Passionskantate. Par HOMILIUS GOTTFRIED AUGUST. He was without argument our greatest church composer, wrote the lexicographer E. L. Gerber a few years after Homilius's death in 1785. As a result of the destruction of the Kreuzkirche during the Seven Years War, the longtime Kreuzkantor, a pupil of Bach, performed his professional musical duties primarily at the Frauenkirche in Dresden. The Passions…

Par SHEPPARD JOHN. Edited by Nicholas Sandon Taverner and Tye are the predominant influences in these works. The 6-part Mass Cantate is taken from the Oxford partbooks. The source for The Western Wind Mass, The Frences Mass, the Mass Be not afraid, and the Plainsong Mass for a Mean, all in four parts, is the so-called 'Gyffard' partbooks (British Library Add. MSS 17802-5), which are now known to h…

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Originally commissioned by the BBC and first performed by Phyllis Sellick and Cyril Smith with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer. . . .has an enchantingly gentle Ravelian slow movement, and an outrageously jazzy finale which was encored at its Proms premiere - understandably as it centres on one of Arnold's most infectious tunes. . . Ivan March, Gramophone, D…

Oper in 3 Akten. Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. Hasse's Cleofide of 1731 can be regarded as the zenith of his creative output – not least of all because he integrated several of his greatest arias from earlier works into this opera. The theme from antiquity 'Alexander's conquests in India' was perfectly suited to flatter August the Strong, a rather unsuccessful commander-in-chief, who at that moment was …

The rediscovery of the opéra comique, Fantasio, is one of the great triumphs by the Offenbach Edition Keck OEK. The title character is a touching self-portrait of the composer as a melancholy fool. The music in this piece is among the most delicate and complex ever created by Offenbach. / Voix Et Piano

Kantate Zum Sonntag Jubilate. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. On the 2nd March 1714 Bach, who until then had been employed as a chamber musician and organist at he Court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, was promoted to the position of concert master, and was instructed to relieve the ailing Kapellmeister Johann Samuel Drese by composing and performing 'new pieces monthly' for the church. Following the …

Gathered in a unique volume, all the vocalises previously published in two anthologies by Ricordi in the Thirties. - All the 16 vocalises of each volume (low voice, medium voice, high voice) have been composed by very important composers of the Nineteenth century, like Alfano, Malipiero, Respighi, Casella, Pizzetti. - With piano accompaniment for each vocalise. / Voix Et Piano

Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony #2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz completed the first critical edition of this symphony, the most significant being Mahler's personal reference score in which he recorded changes to be made (his last entries were made in September 1910). The…

Par DESBONNET GERMAIN. Germain Desbonnet, concertiste international et compositeur, nous offre ici sept pièces qui montrent que la bombarde sait être à l'aise dans des partitions exigeantes qui la placent au plus haut niveau parmi tous les instruments dits « classiques ». Ces compositions redonnent une nouvelle jeunesse à des airs traditionnels enrichis d'harmonies nouvelles. / Répertoire / Bombar…

Par KYNASTON TRENT. Trent Kynaston's Saxophone Intonation Workbook is a thorough, organized approach to approaching saxophone intonation. Basic concepts of embouchure and breathing, understanding the role of your equipment, and developing voicing techniques are all explored. Included is a tuning CD with numerous exercises along with additional scale and arpeggio studies. This is a must for all dev…