Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Either of these pieces, for advanced players, would make an exceptionally unusual and entertaining concert item. The writers, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, have stunned audiences, critics and fellow musicians worldwide with their combined musicianship and hilarious antics. They have now applied their skills and written these pieces specifically for the competition 'Fea…

Par COMBIER JEROME. (...) Hors: moyen de puiser dans les constructions internes d'un texte littéraire le possible d'une construction musicale, même quand ces deux mondes (littéraire, musical) n'ont rien à se dire. Crâne: d'où il ne sera jamais possible de nous extirper, n'ayant de liberté qu'à l'intérieur de ses limites - aussi grande que nous puissions imaginer cette liberté. Paysage du cerveau d…

Par SCABBIA GAIA. Per nonetto o orchestra di flauti destinate a giovani esecutori. Partitura e parti. Libera trascrizione in 5 tempi del celebre brano di Ciajkovskij per gruppo di nove flauti comprendenti qualche piccolo intervento di percussioni (tamburello, piatti). La presenza di parti differenziate nel grado di difficoltà perme utilizzare il lavoro sia per scopi didattici (primi corsi) che con…

EDIZIONE CRITICA A CURA DI GIORGIO PAGANNONE / Voix Et Piano

Par WOODGATES BENJAMIN. These time-honoured words so suitable for the musical adornment of a service of marriage or blessing receive a new and very moving encounter with music through the inspiration of Benjamin Woodgates. His five-part a cappella setting is in a simple three-part form, rightly illustrating the tempestuous waters that cannot quench love in a more strenuous middle section. The over…

As one of the best-selling artists of all time, Taylor Swift (b. 1989) needs no introduction. Since her debut album in 2006, she has been firmly established as one of the most popular artists working today. Her fifth studio album, 1989, released in October 2014, was the fastest-selling album in the United States in over a decade. As the title suggests, it is heavily influenced by 1980's pop and ma…

Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. With his Capriccio Sinfonico, SC 55, Giacomo Puccini completed his studies in 1883 at the Milan Conservatory. It is the most extensive of his three orchestral works and also his last. Apart from occasional smaller works, thereafter he dedicated himself only to opera. Nonetheless, the Capriccio Sinfonico plays an important role in Puccini’s oeuvre, not only as a source of motiv…

Heralds of Spring. Par RAFF JOSEPH JOACHIM. Joachim Raff?s 12 piano pieces Frühlingsboten op. 55, originating in 1852/53, mark a new creative start in his compositional oeuvre, in which the composer left behind his previously written and published piano works. The title of the work, translated as ?Heralds of Spring,? is multilayered: It refers not only to spring in nature as expressed in the headi…

Publié pour la première fois le piano complet / partition vocale de John Adams largement acclamé nativité oratorio El Niño. Cette importante contemporaine à grande échelle du travail dispose d'un livret basé sur des sources originales organisées par Peter Sellars et John Adams, mettant en vedette latine ajustement poésie américaine avec des versets de la Bible King James, entre autres textes évang…