SKU: HL.1189996
ISBN 9781705192443. UPC: 196288131649.
“Based on the motion picture A Wedding by Robert Altman and John Considine, premiered at Lyric Opera of Chicago. Libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Robert Altman....there is no reason to resist this rarest of creations: a meaningful American comic opera.†-Mark Swed, LA Times.
SKU: HL.347383
ISBN 9781540095282. UPC: 840126927283. 11.0x17.0x0.602 inches.
The opera imagines the meeting between Edvard Grieg, at the end of his life, and Percy Grainger in September, 1907 at Grieg's home. Grieg is in a tormented mental state and the young, talented Grainger is an inspiration and consolation. Commissioned by Det Norske Blase ensemble for the 100th anniversary of Grieg's death, it received great critical acclaim and is available on recording through Bridge Records.
SKU: HL.49008065
ISBN 9783795703080. German.
VorwortEinleitungBiographie und Uberblick uber das Schaffen FortnersDas Schulspiel Cress ertrinktDie BuhnenmusikenA. Bluthochzeit und In seinem Garten liebt Don Perlimplin Berlisa (nach Federico Garcia Lorca)B. Corinna (nach Gerard de Nerval)C. Elisabeth Tudor (Libretto von Mattias Braun)D. That Time (nach Samuel Beckett)SchlussAnhang.
SKU: BT.MUSM570360130
English.
For Violin and Cello. Published 2008. Dedicated to Peter Sheppard Skaerved and Neil Heyde. This music was composed during my DAAD residency in Berlin in October — November 2007. If I were to describe it in one sentence, I would say that it is based on the idea of 'two things seen/heard as one'. a2 (a due) is a well-known term to musicians; it is often found in orchestral scores indicating a given passage that is to be played by two instruments of the same family. Although violin and cello could well be regarded as 'first cousins' of the string family, the literal implementation of the term a2 as a 'compositional strategy' would have been too much (!) for a piece of chamber music consisting of no more than two players. Not surprisingly, this never happens in this work; in fact, the opposite is true: regardless of how it appears on paper (i.e. on one or two staves), the music for each instrument is constantly based on two layers. This musical 'interpretation' of the title gives an indication as to how the textural format of the piece operates. However, this was by no means the only thought that 'preoccupied' my mind whilst composing this music. Berlin made a profound impression on me. The remnants of the wall in Bernauer Straße and the cobbled two-stone line tracing the wall across where it once stood — a clear reminder of what not so long ago there were two different worlds in one city — provoked a strikingly dramatic effect. Border, death-strip, killing, and escape to freedom had a particularly evocative resonance, especially of the time when I lived for three years in a remote town in Southern Albania right at the border with Greece. There, there was a nameless road whose destination the authorities did not want you to know, but the locals called it the 'death-road'. In no way programmatic, in this context, the extra-musical dimension of the principal idea is very much part of the piece. Here, the musical and extra-musical interpretations cannot easily be separated, for they are two parts of the same thing: a2. As if to add another dimension to this idea, there are two versions of this piece: for viola & cello and violin & cello. The first version was premiéred by Garth Knox and Rohan de Saram at the 2008 Intrasonus Festival in Venice..
SKU: BT.DHP-1175777-400
ISBN 9789043151801. English-German-French-Dutch.
