SKU: HL.49045992
ISBN 9790001203708. UPC: 842819100218. 8.0x11.5x0.418 inches. German. Lieder Der Verganglichkeit 3 Soloists (SMezBar), Mixed Choir and Orchestra Study Score.
The form of this work is not so much based on the classical symphony, but is closer to a song cycle structure which has now grown toinclude 13 movements for choir and orchestra. The Romantic characteristics and form of the 8th Symphony are both reminiscent of Gustav Mahlers choral symphonic works and his Lied von der Erde. Krzysztof Penderecki here extends and augments his expressive musical material, for example through cluster techniques and glissandi, possibilities which he has been systematically exploring since the 1950s. He has compiled the texts from poetry by Eichendorff, Rilke, Brecht, Kraus, Hesse, Goethe, Bethge and von Arnim on the theme of forests and trees, which has long been close to his heart as demonstrated by his private arboretum near Luslavice ('my personal Ithaca') containing over 1500 species of trees.
SKU: BR.EB-9077
World premiere: Detmold, November 4, 1990
ISBN 9790004179529. 9 x 12 inches.
Bibliograph y: Mahlert, Ulrich: Postmoderne Kinderstuecke? Zu Spazierwege und Spiele von Hans Zender, in: Ueben & Musizieren 5/1992.Nimczik, Ortwin: Leiterspiele und Kreuzwege. Gestaltungsanregungen mit zwei Klavierstucken von Hans Zender, in: Musik und Bildung 39 (2007), Heft 2, pp. 70-73.Petersen, Birger: Neue Musik. Analysen, Berlin: Simon Verlag fur Bibliothekswissen 2013, pp. 81-96.World premiere: Detmold, November 4, 1990.
SKU: BR.CHB-5219-02
ISBN 9790004411407. 9 x 12 inches. German.
The Three Songs Op. 42 are actually a cappella choral works, the piano part being intended above all as a study aid. Ulrich Mahlert's preface provides information on the origin of the pieces and their historical and socio-cultural background.
SKU: BA.BE00493
ISBN 9790201104935. 30 x 23 cm inches. Language: German. Preface: Mahlert, Ulrich.
SKU: BR.CHB-3541-02
Now complete with piano-vocal score
ISBN 9790004404720. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
Brahms' Begrabnisgesang op. 13 has long been one of Breitkopf & Hartel's standard works. Yet while musicians were able to acquire the score, orchestral parts and choral score, there was no piano-vocal score up to now. This gap is now being closed. The piano-vocal score will be a valuable asset to all choirs learning and performing the work, not least because the piano reduction is conceived so as to sound compelling on the organ as well. In his preface, Ulrich Mahlert suggests that the work of the then 25-year-old composer is perhaps to be seen in the light of Robert Schumann's death and Clara Schumann's own thoughts of death.
SKU: BR.EB-8993
ISBN 9790004187227. 9 x 12 inches.
The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff (1822-1882), representing his three main creative phases, occupy a special position among his more than 100 piano pieces. They reflect a significant compositional aspiration whereas Raff otherwise frequently leans towards the salon-music genre in his piano music. Raff composed the early sonata op. 14 in 1844 after his first works were positively evaluated and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy had encouraged him to venture a career as a composer. The Fantasie-Sonate [Fantasy Sonata] in d minor op. 168, Raff wrote in 1871 at the height of his fame as one of Germany's then most-played composers. Its dedication to Camille Saint-Saens shows his opposition to the rampant German disapproval of France and its music representatives in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. The second version of the sonata op. 14, composed in the fall of 1881, had only the opus number in common with the earlier version. In this late work Raff had created an entirely new sonata. ,,Beautifully presented on cream paper, with exceptional clarity and generous spacing. The Fantasie-Sonate in D minor Op. 168, in particular, is a masterpiece which manifests both considerable power and exquisite craftsmanship. (www.pianodao.com).