Dessau's String Quartet movement was written while he was also working on Brecht's opera Puntila. After Brecht's death in 1956 Dessau found himself looking for a new direction. On the one hand he was still working on music begun in collaboration with the poet, while on the other hand Dessau was trying to work towards a socially oriented musical aesthetic, which led him to compose songs for politic…

A Service for Tenebrae. Par NIX BRAD / MARTIN JOSEPH M. . This brief choral cantata is well suited for use during Holy Week as a Tenebrae observance or as a time of reflection. A musical ?service of shadows,? Candles of Grace is filled with emotive texts and deeply expressive music portraying the events of the Passion. A thoughtful orchestration adorns this chamber cantata with refined beauty and …

Arrangeur: Ferdinand Wrede. Par MEYERBEER GIACOMO. / Répertoire / 2 Pianos 8 Mains

L'une des révélations de la rentrée. Le groupe de Barnabé Saïd-Albert (fils de l'actrice Isabelle Adjani) redonne vie au Reggae Akoustik français là où Tryo l'avait laissé. Découvrez en avant première les titres de ce magnifique album, plein de douceur et d'entrain sur le site du groupe. Laissez-vous emporter par la chanson Mais Bon, premier single du groupe. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG) / 80 pages…

Weihnachtskantate. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. This idyllic and lyrical work, which finely underscores the Christmas story in nine scenes, is rendered in a recording in which the joy of Christmas Eve is emphatically communicated./ Répertoire / Solistes SBar, Choeur SATB, 2 Flûtes Traversières,

Par VEILHAN. This new, revised edition of J'Apprends La Flûte à Bec by Jean-Claude Veilhan is a beginner method for Soprano Recorder. Including all facets that a beginner method should have, it features information on the instrument, positioning, breathing and theory. Small studies and exercises are also part of the book to support the acquired knowledge throughout. Simple melodic studies will ena…

Debussy's Première Rhapsodie is one of two concertante works completed, premiered and published during his lifetime. He was commissioned to write it in 1909 for the final examination at the Paris Conservatoire in 1910. Debussy orchestrated it in the summer of 1911. While transferring the clarinet part from the already published version for clarinet and piano, he made a few subtle changes, particul…

Par ROZYCKI LUDOMIR. The third volume of Ludomir Rozycki's Selection of Songs for Voice and Piano is the result of more than half a year of archival research conducted by the singer Urszula Kryger and the pianist Piotr Clapinski. This publication contains 12 songs in their performance arrangements, based on discovered manuscripts and first editions. These are various pieces from different periods …

Symphonic Series. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In partnership with Oxford University Press and authorized by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, this major new initiative brings the incredible catalog of Ralph Vaughan Williams to the wind band community, with scholarly transcriptions by leaders in wind band composition. Titles in the Symphonic Series come from treasured major orchestral works by…

Without any doubt J.S. Bach?s cycle of the three Sonatas and Partitas BWV 1001-1006 represents one of the pinnacles of classical European music. According to C.P.E. Bach a contemporary voice stated that there was ?nothing more accomplished in order to become a good violinist? than his father?s works. The cycle reflects the entire harmonic and polyphonic musical universe of Bach?s time, so masterfu…