L'oeuvre du compositeur brésilien et le pianiste Ernesto Nazareth (1863 1934) attire les amateurs de plus en plus dans ce pays. Après sa formation, il s'est concentré sur le divertissement léger et joué plusieurs années dans l'orchestre du cinéma Odeon, à Rio de Janeiro où Heitor Villa-Lobos a joué en tant que violoncelliste aussi. Pour lui, Nazareth a écrit le tango du même intitulé, et le compositeur collègues l'a loué comme 'la véritable incarnation de l'âme brésilienne'. C'était son 88 de tango Nazareth qui a fait l'un des compositeurs les plus influents du Brésil du 20e siècle. La pièce évocatrice est un exemple impressionnant de Floraux son art du tango. / Quatuor À Cordes (Contrebasse Ad Lib.) / 24 pages / niveau : Intermédiaire / Partition

The Snowman is a beautifully composed piece for the traditional Christmas time film of the same title. The composer Howard Blake takes the music through the cold wintery sky, floating blissfully as if it was all a dream.The sheet music is beautifully arranged for a string quartet. The perfect addition to anyones festive collection. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par TURNAGE MARK-ANTHONY. / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par LIANG LEI. Gobi Gloria belongs to a series of compositions that grew out of my admiration for Mongolian music. The series include Feng (for cello solo, written for Feng Hew), Gobi Polyphony (for erhu and cello, written for Xu Ke), Gobi Canticle (for violin and cello, written for Masuko Ushioda and Laurence Lesser), and Serashi Fragments (written for the Arditti Quartet). The melody is played against its own inversion, retrograde and retrograde-inversion in an otherwise mostly heterophonic texture. The piece alludes to various genres of Mongolian music that include the longchant, as well as the music of dance and shaman rituals. It concludes with a rendering of a folk song that I heard during my visit to Nei Monggol region in 1996./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

This music lends itself so well to the string quartet - classic Vivaldi at his best! / Quatuor A Cordes