Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Seventeen single-movement instrumental works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are referred to as 'church sonatas' or 'epistle sonatas'. Some are simple trios for two violins and bass, others more lavish concertante pieces with obbligato organ. Only Leopold Mozart took up the epistle sonata in isolated pieces that have survived in fragmentary form. Mozart's sonatas thus form …

Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. On account of their melodic beauty and the network of motivic development between the individual movements, the four piano trios are among the most attractive of Rheinberger's works. All works are also available in separate editions./ Répertoire / Ensemble de Chambre

Par GALBRAITH BARRY. Play along with Barry! Contains fifteen 2-part inventions that demonstrates the rich, melodic genius of Bach in his most economical form. Contains position markings, where applicable, to smooth out difficult passages. The recording has Barry playing both parts with total stereo separation so you can fill in the missing part. Or, listen to both tracks in their entirety. / Rép I…

Fi'er, Lubo' Sonatas for Violoncello - Highly effective concert pieces - Fingering and bowing for the Sonata for Violoncello solo by Marek Jerie - Foreword by Joná' Hájek (Cz/Eng/Ger) This edition contains three cello compositions by Lubo' Fi'er: Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1975), Sonata for two Violoncellos and Piano (1980), and Sonata for Violoncello solo (1985-1986). Lubo' Fi'er was a r…

Par SCHREKER FRANZ. Franz Schreker had a long and close association with choral music. As founder and director of Vienna's Philharmonic Chorus he led world premieres and first performances of works by contemporary composers. It is surprising, therefore, that Schreker wrote relatively few independent choral works; only three of these works [with various scorings] were published in his lifetime. Now…

Par PAULET VINCENT. Cette pièce de 7 minutes pour 12 voix s'inscrit dans le programme 'Bach + 5', conçu par Catherine Simonpietri et commandé par l'ensemble Sequenza 9.3. Ce programme s'articulant autour des chorals sur Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland de J.S. Bach, c'est le texte de l'hymne d'Ambroise de Milan, dans la traduction allemande de Luther (c'est-à-dire le texte traité par Bach) qui est ici…

Ton Van Bergeyk launched his career as a musician during the late 1960s playing blues Harp and Ukulele in a duo setting, but he then switched to the acoustic Guitar and quickly learned and mastered the instrument using fingerstyle techniques. He started to transcribe and arrange classic ragtime compositions for fingerpicking Guitar and was discovered by Stefan Grossman during a tour in Holland. St…

The 'Missa in F? of 1734 for two or four choirs is probably Pergolesi's most important work for choir and orchestra.The nickname 'Missa Romana? was added later in reference to a performance given in Rome during Pergolesi's lifetime.This Urtext edition presents the work for the first time in the four-choir version that Pergolesi wrote for the above mentioned performance in Rome.Choirs III and IV ar…