italiano e inglese). La fille du régiment, always one of Donizetti?s most popular stage works, was first performed at the Théâtre de l?Opéra-Comique in Paris on 11 February 1840. It was composed by Donizetti, to a libretto by Saint-Georges and Bayard, in 1839, for the French debut of soprano Juliette Bourgeois. Later on, Donizetti prepared an Italian version as well, using a libretto adaptation by Calisto Bassi, and making several alterations to the French version of the score (the premiere of the new version, entitled La figlia del reggimento, took place at La Scala Theatre in Milano on 3 October 1840). The opera enjoyed tremendous success ? at the Opéra-Comique alone, more than one thousand performances were given between 1840 and 1917 ?, and was widely staged in the major European and American opera houses. Owing to the lack of available autograph music sources ? only a few score sketches and fragments survive, kept at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France ?, the principal source for this edition is the printed score prepared by the Parisian publisher Georges Schonenberger during the spring of 1840. Together with the full score, Schonenberger also engraved and printed the orchestral parts. Previously, the publishing house had printed the piano vocal score of several selected numbers from La fille du régiment, as well as the complete score reduction of the work. The Schonenberger edition constitutes, however, a problematical source. The engravers had to work under great pressure - the score was assembled in less than a month -, and the final product turned out to be of mediocre quality, abounding in imperfections, errors, and inconsistencies affecting both the literary and the musical texts. This critical edition has therefore been realized, first of all, through a careful reconstruction process: the text handed down by tradition was compared with a number of sources (including the manuscript scores of the Italian version) that have enabled the editor to address the multiple problems posed by the principal source. The spoken dialogues, missing in the printed music sources, are derived from the libretto used for the première. The critical edition of La fille du régiment reinstates Tonio?s romance «Pour me rapprocher de Marie» from Act Two, included in the original libretto and actually sung at the première, but expunged from the Schonenberger edition of the score. Donizetti himself cut the romance soon after the première, possibly because of the tenor?s poor performance - as a result, the omission became customary. The appendices to this critical edition present, additionally, two unpublished variants, handed down in form of complete and autograph score: these pieces, crossed out or modified through the compositional process, add fresh new possibilities to current performance practices. The first one is a duet for Marie and Tonio that Donizetti had originally devised for Act Two, but later deleted from the score. The second one is a preliminary draft of the Act Two Finale, later expunged and replaced, in both music and literary text, by the final version.

Performer: Agnes Baltsa, Antonia Fahberg, Audience Applause, Barbara Hendricks, Berliner Philharmoniker, et al. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin Conductor: Alfred Hertz, Arthur Nikisch, Bruno Walter, Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, et al. Compositeur: Alban Berg, Anton Bruckner, Anton Webern, Antonin Dvorak, Antonio Vivaldi, et al. CD (16 septembre 2013) Nombre de disques: 50 Format : Coffret, CD Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Cette pièce de musique de chambre, composée en 1907?1908, marque une rupture non seulement dans l??uvre de Schönberg, mais aussi plus largement dans l?histoire moderne de la musique. Le système tonal majeur/mineur qui s?imposait depuis des siècles est, au fil des quatre mouvements, abandonné de manière toujours plus sensible au profit d?une atonalité libre. Cette rupture avec la tradition musico-historique va de pair avec un autre coup porté aux conventions: Schönberg introduit dans les deux derniers mouvements une voix de soprano pour mettre en musique deux poèmes de Stefan George. Avec la transition vers l?atonalité, Schönberg ouvre la voie à un nouveau langage musical, qui aboutira peu de temps après au dodécaphonisme. Pas de doute: son Second quatuor à cordes a marqué le cours de l?histoire de la musique. La nouvelle édition Henle a été réalisée par Ullrich Scheideler, spécialiste de Schönberg, sur la base des recherches les plus récentes. La partition Urtext Henle présente ce «classique de la modernité» dans une nouvelle gravure, très généreusement mise en page. / Date parution : 2022-06-14/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes et Soprano

Par PERLE GEORGE. Presses de l'Université de Californie, Columbia et Princeton/ Livre / Livre

Paperback-This majestic arrangement breathes new life into the patriotic hymn known to all American congregations. The text written to commemorate the centenary of the US Declaration of Independence makes the hymn particularly suitable for 4 July but it would work equally well for other celebratory occasions. Wilberg has retained some of George Warren's original harmonies while also adding his own distinctive stamp. The orchestral version has been recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square on the CD Spirit of America (SKU 4600686). An accompaniment for orchestra is available on hire/rental.Forces or CategorySATB (withdivisions) & keyboard/orchestra

Romberg's adaptation of melodies by Franz Schubert for Lilac Time (1921) and started him on the path to greatness. He subsequently wrote his best-known operettas, The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926) and The New Moon (1928), which were in a style similar to the Viennese operettas of Franz Lehar. He also wrote Rosalie (1928) together with George Gershwin. His later works, such as Up in Central Park (1945), are closer to the American musical in style, but they were less successful.Deep In My Heart, Dear; Drinking Song; Faithfully Yours; French Military Marching Song; Golden Days; I Bring A Love Song; Just We Two; Lover, Come Back To Me; Marianne; One Alone; One Flower Grows Alone In Your Garden; One Kiss; Road To Paradise; Romance; Serenade; Silver Moon ; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise; Song Of Love; Stout Hearted Men; Student's Marching Song; The Desert Song; The Girl On The Prow; The Riff Song; Wanting You; When Hearts Are Young; When I Grow Too Old Dream; Will You Remember; You Will Remember Vienna; Your Land And My Land.

Un seul nom suffit pour évoquer la magie des plus célèbres comédies musicales : Broadway. Le long de cette avenue new-yorkaise regroupés autour de Times Square 38 théâtres produisent depuis près de 80 ans des spectacles au succès planétaire signés par des noms légendaires : Berlin Porter Gershwin Bernstein Sondheim Hammerstein Loewe Cohan Lloyd-Webber Plamandon Schönberg? Dans cette œuvre en hommage à Broadway Elliot del Borgo a rassemblé trois des plus célèbres mélodies du compositeur américain George Michael Cohan qui a marqué Broadway dans les années 20.