Aria and Polonaise, Op. 128

SKU: UT.APS-14

ISBN 9788881095377. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.

Dès l’époque de Chopin, les musiciens polonais commencèrent à faire de Paris une destination de prédilection. La capitale française devint même, dans l’entre-deux-guerres, leur seconde capitale musicale, tant son effervescence cosmopolite les attirait. La création polonaise rayonna dans de nombreux domaines et les archives (presse française, programmes de concerts, correspondances) révèlent l’ampleur et l’importance de cette présence. Certains d’entre eux, tels que la pianiste et claveciniste Wanda Landowska ou la cantatrice Marya Freund, s’étaient installés avant la Grande Guerre. La scène parisienne accueillit de grands virtuoses, notamment le pianiste et compositeur Ignacy Jan Paderewski, les violonistes Paul Kochański et Bronisław Huberman. De jeunes talents, Feliks Łabuński, Piotr Perkowski, Antoni Szałowski, Tadeusz Szeligowski et Maria Modrakowka, formèrent l’Association des jeunes musiciens polonais. Paris libéra leur énergie créatrice. Cet ouvrage explore la dimension socioculturelle de ce phénomène en dressant des portraits individuels et collectifs de musiciens qui choisirent de lier leur destin à une ville actrice à part entière de cette histoire.

SKU: HL.49012015

ISBN 9783795792459. UPC: 073999726176. 11.0x15.0x0.818 inches.

The Richard Wagner Complete Edition presents the composer's entire output for the first time in a reliable form. The conductor Michael Balling, in the early years of the 20th century, attempted to make Wagner's work more accessible for research and performance, but the edition only reached 10 volumes - some with grave shortcomings - and was discontinued after Balling's death in 1925. A further attempt at a complete edition by Otto Strobel was abandoned at the preliminary stages.This third attempt at a complete edition will be the first scholarly, critical edition, based on an evaluation of all the accessible source materials and the latest findings of serious Wagner research. As the edition is also intended for practical performance, the musical text has been kept free of philological insertions; these are listed in the appendices of each volume in the Critical Commentary. Numerous, partly unpublished works - some relatively unknown - and variant versions are published here for the first time. The edition presents authentic texts for Wagner specialists and researchers and critically based performing materials. Contrary to widely held opinions, even the well-known works of Wagner are not necessarily available in reliable editions. The genesis, history and performances directed by Wagner himself are extensively documented so as to present as complete an image as possible of Wagner's compositional intentions.

SKU: HL.50584679