Sextet Eb Major Op. 81B

No. 2 In G Major Op. 36. Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. Bien que le premier sextuor à cordes de Brahms ait connu un vif succès depuis sa parution en 1861, l’éditeur Simrock hésita lorsque le compositeur lui en proposa en 1865 un deuxième «dans le même caractère joyeux». Entre temps Brahms s’adressa même à la concurrence avant que Simrock ne finît par consentir à sa publication. Alors que l’oeuvre fit tout d’abord l’objet de comptes rendus plutôt sceptiques, l’opus 36 publié en 1866 trouva en revanche au sein du cercle des amis de Brahms un accueil des plus chaleureux: Clara Schumann fit l’éloge du travail d’élaboration des motifs particulièrement réussi, tandis que d’autres étaient enthousiasmés par la féerie des effets sonores. L’édition de travail établie par Katrin Eich sur la base de l’édition intégrale des oeuvres de Brahms offre désormais la possibilité de vérifier ces jugements – soit lors d’une exécution de l’oeuvre à partir des parties séparées dont les petites notes et les tournes optimales répondront aux attentes des musiciens, soit à la lecture de notre édition d’étude./ Répertoire / Eich, Katrin

DORFMUSIKANTEN-SEXTETT EDITION : STUDY SCORE INSTRUMENTATION : 2 HORNS AND STRING QUARTET CATALOGUE OF WORKS : KV 522 DATE OF COMPOSITION: 1787 DURATION : 22' NUMBER OF PAGES : 40 ARRANGER : REDLICH, HANS FERDINAND SERIES : EULENBURG MINIATURE SCORES

Ballet héroïque in a prologue and 3 acts-With a brief foreword (Fr/Eng) containing salient information on the genesis of the work the synopsis and the edition. Les F'tes de l?Hymen et de l?Amour was performed on 15 March 1747 on the occasion of the second marriage of the Dauphin Louis Ferdinand de Bourbon and Maria Josepha of Saxony in the Man'ge de la Grande 'curie in Versailles. This second collaboration between Rameau and Cahusac makes use of the ?ballet h'ro'que? genre usually known today as ?op'ra-ballet? based on various story lines which run independently of each other. The score is based on a libretto inspired byEgyptian mythology and freemasonry. Rameau's ?Les F'tes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour? was long considered second-rate because its premi're was associated with a political event. Yet this ballet abounds in novel dramaturgical effects that foreshadow his later operas such as ?Za's? ?Zoroastre? and ?Les Bor'ades?. Working together with his librettist Cahusac Rameau sought to weave the dance numbers choruses and stage machinery more tightly into the main plot. He also experimented with stylistic devices unique to this work the most famous being unquestionably the scene in which the Nile overflows its banks (an impressive ten-voice double chorus with solo voices and orchestra) and the sextet from ?Aru'ris? a scoring found nowhere else in his ?uvre. For the first time this scholarly-critical edition of ?Les F'tes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour? presents a reference version of the work that is based on all the major sources for both the libretto and the music including two recent musical discoveries. As most of the performance material for the premi're has vanished this edition is based on the version prepared for the Acad'mie Royale de Musique in 1748.

The guitar in Western Swing holds a particularly important place. Many guitarists have made major contributions in the field but the cornerstone remains Eldon Shamblin whom Rolling Stone magazine once called the World's Best Rhythm Guitaritst. His sophisticated swinging and moving chords forever impacted the music. Coupled with him were early lead players like Muriel Zeke Campbell who performed dazzling single-string solos on records up to two years before Charlie Christian joined the Benny Goodman Sextet. As a genre of muisc Western Swing is a unique blend of jazz blues cowboy western gospel and Spanish sounds. The repertory of any Western Swing bandincludes tunes associated with each of these schools of music but a consistent style flows through every performance. The roots of Western Swing are not easy to trace. Most pinpoint the Light Crust Doughboys (formed circa 1931) of Fort Worth Texas as the first example. Legends of Western Swing Guitar presents the playing of Eldon Shamblin Billy Dozier Bob Kiser Muriel Zeke Campbell Benny Garcia Cameron Hill Jimmy Wyble and Junior Barnard in tare black & white archival films from the 1940s to recent performances recorded in color from the last decade. As well Tommy Morrell guitarist of a younger generation is also included. His playing highlights not just the passing of a flame but new places the torch can be carried.

Description Everybody's Favourite Series No.7. A collection of classical piano duets. Includes works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Rubinstein. Songlist Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite Op.46 No.1) [Grieg, Edvard] Aragonaise (Le Cid) [Massenet, Jules] Berceuse (Jocelyn) [Godard, Benjamin] Country Gardens Entr'acte (Thomas) Funeral March (Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor Op.35) [Chopin, Frederic] Humoresque [Dvorak, Antonin] Hungarian Dance No.5 [Brahms, Johannes] Largo [Handel, George Frideric] Londonderry Air March Militaire [Schubert, Franz] Melody In F Op.3 No.1 [Rubinstein, Anton] Minuet [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Minuet In G [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Norweigan Dance Op.35 No.2 [Grieg, Edvard] Poet And Peasant Overture [Suppe, Franz Von] Polonaise A Major (Chopin) Romanze (Schumann) Rondo Alla Turca (Sonata In A K.331) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Serenade [Schubert, Franz] Sextette (Donizetti) Sonatina [Weber, Carl Maria von] Song Of India (Sadko) [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolay] Spring Song [Mendelssohn, Felix] Symphony No.8 In B Minor 'Unfinished' [Shubert, Franz] Traumerei (Kinderscenen) Op.15 No.7 Turkey In The Straw Turkish March [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Waltz [Gounod, Charles]