SKU: CA.615900
ISBN 9790007011147.
SKU: M2.MOS-20047
ISBN 9790203710714.
Sonate B-dur: Es gibt nur wenige Werke fur Solovioline aus der Mozart-Zeit; das macht diese Erstveroffentlichung interessant. Die grosse Zeit der Violinvirtuosen Walther, Biber, Westhoff, Pisendel und anderer hatte mit Johann Sebastin Bachs Solosonaten und -partiten einen Abschluss gefunden. Aus der vorklassischen Periode kennen wir ausser vielen Unterrichtswerken fur Violine nur wenige konzertante Kompositionen fur eine Violine allein. Dazu zahlen insbesondere die Sonaten von Friedrich Wilhelm Rust und Johann Friedrich Reichardt, beide aus dem Umkreis Franz Bendas, die aber deutlich an barocke Vorbilder anknupfen. - Die hier vorgelegte Sonate in B-Dur von Pesch ist ein in beiden Satzen fast durchgangig zweistimmiges Stuck. Die Tonart B-Dur mag zunachst etwas befremden, ist aber nicht ungewohnlich, denn auch Solowerke von Westhoff und Rust stehen in dieser Tonart; sie erweist sich als durchaus geigerisch und klangvoll in diesem ungewohnlichen Werk. Die in vielen Veroffentlichungen wiedergegebenen Lebensdaten von Pesch, die aus unbekannter Quelle stammen und immer wieder benutzt wurden, sind durchweg falsch. Aus der Eintragung im Kirchenbuch der Gemeinde St. Blasius in Braunschweig ist der 27. Februar 1791 als Sterbedatum eindeutig festgestellt. Die Braunschweigische Anzeigen schreiben Am 27sten Februar ... verstarb ... Herr Carl August Pesch im 57ten Jahr seines Alters. Im 57ten Jahr bedeutet, dass er 56 Jahre alt wurde, also 1735 geboren ist. Uber seine Herkunft ist bisher wenig bekannt: Nach 1760: Eintritt in den herzoglichen Dienst in Braunschweig; 1763: Leopold Mozart erwahnt Pesch unter den Personen, die er im Gasthof Goldener Lowe in Frankfurt/Main getroffen hat; 1765: Reise mit dem Herzog nach London, dort Veroffentlichung einiger Werke; 1766/1767: Reise mit dem Herzog nach Italien; 1776 Konzerte in Frankfurt/Main.
SKU: AP.1-ADV20003
UPC: 805095200034. English. Traditional.
This arrangement of We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Edgar Herzog has a soothing effect on everybody suffering from Christmas stress. Saint Nicholas wishes for a relaxed and swinging Christmas season with Rudolph swaying his antlers to the rhythm of the samba. Arranged for two trumpets, horn in F / flugelhorn, trombone, and tuba.
SKU: CA.309890
ISBN 9790007175351. Key: F major. Language: German. Text: von Sachsen-Weimar, Herzog Wilhelm II. Text: Herzog Wilhelm II. von Sachsen-Weimar.
SKU: AP.1-ADV7528
UPC: 805095075281. English. Traditional.
After initially introducing the theme in a mere cloud of sound, the piece starts off in a Cajun/New Orleans groove. All of the voices of the saxophone quintet have their solo spots. More and more independent voices join in falling into the groove, and thus, intensifying the tune. Shortly after the climax---Is it the turkey or the presents?---the festivities are concluded in a short and classical manner. But, wait! It is a little musical joke that finally rounds the evening off. Arranged for five saxophones (AATTBar) by Edgar Herzog.
SKU: CA.328280
ISBN 9790007169305. Key: F major. Language: German. Text: von Sachsen-Weimar, Herzog Wilhelm II. Text by Herzog Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar, II.
SKU: CA.318020
ISBN 9790007155353. Key: G minor. Language: German. Text: Krieger, Adam / Herzog, Johann Friedrich. Text: Adam Krieger, Johann Friedrich Herzog.