Great opera singers have enthralled us for over three hundred years. When we see them on stage our ears are filled with some of the finest classical melodies of all time. Live at the Opera makes this precious treasure trove accessible to instrumentalists, too: 11 Italian operatic arias have been individually arranged for clarinet, recorded by the world-renowned / clarinettist Matthias Schorn. The accompaniment is supplied by an authentic opera orchestra, and it is also available as a play-along version without the soloist. A historical background to each piece, along with performance tips, is included in this unique collection.Al meer dan driehonderd jaar weten grote operazangers en -zangeressen hun publiek te betoveren. Wanneer ze voor ons op het podium staan, vertolken ze melodieën die behoren tot de allermooiste van de klassieke muziek. Live at the opera maakt deze schat aan melodieën nu ook toegankelijk voor instrumentalisten: elf Italiaanse opera-ariaâ??s zijn speciaal gearrangeerd voor klarinet en opgenomen door de wereldberoemd klarinettist Matthias Schorn. Een echt operaorkest neemt de begeleiding voor zijn rekening, die op de meespeelversie ook zonder solo-instrumentalist beschikbaar is. Verder zijn in deze unieke collectie muziekhistorische achtergrondinformatie bij iedere aria entips voor de uitvoering opgenomen. Schon seit mehr als dreihundert Jahren ziehen groÃ?e Opernsängerinnen und -sänger uns in ihren Bann. Wenn sie auf der Bühne stehen, bringen sie einige der schönsten klassischen Melodien aller Zeiten zu Gehör. Live at the Opera macht diesenkostbaren Melodienschatz nun auch Instrumentalisten zugänglich: 11 italienische Opernarien wurden individuell für Klarinette eingerichtet und werden von dem weltweit renommierten Klarinettisten Matthias Schorn vorgespielt. Ein echtes Opernorchesterübernimmt dabei die Begleitung, welche zusätzlich auch in einer Mitspielversion ohne den Solisten zur Verfügung steht. Musikhistorisches Hintergrundwissen und Ausführungstipps zu den einzelnen Arien sind weitere Pluspunkte dieser einzigartigenSammlung. Les grandes chanteuses lyriques nous captivent depuis plus de trois siècles. Lorsque nous les voyons sur scène, nos oreilles se délectent de mélodies qui comptent parmi les plus belles de tous les temps. Live at the Opera permet aux instrumentistes dâ??accéder également ces trésors : 11 arias dâ??opéras ont été individuellement arrangés pour la clarinette et enregistrés par le clarinettiste de renommée internationale Matthias Schorn. Interprété par un authentique orchestre dâ??opéra, lâ??accompagnement est également fourni sous forme de playback, sans le soliste. Cette collection unique sâ??accompagne dâ??informations sur lâ??histoire des opéras sélectionnés, ainsi que de conseilsdâ??interprétation. Da oltre tre secoli i grandi cantanti di opera entusiasmano il pubblico con performance che fanno rivivere le melodie classiche più amate. Live at the Opera d la possibilit ai musicisti di cimentarsi con questo repertorio grazie a 15 ariedellâ??opera italiana arrangiate per flauto, clarinetto e tromba.
Disponibili inoltre le basi orchestrali e la versione play-along senza la parte solista di ogni traccia. Arricchiscono lâ??edizione unâ??introduzione storica per ciascun brano e utili consigli per lâ??interpretazione.
SKU: BT.DHP-1175761-400
ISBN 9789043151795. English-German-French-Dutch.
