Composer and violinist János Lavotta (1764-1820), as a member - together with János Bihari and Antal Csermák - of the ''virtuoso trio'' who played a great role in the history of Hungarian music, was one of the pioneers of verbunkos music. Although his violin duos op. 49 must have also been used for playing music at home, they show the composer's clear educational intent, since the fourteen consecu…

'Klassik für Kinder' wants to introduce clarinet pupils to the beauty of Baroque, Classical and Romantic concert literature. Cautiously, not only original clarinet literature was taken up, but catchy tunes and themes from the opera (The Freeshooter, The Magic Flute and others) and the concert hall (Four Seasons, Capriccio Italy, Reverie and others) were used as well. The edition starts with a piec…

Par SUZUKI SHINICHI. The New International Edition of Suzuki Piano School, Volume 2 includes French, German and Spanish translations, new Romantic and 20th-century pieces, as well as a newly recorded CD performed by internationally renowned recording artist Seizo Azuma. Now the book and CD can be purchased together or separately. The contents have changed slightly with minimal reordering of the mu…

There is no rose of such virtue is an anonymous mediaeval text, already well known through beautiful settings by Britten (in his Ceremony of Carols), John Joubert and others. The poem is 'macaronic' (it presents a verse in English, followed by a varying Latin refrain). This new version follows the illustrious examples above by remaining strophic and presenting broadly the same music in a successio…

Par ALLERME JEAN-MARC. En composant et en choisissant ces 24 mélodies réparties sur 2 volumes, j'ai choisi de mettre en scène musicalement la flûte à bec comme on le fait plus souvent pour des instruments qui bénéficient naturellement d'une meilleure cote de popularité. Je souhaitais également que cela soit l'occasion pour chacun de découvrir et d'apprendre cet instrument, de manière progressive e…

JOHN MAYNARD (B. 1577) COMPOSED THESE SEVEN PAVANS, FOR LYRA VIOL AND BASS VIOL, AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HIS 12 WONDERS OF THE WORLD, A COLLECTION OF LUTE SONGS. EDITED BY JOËLLE MORTON.

Editor: Katrin Eich Fingering: Andreas Boyde Brahms mainly composed the eight Piano Pieces op. 76 in summer 1878 in the summer resort of Pörtschach at Lake Wörth. Theodor Billroth, a close friend, was enthusiastic about the new works: 'These are magnificent pieces, beautiful and interesting to play. They lie so well under the hand for those who are a little used to Schumann's and Chopin's techniq…

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