With his sonatas op. 31 composed in 1802 Beethoven for the last time grouped together piano sonatas under one opus number. The centrepiece of the collection is undoubtedly the dramatic Sonata in D minor nicknamed 'Tempest' which already fascinated his contemporaries. According to Anton Schindler, who asked the composer about the 'key' to this work as well as to the sonata op. 57 ('Appassionata'), …

Leichte Vortragsstucke. To every pupil, the first concert is a special experience. The period of intensive preparation, the mixture of trepidation and joyful anticipation, the concentration during the performance, the applause of the audience and the pride after the successful performance. Such impressions will all stick in the pupil's mind and quite often influence his or her entire future develo…

Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra. Par GERSHWIN GEORGE. Gershwin's Concerto was premiered on December 3, 1925, in Carnegie Hall - the epicentre of New York's classical music scene. It belongs to a group of self-imposed experiments” with which the composter sought to make inroads into serious” music: I have only written three 'opuses' so far - 'The Blue Monday Opera,' 'The Rhapsody in Blue' and…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. The complete vocal score with Piano accompaniment for Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony. Completed in 1909, it is a vast work inspired by, and based on, four poems by Walt Whitman that Williams fashioned into a vast score containing some of his finest choral writing and a highlight of its era. It is non-ecclesiastical work and has a humanist, agnostic viewpoint wit…

Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Here the fourths, springing from an entirely different expressive urge, shape themselves into a defi nite horn theme, spread themselves out architectonically over the whole piece, and place their stamp on everything that happens. Thus it turns out that they do not appear here merely as melody or as a purely impressionistic chord effect; their character permeates the total ha…

The 'organ plus? one series was conceived primarily with semi-professional church musicians and instrumentalists in mind.Based on the liturgical year, the pieces can be readily performed in church services, evening recitals or small concerts.Included are pieces which are freely-composed or based on chorales, both original works and arrangements.Each edition includes solo parts for instruments in C…

Matthias Weckmann, né en Niederdorla près de Mühlhausen (Thuringe) en 1616 et mort à Hambourg en 1674, a été formé en tant que musicien Heinrich Schütz par à Dresde, entre autres. Il a travaillé comme organiste à Dresde (Schloßkirche) et Hambourg (St. Jakobi). Il est particulièrement à l'orgue Jakobi qu'il a écrit ses oeuvres pour orgue élaborés et virtuose. Notre nouvelle édition du Tournoi des M…