Great opera singers have enthralled us for over three hundred years. When we see them on stage our ears are filled with some of the finest classical melodies of all time. Live at the Opera makes this precious treasure trove accessible to instrumentalists, too: 15 Italian operatic arias have been individually arranged for flute, recorded by the world-renowned flautist Walter Auer. The accompaniment is supplied by an authentic opera orchestra, and it is also available as a play-along version without the soloist. A historical background to each piece, along with performance tips, is included in this unique collection.Al meer dan driehonderd jaar weten grote operazangers en -zangeressen hun publiek te betoveren. Wanneer ze voor ons op het podium staan, vertolken ze melodieën die behoren tot de allermooiste van de klassieke muziek. Live at the opera maakt deze schat aan melodieën nu ook toegankelijk voor instrumentalisten: vijftien Italiaanse opera-ariaâ??s zijn speciaal gearrangeerd voor fluit en opgenomen door de wereldberoemd fluitist Walter Auer. Een echt operaorkest neemt de begeleiding voor zijn rekening, die op de meespeelversie ook zonder solo-instrumentalist beschikbaar is. Verder zijn in deze unieke collectie muziekhistorische achtergrondinformatie bij iedere aria en tipsvoor de uitvoering opgenomen. Schon seit mehr als dreihundert Jahren ziehen groÃ?e Opernsängerinnen und -sänger uns in ihren Bann. Wenn sie auf der Bühne stehen, bringen sie einige der schönsten klassischen Melodien aller Zeiten zu Gehör. Live at the Opera macht diesenkostbaren Melodienschatz nun auch Instrumentalisten zugänglich: 15 italienische Opernarien wurden individuell für Flöte eingerichtet und werden von dem weltweit renommierten Flötisten Walter Auer vorgespielt. Ein echtes Opernorchester übernimmt dabeidie Begleitung, welche zusätzlich auch in einer Mitspielversion ohne den Solisten zur Verfügung steht. Musikhistorisches Hintergrundwissen und Ausführungstipps zu den einzelnen Arien sind weitere Pluspunkte dieser einzigartigen Sammlung. Les grandes chanteuses lyriques nous captivent depuis plus de trois siècles. Lorsque nous les voyons sur scène, nos oreilles se délectent de mélodies qui comptent parmi les plus belles de tous les temps. Live at the Opera permet aux instrumentistes dâ??accéder également ces trésors : 15 arias dâ??opéras ont été individuellement arrangés pour la fl te et enregistrés par le fl tiste de renommée internationale Walter Auer. Interprété par un authentique orchestre dâ??opéra, lâ??accompagnement est également fourni sous forme de playback, sans le soliste. Cette collection unique sâ??accompagne dâ??informations sur lâ??histoire des opéras sélectionnés, ainsi que de conseils dâ??interprétation.Da oltre tre secoli i grandi cantanti di opera entusiasmano il pubblico con performance che fanno rivivere le melodie classiche più amate. Live at the Opera d la possibilit ai musicisti di cimentarsi con questo repertorio grazie a 15 ariedellâ??opera italiana arrangiate per flauto, clarinetto e tromba.
SKU: HL.50490640
ISBN 9790080147238. UPC: 884088666767. 9.0x12.0x0.138 inches. Ferenc Erkel; Jozsef Pecsi.
Ferenc Erkel (1810-1893) was a composer, pianist, conductor and teacher, a leading figure in 19th century Hungarian music, creator of Hungarian national opera. In his operas based on Hungarian history (Batori Maria: 1840, Hunyadi Laszlo: 1844, Bank ban: 1861, Dozsa Gyorgy: 1867, etc.), blending elements of the style of Bellini, Meyerbeer and Verdi with verbunkos he created a distinctively Hungarian opera genre. The 'Weapon Dance' is a popular ballet interlude in his opera Dozsa Gyorgy, and in Jozsef Pecsi's transcription youth wind orchestras can now add it to their repertoire.fl picc, 3 fl, ob1, ob2, cl Eb, 3 cl1 Bb, 3 cl2 Bb, 3 cl3 Bb, (2 cl b Bb), 2 fg, (2 sax a1 Eb), (2 sax a2 Eb), (2 sax t Bb), (sax bar Eb) - 2 flic1 Bb, 2 flic2 Bb, 2 tr1 Bb, 2 tr2 Bb, 2 tr3 Bb, 2 tr4 Bb, tr b Bb, cor1, cor2, cor3, cor4, 2 trb1, 2 trb2, 2 trb3, 2 flic t Bb, 2 euf, 2 tb1, 2 tb2 - timp, (camp, xyl), trgl, tamb mil, ptti, gr c.
SKU: HL.49042437
ISBN 9783795794507.
Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on Der Freischutz. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as 'Preciosa', 'Oberon', and 'Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad as late as the second half of the 19th century. However, any chance of a revival of Weber's influential and substantial oeuvre was wasted in the 1920s, when a complete edition - begun by Hans Joachim Moser and with potential contributors including Wilhelm Kempff, Hans Pfitzner, Max von Schillings, Fritz Stein and Richard Strauss - failed after the third volume.Ever since there have been numerous attempts to restart a complete edition of Weber's works, but as this kind of project would have required the co-operation of scholars from both sides of the inter-German border, the political situation after 1945 was notconducive to any such enterprise. Careful negotiations led to the first tangible steps in the 1980s. The intention, right from the beginning, was to place Weber's work in context, and not to separate his musical output from his influential work as a writer,ritic and organiser in the musical field, but to publish his compositions together with his letters, diaries and other literary output as the best way to document the cross-fertilisation between his musical, literary and practical activities.Since the German re-unification both working-parties concerned - at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar, Detmold/Paderborn - have co-operated on the complete edition of the musical works (c. 45 volumes in10 series: sacred music; cantatas, odes and other occasional works; stage works; lieder and vocal works; orchestral works; chamber music; music for piano; piano reductions; miscellanea, arrangements and orchestrations; works of doubtful attribution). The diaries (68 vols.) are edited in Berlin and the letters (810 vols.) and other writings (2 vols.) in Detmold.This complete edition aims to be a reliable basis of scholarly debate as well as for the authentic performance practice of Carl Maria von Webers music. Conforming to the standards of recent historico-critical editions, the textual material will be based on.
SKU: SU.80604000
Original typeset libretto Published by: E.B. Marks.
SKU: BA.BA10726-01
ISBN 9790006575596. 33 x 26 cm inches. Text Language: Italian. Preface: Pacholke, Michael.
In the brief half-year period from August 14, 1736, to January 27, 1737, Georg Friedrich Handel achieved an unprecedented level of productivity in his opera compositions, creating three operas. Additionally, in March 1737, he also composed a largely new oratorio titled â??Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità â? (â??The Triumph of Time and Truthâ?) HWV 46b. The libretto of this oratorio closely corresponds to that of the oratorio â??La Bellezza ravveduta nel trionfo del Tempo e del Disingannoâ? (â??Beauty Reconciled in the Triumph of Time and Enlightenmentâ?) HWV 46a written in 1707. With â??La Bellezza ravvedutaâ?, Handel composed an allegorical and particularly dramatic oratorio right at the beginning of his oratorio compositions. In this work, there is no chorus inclined towards reflection. Not only do the four allegorical figures, Bellezza (Beauty), Piacere (Pleasure), Tempo (Time), and Disinganno (Enlightenment), listen to each other and react to the ideas presented by the others, but this prevailing dramatic principle of dispute is also found in the recitatives.In 1737, when reworking the oratorio material as â??Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità â?, Handel approached the task pragmatically. He needed a new non-dramatic work to fulfill the eveningâ??s program for his audience at the Covent Garden Theatre during the fasting season when theatrical performances were prohibited. Although he had excellent Italian vocal soloists, notorious for their pronunciation in Handelâ??s English oratorios and who naturally preferred singing in Italian, Handel found a solution. It was evident to Handel that, in response to the ban on performances of his Italian operas during the fasting season of 1737, he should promptly create a new oratorio in the Italian language but following the three-part â??Englishâ? oratorio form that he had developed in â??Estherâ? HWV 50b in 1732. Unlike in Rome in 1707, he had access to a chorus in London in 1737, and the English oratorio, with its substantial choral sections, a preference for concert-like rather than dramatic composition, and frequent inclusion of organ concertos loosely related to the narrative, was already established.The new volume of the HHA includes the original version of the 1737 premiere as well as all the surviving early and later versions (the latter being exceptional highlights) of individual musical pieces from â??Il trionfo del Tempo e della Verità â?.
SKU: HL.287551
ISBN 9781540043269. UPC: 888680904661. 9x12 inches. - Bolcom - Eng. -.
Manhattan socialite Millicent Jordan plans a lavish dinner party for visiting English nobility, unaware that her guest list abounds with people linked by business intrigues and romantic entanglements. In adapting the witty and biting depression-era play by Kaufman and Ferber, Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-Award winning composer William Bolcom (A View from the Bridge, A Wedding) and renowned librettist Mark Campbell (Silent Night, The Shining), have created a winning opera that successfully weds American musical comedy and opera.
