SKU: HL.49019305
ISBN 9790001180597. UPC: 841886018105. 9.0x12.0x0.068 inches.
Arrangements for the piano, transcriptions and opera paraphrases take up a large part in Franz Liszt's complete ouvre. He even arranged scenes from the music dramas of Richard Wagner. The transcription of 'Lied an den Abendstern' comes from the third act of the romantic opera Tannhauser und der Sangerkrieg auf Wartburg. In his transcription of 1849 Liszt kept exactly to Wagner's original but he divided the scene into 'Recitative' and 'Romance'. He transposed the piece to the keys of G sharp minor and A flat major, which sound warmer on the piano and which also allow for a more easy-to-play romantic piano setting. Liszt uses the cantilena of the violoncellos in Wagner's original as tonal highlight with octaves in the descant. A transcription that is beautiful to listen to for both pianist and audience and perfectly suitable for concert performances and recitals.
SKU: HL.14003183
ISBN 9781844499809. UPC: 884088433666. 8.25x11.75 inches.
First published in 1969, this tranquil and slow piece with it's gently undulating melody and soft chordal accompaniment is ideal for the repertoire of any Oboe player of grade four and above. The solo line is also suitable for performance on the Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Cello.
SKU: BT.PWM4901
Concerto for String Orchestra - the magnum opus of Grayna Bacewicz (1909-1969), the outstanding composer and violinist - was composed in 1948 and at once became one of the most frequently performed works of this Polish artist. This masterpieceof neoclassicism fascinates as much by its invention and virtuosic briliance as its harmonious combination of formal elements of a traditional nature with new tonal ideas. The form of the three-movement Concerto oscillates between that of the baroqueconcerto grosso and the early classical sonata cycle. The neoclassical tendency is evident, above all, in the articulation of the musical structure in keeping with the rigours of periodicity and the manner of developing thematic threads derived fromthem, while the concertato character of particular movements and the generally linear texture indicate baroque connections. The first movement (Allegro) - in the form of an early classical sonata allegro - begins with a subject with energeticfigurations, emblematic for the whole piece and based on a constant, pendulum-like semiquaver movement anchored securely on D. It is precisely because of the nature of this subject that Bacewiczs work has been compared to the Brandenburg Concertosby Jan Sebastian Bach The second movement (Andante), while retaining its concertato charakter, is, at the same time, an example of the composers ability to create emotionally serene lyrical moods, and her sense of cantilena derived from the spiritof romantic song (a motto-subject presented at the beginning by cello solo). In this movement it is both the process of evolution and the instrumental colouring which constitute the constructional agents forming here a self-containedvalue. In thethird movement (Vivo) the composer returns to her favourite type of music, understood as an expression of pure motion in the form of figural motives with infinite transformational possibilities. The spontaneity of the music, the constant mutabilityof the tonal situations, and the sophisticated, acerbic harmonies - as Witold Lutosawski described them - form a colourful mosaic built in the structural skeleton of a sonata rondo. Concerto for String Orchestra is not only proof of thestylizing tendency of the composer but also of an unerring intuition concerning the technical and expressive possibilities inherent in a string instruments ensemble. [Magorzata Gsiorowska, translated by Ewa Cholewka].
SKU: CA.1037513
ISBN 9790007190767. Key: D major. Language: Latin/German.
This pastoral composition of Austrian origin depicts the announcement to a shepherd of the birth of Christ. In addition, the song of praise of an angel Gloria in excelsis Deo is sung. This is a short, easily performed work which is best suited to music for the Christmas Gospel or for the offertory at Christmas. Score and part available separately - see item CA.1037500.
SKU: HL.338853
ISBN 9781540090232. UPC: 840126914146.
Soleos was written to a commission of 10th International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart 2019 in Augsburg. It is not by chance that the title containes the words solo and sole, since Soleos represents a musical rendering of the gradual heating up of a star, rising inexorably to maximum effervascence. This work comprises four sections of similar duration.Its inner tension grows continuously up to the middle point of the fourth section, where it is discharged ina a climax. The violin part employs a variety of articulations, such as sul ponticello, ricochet and saltando, as well as murmuring of noise-like effects and playing in the highest possible register. Yet the solo instrument eschews neither cantilena nor virtuosity. In several places, we find distant references to stylistic figures from the music of Leopold Mozart and his era. In this work, I again impart an illusory freedom to the electronic part, which affords the soloist some latitude. I wanted Soleos to be interpreted in such a way that it sounds different each time. Despite the pracise notation, the performer can also find here material from which to create a personal vision of rhis work. [Elzbieta Siora translated by John Comber]. The commissioned work was made possible through the generous support of Forberg-Schneider-Stiftung Recording is available on the wbsite: www.pwm.com.pl/sikora/soleos/index.html.
SKU: CA.3810916
ISBN 9790007054366. Language: Latin.
While the solos in earlier masses form an integral part of the structure of the entire work, Christian Bach made the solo sections independent in the sense of the Neopolitan school. The orchestra is occupied with longer preludes and rustling figures. In the eleven movements, Bach was able to unite the compositional techniques and expressivity of the Baroque with the beautiful sound of an Italian cantilena. From the forward by Traugott Fedtke. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3810900.
SKU: CA.3810914
ISBN 9790007054342. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.3810912
ISBN 9790007054328. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.3810911
ISBN 9790007054311. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.3810919
ISBN 9790007134334. Language: Latin.
While the solos in earlier masses form an integral part of the structure of the entire work, Christian Bach made the solo sections independent in the sense of the Neopolitan school. The orchestra is occupied with longer preludes and rustling figures. In the eleven movements, Bach was able to unite the compositional techniques and expressivity of the Baroque with the beautiful sound of an Italian cantilena. From the forward by Traugott Fedtke. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.3810900.
SKU: CA.3810913
ISBN 9790007054335. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.3810900
ISBN 9790007054281. Language: Latin.
While the solos in earlier masses form an integral part of the structure of the entire work, Christian Bach made the solo sections independent in the sense of the Neopolitan school. The orchestra is occupied with longer preludes and rustling figures. In the eleven movements, Bach was able to unite the compositional techniques and expressivity of the Baroque with the beautiful sound of an Italian cantilena. From the forward by Traugott Fedtke.
SKU: CA.3810905
ISBN 9790007054298. Language: Latin.
While the solos in earlier masses form an integral part of the structure of the entire work, Christian Bach made the solo sections independent in the sense of the Neopolitan school. The orchestra is occupied with longer preludes and rustling figures. In the eleven movements, Bach was able to unite the compositional techniques and expressivity of the Baroque with the beautiful sound of an Italian cantilena. From the forward by Traugott Fedtke. Score available separately - see item CA.3810900.
SKU: CA.3810909
ISBN 9790007054304. Language: Latin.
