There's a taxi waiting for Chekhov, but he'd rather go on foot.. Par EOTVOS PETER. Right at the beginning, this funny encore piece has the string quartet imitate the squawking horn of a car from 1901. The following polyrhythmic and somewhat slow chorale may suggest that Chekhov actually did not make his decision easy for himself… 'Encore' is dedicated to Peter Eötvös' Hungarian fellow composer and…

Weihnachtskantate. Par ZECHNER JOHANN GEORG. As the basis for his „Oratorio per il Natale“ Zechner used 4 Verses of the hymn „Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist“ by Johann Rist. He also used some verses by another author. The reason for the reworking of Rist's text was undoubtedly Zechner's idea of writing a dramatic compositon after the model of the Italian cantata, rather than a succession of v…

Step into the spotlight and play along with the superb backing tracks on the specially recorded CD. Includes ten of the best hits from the seventies by Elton John, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, and more! The Guest Spot books include a practical playing guide and a CD of backing tracks and accompaniments to play along with. There is a full performance version of the music on the first set of tracks …

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Par . What better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Disney than with 100 magical songs in a beautiful, collectible hardcover edition' Beginning with a foreword by composer and Disney legend, Alan Menken, and a preface by Walt Disney Records Supervising Producer and Music Historian, Randy Thornton, and featuring colorful art throughout, Disney 100 Songs will take you on a century-long music…

Par CAMPO REGIS. A la suite des reprises de mes Cris de Marseille par l'ensemble Musicatreize et par Les Jeunes Solistes, la scène nationale de Valenciennes, Le Phénix, m'a proposé d'écrire pour Dominique Visse et son ensemble Clément Janequin pour un concert en hommage à Claude Lejeune. La confrontation d'une création avec un univers vocal éloigné du nôtre est une démarche que j'affectionne depui…

Par DESSAU PAUL. Paul Dessau described his Third String Quartet, begun at Laguna Beach near Los Angeles in 1943, as predominantly lyrical. The song-like, melodious main theme of this one-movement work emerges from a series of notes grounded in tonality. A contrapuntally separated little semiquaver figure acquires increasing importance and points the way ahead to the greater rhythmical turbulence o…