Duo Fantasia est dédié à professeur Luise Vosgerchian, dont mélange de fantaisie, de discipline et d'exubérance a façonné la vie des générations de musiciens américains. Parmi ceux-ci sont Lynn Chang et Yo-Yo Ma, qui pour la première fois la pièce lors d'un concert donné en l'honneur de sa retraite de l'Université Harvard en mai 1991. Dans sa carrière d'enseignant long, une de plus célèbres Conférence-spectacles de Mme trou était fondée sur le Prélude à un majeur opus 28 aucune 7 de Frédéric Chopin. Concernant le ' text ' de la pièce à la 'musique' de Getrude Stein ' une rose est qu'une rose est une rose... ', Luise captiver et enthousiasmer tous présent, frappant chaque écouteur avec une expérience inoubliable de-presque Zen comme - et en leur laissant une touche au domaine de la compréhension musicale et de la communication. J'étais une fois qu'un de ces privilégiés des auditeurs, un donc j'ai choisi le Prélude comme la source de la pièce que j'ai composé en son hommage. La Fantasia Duo s'ouvre avec une introduction suivie par onze variatins, jusqu'à la... / Violon Et Violoncelle

Par HOLLIGER HEINZ. Here's proof, if you ever needed it, that contemporary music can be humourous. Want to hear Mendelssohn's Wedding March beefed up with Wagner's Tristan? And enjoy listening out for the well-known melody of 'Tea for two' in the escapades of 'Three for two'? The entertaining collection were composed individually, and for a variety of purpose - some were congratulatory messages for well-known fellow musicians such as Elliott Carter or Thomas Demenga, but some were just composed while waiting at a bus stop! Hence, the pieces can be played either as effective encore pieces./ Répertoire / Violon et Violoncelle

In 1920 Maurice Ravel was asked by his publisher Durand to contribute to an issue of La Revue Musicale dedicated to Claude Debussy. A supplement included the first movement of Ravel?s Sonata as well as works contributed by Debussy?s friends Stravinsky Satie Dukas Bartok and de Falla to name only a few. This 1st movement of Ravel?s Sonata of which the autograph is lost then developed into a large scale four movement chamber music work utilizing a more modern music vocabulary than found in almost any other Ravel composition. Bärenreiter?s scholarly-critical edition the first ever of this masterpiece presents the work in two performing scores. It contains anintroduction on the history of the work reflecting Ravel?s work and rehearsals with violinist Hélène Jourdan-Morhange and cellist Maurice Maréchal. Sources for this new edition include the engraved copy the personal autograph scores (with earlier versions of some passages) which were used to rehearse the work and the first edition scores with emendations by Jourdan-Morhange and Maréchal. Included in the appendix are the original fingerings by the performers which are not found in the first edition. They reflect how Ravel must have heard the work in rehearsals and as such are a document of early 20th century performance practice. First Urtext edition of this workTwo performing scores (format 25 5 x 32 5 cm)The violoncello part does not allow for page turns in the first movement; therefore the edition includes an additional violoncello part in small print presenting the entire first movement on a double page without a page turnInformative introduction to the genesis of the work (Ger/Eng/Fr)Critical commentary with facsimiles and appendices

Fragment-Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his Duo For Violin And Violoncello whilst he was still in Bonn perhaps in 1792 the year he departed for Vienna. It is not known whether he completed his work as only thebeginning of a fast sonata movement has survived. It is on a page in a collection of sketch leaves that is today known as the ?Kafka Miscellany?. Robert D. Levin has completed this fragment in the same style and thus for the firsttime it is in a version that can be performed.This Henle Edition contains two performance scores of the lively showpiece thus guaranteeing an optimal duo experience. A welcome addition to the repertoire.

Par GARDEL CARLOS. Carlos Gardel is one of the most significant figures in the history of the Tango. Now, string players will certainly welcome Diego Collatti's arrangements of some of Gardel's most famous pieces. The arrangements retain all the alluring, captivating qualities of the originals and players will soon become familiar with the diverse and expressive characteristics of the genre. Suitable for intermediate-level players and beyond, these pieces will beguile both performers and their audience alike. ? Captivating classics by Carlos Gardel selected and arranged by Argentinian Tango specialist Diego Collatti ? Experience the magnetic charms of the Tango with these intermediate-level arrangements ? Helpful musical notation ensures an authentic performance true to the diverse styles and nuances typical of the Tango/ Recueil / Violon et Violoncelle ou Alto

This exuberant modernist work from the 1930s by the forward-thinking and eclectic American composer George Antheil. Dedicated to Aaron Copland this Sonatina was designed to be performed as a Violin/Cello duo or as a Pianosolo. A lively boistrous and entertaining piece edited by Ron Erickson.