SKU: AP.1-ADV8425
UPC: 805095084252. English. Traditional.
O Tannenbaum (Maryland, My Maryland) has been arranged by Edgar Herzog for woodwind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn in F / clarinet, bassoon / bass clarinet). After initially introducing the theme in a mere cloud of sound, the piece, then, starts off in a Cajun / New Orleans groove. All of the voices of the woodwind quintet have their solo spots. More and more independent voices join in falling into the groove, and thus, intensifying the tune. Shortly after the climax---Is it the turkey or the presents?---the festivities are concluded in a short and classical manner. But, wait! It is a little musical joke that finally rounds the evening off.
SKU: AP.1-ADV8424
UPC: 805095084245. English. Traditional.
This arrangement, We Wish You a Merry Christmasamba, has an immediate soothing effect on everybody suffering from Christmas stress. Saint Nicholas wishes for such a relaxed and swinging Christmas season with Rudolph, his reindeer, swaying his antlers to the rhythm of the samba. Arranged for woodwind quintet by Edgar Herzog: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn in F / clarinet, bassoon / bass clarinet.
SKU: HL.366160
ISBN 9781705137383. UPC: 840126963434.
Mahámátar is written for Oriental or Middle-Eastern female voice, distant boys' voices (in a vast acoustic), tubular bells and muted strings. The music is an invocation to the Great Mother Mahámátar in Sanskrit, and to the Theotóke (God-bearer) in Greek. Originally written to accompany a film by Werner Herzog which deals with South American Indians who travel for many miles on their knees to venerate the miraculous Ikon of The Mother of God of Guadalupe. Mahámátar may be performed by a solo voice or alternatively the melody could be played by a solo cello, with decorations and improvisations by the singer.
SKU: CA.7010024
ISBN 9790007242503. Key: F minor. Language: German.
Score available separately - see item CA.7010000.
SKU: CA.3112305
ISBN 9790007166519. Text language: German/English. Text: Fritsch, Ahasverus.
This six-movement cantata uses the hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, first recorded in 1698 in the Darmstadter Liederbuch. This places it amongst those chorale cantatas which use a hymn from the repertoire associated with Pietism. As was customary, the hymn text is retained in the outer movements, whereas the text for the inner movements - two secco recitatives and a tenor and a bass aria - are concerned with the contrast between the hostile world and the certainty of Jesus; the links between the cantata text and the Feast of the Epiphany are correspondingly tenuous. In the first movement the soprano sings the hymn melody complete, accompanied by mainly homophonic vocal parts, whilst the instrumental writing is largely influenced by the melody of the first line of the hymn. Remarkable is the tenor aria, with its contrasting central section and its chromatic twists and turns, in which Bach once again proves himself to be a master of harmony. The demands on the chorus are fairly modest, whereas the instrumentalists are challenged in the first movement and in both the arias. Score available separately - see item CA.3112300.
SKU: CA.7010044
ISBN 9790007242039. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.3112312
ISBN 9790007207489. Text language: German/English. Text: Fritsch, Ahasverus.
This six-movement cantata uses the hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, first recorded in 1698 in the Darmstadter Liederbuch. This places it amongst those chorale cantatas which use a hymn from the repertoire associated with Pietism. As was customary, the hymn text is retained in the outer movements, whereas the text for the inner movements - two secco recitatives and a tenor and a bass aria - are concerned with the contrast between the hostile world and the certainty of Jesus; the links between the cantata text and the Feast of the Epiphany are correspondingly tenuous. In the first movement the soprano sings the hymn melody complete, accompanied by mainly homophonic vocal parts, whilst the instrumental writing is largely influenced by the melody of the first line of the hymn. Remarkable is the tenor aria, with its contrasting central section and its chromatic twists and turns, in which Bach once again proves himself to be a master of harmony. The demands on the chorus are fairly modest, whereas the instrumentalists are challenged in the first movement and in both the arias. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3112300.
