Norwegian Festival Overture. Par HALVORSEN JOHAN. The Norwegian Festival Overture was written for the grand opening of the National Theatre on September 1st, 1899. In the opening bars, one can virtually imagine the stage curtain being drawn aside, and the stage is revealed to the audience. The trumpets openly quote Peer Gynts return from Grieg's music to the play Peer Gynt. The main part of the ov…

The Richard Wagner Complete Edition presents the composer's entire output for the first time in a reliable form. The conductor Michael Balling, in the early years of the 20th century, attempted to make Wagner's work more accessible for research and performance, but the edition only reached 10 volumes - some with grave shortcomings - and was discontinued after Balling's death in 1925. A further att…

The Grade By Grade series draws on the rich and varied Boosey and Hawkes catalogue of classical, contemporary and educational repertoire, highlighting composers including Serge Prokofieff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Karl Jenkins, Carol Barratt and Christopher Norton, alongside arrangements of traditional music from around the world by Peter Wastall, Vera Gray and others. Carefully selected by Janet Way,…

Par PART ARVO. Following an initiative by Princess Caroline of Monaco/Hannover to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reign of his Highness, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, composer Arvo Pärt was commissioned to compose a work for choir and orchestra. The finished work, Cantique des degrés, received its premiere on 19 November 1999 during a special service in the Cathedral of Monte-Carlo in the …

The ' Messe de Requiem? is probably the internationally best-known and most frequently performed work by Gabriel Fauré . The composer's first version was limited to just five movements and small-scale forces with low strings, harp and organ. The work was then expanded several times culminating in the version for large orchestra of 1900. This orchestral version forms the basis of this edition.Despi…

Kantate Zum 2. Weihnachtstag. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Two straightforward four-part choral movements frame three solo movements. The tonal language of this easily performable work, taken from a cantata publication of 1748, combines baroque pictorial quality and playfulness with rococo grace and sensitivity. / Date parution : 1991-09-01/ Répertoire / Solo S, Choeur SATB, 2 Violons, Alto et Bass…

Kantate Zum 2. Weihnachtstag. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Two straightforward four-part choral movements frame three solo movements. The tonal language of this easily performable work, taken from a cantata publication of 1748, combines baroque pictorial quality and playfulness with rococo grace and sensitivity. / Date parution : 1987-11-01/ Répertoire / Solo S, Choeur SATB, 2 Violons, Alto et Bass…

Kantate Zum 2. Weihnachtstag. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Two straightforward four-part choral movements frame three solo movements. The tonal language of this easily performable work, taken from a cantata publication of 1748, combines baroque pictorial quality and playfulness with rococo grace and sensitivity. / Date parution : 1987-05-01/ Répertoire / Solo S, Choeur SATB, 2 Violons, Alto et Bass…