Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Schubert?s piano sonatas reflect the entire cosmos of his distinctive writing, spanning from an early experimentation with this form to the iconic last three sonatas, which the composer completed in 1828, the last year of his life. All three volumes are equipped with informative prefaces on the genesis and sources, as well as valuable notes on piano playing in Schubert's time (…

Sonates 5 et 6
Edition de Martin Nitz avec chiffrage et réalisation

Symphony No. 2. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Dès son premier séjour à Savannah, le compositeur Philip Sparke fut délicieusement charmé par cette ville, et c’est donc avec un réel plaisir qu’il accepta d’écrire cette symphonie pour honorer la première ville planifiée de l‘Amérique. À la différence de beaucoup d’autres villes, Savannah fut édifiée sans conflit ni privation. A Savannah Symphony retrace avec br…

Symphony No. 2. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Dès son premier séjour à Savannah, le compositeur Philip Sparke fut délicieusement charmé par cette ville, et c’est donc avec un réel plaisir qu’il accepta d’écrire cette symphonie pour honorer la première ville planifiée de l‘Amérique. À la différence de beaucoup d’autres villes, Savannah fut édifiée sans conflit ni privation. A Savannah Symphony retrace avec br…

edizione critica a cura di Eleonora Di Cintio. Par PERGOLESI GIOVANNI BATTISTA. Naples, 27 September 1732. A new commedeja pe mmuseca was staged at the Teatro dei Fiorentini, by two young and promising authors: Gennarantonio Federico, heir to a generation of Neapolitan theatre poets who had forged the genre in the previous two decades, and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, a composer who was a candidat…

This work highlights the sounds of instruments that, through the ages, have related the spirit of humankind to the rhythms of life, the heartbeat of the earth, and the motion of history. The piece begins with a magical snare drum rhythm, which intensifies with added bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, and timpani. The music progresses to a climactic, foot-stomping celebration of the drum! This piece is s…

34 miniatures for piano. Par HILLER WILFRIED. In a film portrait of dancer, painter and sculptor Antje Tesche-Mentzen, I learned that in former times she was a proficient pianist. When she told me that she intended to begin playing again, I promised to compose her a cycle for her new beginning: 34 miniatures, some of them with a direct connection to her paintings and sculptures. The main part of …

Svit för Helena för blåskvintett. Par KARLSSON LARS. Lars Karlsson's Suite for Helena (Svit för Helena, 1994) for wind quintet is built on folk tunes from his native Åland Islands. In five movements, it takes a form from classical models (French suite, fuga, scherzo) and also of 'family diary' describing the first steps of a baby boy (David's promenade), the bird sounds at the sea next to beloved …