Weihnachtskantate. Par SCHMELZER JOHANN HEINRICH. With this pastoral Christmas cantata by the long-serving Royal Hofkapellmeister of Vienna, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, we wish to draw attention to a prominent baroque composer whose vocal and instrumental works have yet to achieve their historical place in the “early music scene“ which they richly deserve. Schmelzer’s easily performable pastoral mu…

Par PIAF EDITH. Elphege PROISY (Arr. ) - Durée: 10'00 / Niveau : Assez Facile / Variétés françaises / Recueil / Exemplaire Complet

Leichte Kavallerie. Par VON SUPPE FRANZ. Although he was born in Split, Croatia, of Belgian descent, Franz von Suppé’s nationality is defined less by his actual descendents than by the country and city where he lived and worked and had the great majority of his success, the Austrian capital, Vienna. It was here where, with assistance from the Johan Strausses and Franz Lehar, he helped to assure Vi…

Jouée depuis le Moyen Âge par des musiciens juifs itinérants (klezmorim), la musique klezmer est une musique joyeuse colportée de fête en mariage, qui trouve ses origines dans les “shtetl” (villages) et les ghettos d’Europe de l’Est. A Klezmer Karnival (“Festival klezmer”) de Philip Sparke rassemble trois airs traditionnels : Choson Kale Mazel Tov - une danse nuptiale, Freylekh - une danse juive e…

Par WEISS SILVIUS LEOPOLD. Silvius Leopold Weiss (1687 1750) is known to guitarists as the greatest baroque composer for the lute, yet most are only familiar with the earlier portion of Weiss?s prolific output found in the British Library in London. Inspired by a forty-year friendship with the late Douglas Alton Smith - a major figure in the scholarly study of the history of the lute - guitarist, …

Billy Strayhorn is one of the best-loved yet underated composers of jazz. His famous collaborations with and for the Duke Ellington band have become some of jazz?s most enduring standards, and now for the first time you can discover for yourself Strayhorn?s unique and beautiful style. Discover why Ellington felt such an affinity for this man?s compositions. Hal Galper-piano Lynn Seaton-bass Stev…

Par DE HAAN JANN. Le titre de cette composition – écrite pour marquer le 75e anniversaire de la société musicale Excelsior, du village d’Ouwsterhaule, aux Pays-Bas – s’inspire d’une sculpture de l’artiste Gerlof Hamersma, une œuvre d’art qui place ce village frison au Centre de l'univers. Avec ces trois mouvements réunissant des thèmes puissants, un passage pastoral et un final énergique, Jan de H…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par SOUSA JOHN PHILIP. Eine praktische Sammlung mit 15 beliebten Märschen von John Philip Sousa, neu instrumentiert von Philip Sparke. Die Idee, die hinter dieser Sammlung von Sousas bekanntesten Märschen steckt, ist, heutige Blasorchester mit einer praktischen Ausgabe, ganz im Sinne von Sousas eigener Aufführungspraxis und Instrumentierung, auszustatten. Der englische Komponis…

Par ROSSINI GIOACHINO. Taken from Bärenreiter’s first volume in the “Works of Gioachino Rossini”, this brilliant chamber music composition for winds belongs to a little known genre of Rossini ’s output. “ Andante, e Tema con Variazioni ” was allegedly written in Bologna in 1812. Rossini deftly sculpts the theme to fit each instrument i. e. all players take their turn with the tuneful theme. This p…

The Long Journey, the final monologue of the opera The Golden Dragon based on the eponymous play by Roland Schimmelpfennig, has been given the air of a ballad. A young Chinese works illegally in an Asian restaurant of Anytown. Not having a health insurance, he bleeds to death after a botched dental operation. His colleagues throw his body into the river which runs through the town and carries the …