SKU: HL.50606902
ISBN 9798350122145. UPC: 196288201991.
The Lied genre had a decisive influence on Richard Strauss' musical oeuvre: his first and last published works were songs, and few other composers have enjoyed such success with their song settings as Strauss. The Croatian pianist and composer Dejan Lazic has now arranged several of these musical miniatures for violin and piano with virtuosity.
SKU: HL.50606903
ISBN 9798350122152. UPC: 196288202004.
Claude Debussy composed two chamber music works for the clarinet. He wrote his Première Rhapsodie and his Petite Pièce as mandatory pieces for the wind competitions at the Paris Conservatoire. With their lyrical tone colours and focus on cantabile melodies, Debussy's sound ideal is evident in both pieces as if under a burning glass. Both are now also available for violin and piano, arranged by pianist and composer Dejan Lazic.
SKU: HL.50601168
8.25x11.75x0.08 inches.
During the course of her South American concert tour, the American star violinist Hillary Hahn presented the world premiere of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh's new work “Impulse” on 11 September 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. The encore piece “Impulse” is part of Hilary Hahn's cycle In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores. The violinist had turned to various contemporary composers from whom she requested contributions. The individual encore pieces were premiered by the violinist successively until the end of the 2012/13 season and then recorded on CD.
SKU: HL.50600469
8.25x11.75x0.14 inches.
“I belong to that group of people who appropriate Debussy's wonderfully formulated philosophy according to which music begins where words end. Contrary to a view that has become widespread during the past 100 years, I am convinced that the task of the composer is to write music, not to talk about it. Even if my technical and aesthetic commentaries on one of my compositions were to have a certain value for listeners, such a commentary would have the effect that I were more or less forcing my own vision of the work onto the listener. The power of music is, however, a gift that makes it capable of calling forth different reactions in listeners. I shall therefore limit myself to saying that the 'Imaginary Variations' were inspired by the wonderful recordings of Janet Packer that I listened to with the greatest pleasure prior to the beginning of my work. The title is derived from the fact that this composition is structured similarly to the classical variation form and that the audience can listen to the constant changes of the musical ideas. In truth, however, the twelve short sections of the work are not true variations even though they reveal some connections and similarities.” (Krzysztof Meyer).
SKU: HL.50483441
8.25x11.75x0.108 inches.
Congratulatory Rondo is for violin and piano. Madrigal in Memorium Oleg Kagan is written for unaccompanied violin.
SKU: HL.50600494
8.0x12.0x0.088 inches.
The theme of the Waltz coda (No. 37) from the ballet “Cinderella” by Sergei Prokofiev served as the source of inspiration for this composition. The work is dedicated to Elena Juliana Münch.
SKU: HL.50600872
8.25x11.75x0.077 inches.
The operas of Marius Felix Lange, especially “Snow White,” “The Canterville Ghost,” “Die Schneekönigin,” “Das Opernschiff oder Am Südpol, denkt man, ist es heisse” have been incredibly successful. Many of his operas have also been performed on foreign stages, including those in Switzerland and France. Other points of emphasis in Lange's work include orchestral compositions and Lieder. The American violinist Hilary Hahn had an unusual yet very clever idea in 2012 when she requested encore pieces from present-day composers. The cycle “In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores” were consecutively premiered by the violinist until the end of the 2012/13 season and recorded on CD. Amongst the submissions selected by Hilary Hahn during the course of an online contest, Marius Felix Lange's violin piece “Nutcracker's Nightmare” immediately ended up amongst the ten best-placed works. The title “Nutcracker's Nightmare” recalls E.T.A. Hoffmann's famous fairytale “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” the gloomily imaginative story in which a wooden toy is awakened to life and has to fight against the powers of darkness.
SKU: HL.50150140
8.25x11.75x0.075 inches.
SKU: HL.50483832
8.25x11.75x0.098 inches.
SKU: HL.50486783
8.25x11.75x0.125 inches.
SKU: HL.50606859
ISBN 9798350118896. UPC: 196288194606.
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