The two-movement, incompletely transmitted Horn Concerto in D major K. 412 was long considered as Mozart?s first horn concerto - it is, however, his last, and was written between March and December 1791. Mozart undertook revisions in the autograph ? which contains the most important orchestral parts next to the entire solo horn part ? in order to adjust the work to the modest technical abilities o…

Better known in the UK as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this is the first of JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels - the seven-part tale of Harry Potter's training as a wizard and his coming of age.This arrangement by Steve Sykes includes some of the best-known themes from the film score.

À l'occasion de l'exposition consacrée à Georges Brassens qui s'est tenue à la Cité de la musique en 2011, les deux commissaires, Clémentine Deroudille et Joann Sfar, réalisent un livre événement. Articulant textes, illustrations et très nombreuses pages de bande dessinée, cet imposant ouvrage est autant la biographie ultime de Brassens que le catalogue augmenté de l'exposition, puisqu'il présente…

La "Maladie d'amour" n'a jamais lâché le dandy en blanc qui, en 1948, s'en allait "Clopin-clopant". Olivier Miquel ose la biographie de ce monument de la chanson française. Maurice Pon, l'ami parolier, raconte "Une chanson douce", Eddy Mitchell évoque le crooner philosophe, Claude Bolling ressuscite les grands orchestres, Gilbert Richard raconte Jacqueline, épouse et productrice... On suit à la t…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Following the critically acclaimed publication of the 35 Piano Sonatas in separate editions, Bärenreiter now presents Beethoven's Complete Piano Sonatas in three volumes. This edition, which is unparalleled in terms of its philological accuracy, has been edited by world-renowned Beethoven expert Jonathan Del Mar guaranteeing a musical text at the forefront of musicologica…

In spite of the most enthusiastic reception at the work's premiere, the famous pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow criticized Verdi's Messa da Requiem as 'an opera in ecclesiastical robes?. Nonetheless, or maybe precisely for this quality, the work has conquered concert podiums worldwide.For this scholarly-critical edition, the editor has consulted no less than 16 sources, many more than were eve…

These ten Rachmaninoff songs, transcribed in 1963 for voice and orchestra by Vladimir Jurowski (senior), were revived in Sweden in 2011 conducted by his son Michail, and songs from the collection have since been programmed by Andris Nelsons with the Tonhalle Orchestra and Michail Jurowski with Dresdner Philharmonie. The complete collection is to be performed in April 2015 by the London Philharmoni…

Cette composition a évolué d'une improvisation jouée par Petr Eben lui-même sur nombreuses tournées à travers l'Europe. Maintenant la version imprimée, attendu depuis longtemps par de nombreux organistes a été publiée. Les quatorze pièces sont basés sur des thèmes tirés du livre du même nom par le philosophe humaniste, théoricien de l'éducation et théologien Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670). Eben …

L'ensemble de ce volume se présente comme une réflexion croisée sur une double thématique qui ne cesse d'interpeller les théoriciens, les artistes et les musiciens : récit et représentation. Qu'est-ce que représenter ? Qu'est-ce qui permet d'aborder une ?uvre d'art, en particulier musicale, à partir du concept de représentation ? Les théories philosophiques et la musicologie permettent-elles d'ap…

The new reduction of Il barbiere di Siviglia is based on the critical edition of the full score by Alberto Zedda that, republished in 2009, appeared in turn as a fully revised edition - in the light of new sources and updated philological criteria - of the historic and pioneering critical edition of 1969. The 1969 Barbiere di Siviglia was based on the autograph and on manuscript and printed source…