Par RAVEL MAURICE. Created during the First World War, Maurice Ravel's composition 'Le Tombeau de Couperin' casts a longing look at the past while at the same time being full to the brim with traces of modern music. Each of the six movements is dedicated to friends who died in battle. In 1919 Ravel arranged four of these movements for large orchestra by skilfully borrowing melodic lines and colour…

Vienna Version - 1767. Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. With the premiere of Gluck's 'Alceste”, the 'Burgtheater” Vienna reopened its doors, concluding a period of moarning that had been decreed following the death of Archduchess Maria Josepha. Calzabigi's inspiration for the libretto, which, despite including an element of wonder, focuses entirely on death and the afterworld, most likely stemmed fr…

Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Richer than ever – Rameau’s “Zoroastre” in the version of 1756. Opera in five acts. Rameau’s revised version of his opera “Zoroastre”, which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académie royale de musique, was favourably received. Also from today’s point of view the work profits dramaturgically from many of the changes and seems altoget…

Led Zeppelin III was recorded in 1970 and is said to be a breakthrough album due to the collaboration of all band members, who contributed their unique talent and ideas to write these songs. In addition, the album introduced an element of acoustic and folk rock sound to their already established rock-and-roll reputation. When first introduced, nearly one million advance orders were placed, and the…

Basé sur l'inspiration des chiffons à la richesse de l'histoire de Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, ce spectacle a remporté le Prix 2006 de Tony pour la meilleure comédie musicale. Ce medley de 8 minutes capte l'essence de la version Broadway et comprend: Impossible Take My Eyes Off Of You, Décembre 1963, Faisons Hang On, Stay, qui vous aime et de travail My Way Back to You. Temps de Performanc…

Par WIENIAWSKI / KAMASA. In addition to the numerous violin pieces in H. Wieniawski's compositional output there is only one piee for viola and piano, ''Reverie'', which is without opus number. The ''Dream'' ost probably comes from that period when Wieniawski stayed in London (1858-1859) and, apart from his regular concert activities, took part in chamber concerts, which were very popular at that …

10 Stücke Für Oboe (Auch Oboe D'Amore und Englisch Horn) und Harfe. This collection contains musical birthday greetings to composers and instrumentalists who are close friends of Heinz Holliger. The very different pieces were created over a period of 15 years for the duo Ursula and Heinz Holliger. Among the recipients of these birthday compositions were Elliott Carter, Pierre Boulez, Robert Suter,…

for trumpet and organ. Par HENZE HANS WERNER. “Requiem, 9 sacred concertos for piano solo, trumpet and large chamber orchestra” is the title of the original work of which Henze said: “These nine instrumental pieces speak of the fears and needs of mankind today; of sickness and death, of love and loneliness.” Three movements of this extremely demanding and complex work - Rex tremendae, Lacrimosa an…

a cura di Simone Gramaglia. Par PAGANINI NICOLO. Paganini?s Sei Sonate op. 2 (M.S. 26), his Cantabile (M.S. 109) and his Sonata concertata (M.S. 2) bring out all of the timbral and sonic possibilities of both the viola and the guitar. In these pieces, the two voices blend together in a natural way, creating a compelling and well-balanced duo. These three transcriptions make up a perfect introducti…