Fantasias and Selected Works. Par BYRD WILLIAM. William Byrd is one of the great English composers of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Today this creative Catholic at the Anglican court of Elisabeth I is known primarily for his masses, motets and madrigals. However, in addition to vocal music he also composed an impressive number of keyboard pieces that brook comparison in quality with those of his younger contemporaries Frescobaldi and Sweelinck. This edition contains a selection of his major works for keyboard instruments, some taken from such famous collections as the 'Fitzwilliam Virginal Book”, 'Parthenia” and 'My Ladye Nevells Booke”. In addition to five large-scale fantasias, including the monumental 'Fantasia in a”, there are smaller preludes and voluntaries and three contrapuntal hexachord settings. The Foreword offers a detailed overview and evaluation of the sources, brief descriptions of the pieces and valuable information on notation and performance practice./ Répertoire / Piano, Clavier ou Orgue

Par WIDOR CHARLES-MARIE. Les six Duos pour Harmonium et Piano furent composées autour de 1867 en première période créatrice de Charles-Marie Widor. Vingt ans plus tard, en octobre 1889, ils ont été publiés par Schott en six éditions distinctes. Cette réédition est la première publication qui contient tous les morceaux, soutenant ainsi la performance de ces magnifiques pièces pour la combinaison rare d'harmonium et piano./ Répertoire / Piano et Orgue ou Harmonium