Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism though there is a darker more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino played by the Viola but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistful melancholy that carries over into the following Intermezzo a song-like episode containing some of the most virtuosic writing in the work. The last movement is a theme and six variations with a fugal ending. The theme is ballad-like with a suggestion of 18th-century elegance. Modality creeps into thesecond Adagio variation and there is rhythmic exhilaration in the succeeding Presto. What can be admired in this attractive quartet is its conciseness. This String Quartet was his first major composition of any kind.

Collected Songs Vol. 3 - Songs to Danish and Norwegian texts (1916-49) by Rued Langgaard for Voice and Piano. Critical edition by Ole Ugilt Jensen and Bendt Viinholt Nielsen. Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) is one of the most important Danish composers of the 20th century. He has however only acquired this status many years after his death. Langgaard was an eminent musical talent but with his romantic and symbolist view of art he ended up as an outsider in an era when the trend-setting musical life of the time was permeated by Carl Nielsen's sober and modern attitude. Rued Langgaard's production within the lied genrecomprises 125 songs. Half of them were composed in the short span of years between 1914 and 1918 when the composer was in his early twenties. With this publication in three volumes Langgaard's important and personal contribution to the genre is presented in its entire range. Only 27 of the songs have previously been published. The songs are set to German Danish and Norwegian poems. The poems in Danish and Norwegian are included in an English translation (though not designed for performance purposes). Each volume is accompanied by an introduction source descriptions and a critical apparatus in Danish and English. The Rued Langgaard Edition (RLU) was established in 2000 the aim being to present practical performance-oriented publications of Langgaard's works on a critical scholarly basis.

Par KABALEVSKY DIMITRI. This item is for sale in Belgium and France only! The notable revival of interest in the works of Dmitri Kabalevsky is a cause for celebration, and to mark this, Editions le Chant du Monde presents a collection of previously unpublished works from one of the great Russian composers of the twentieth century, restored from the family archives by the composer's daughter, Maria Kabalevskaya. Contents: Valse pour piano, 3 préludes pour piano (1924, ex-opus 19), 3 préludes pour piano opus 1. / Date parution : 2019-09-05/ Répertoire / Piano

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had, according to his friend and colleague Zoltán Kodály, written himself ?back into life?. In this First Quartet, Bartók combines late-Romantic sounds with elements of the folk music that had since 1905 been a source of increasing interest to him. This definitive edition, supervised by Bartók scholar László Somfai, is the first-ever Urtext edition of this work. It takes into account both manuscript and printed sources, as well as letters and notes by the composer in which he recorded matters such as modifications to tempo markings. The Henle edition thus offers a musical text edited to the highest scholarly standards, with fascinating information on the work?s compositional history and performance practice. Sensible page turns and cue notes help to make this edition a real ?must have?. / Date parution : 2023-05-06/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Score and Parts-Arguably America's most notable art song Samuel Barber's masterwork has been brilliantly arranged in this edition for strings by John Moss. Written for voice in 1938 and based on text by noted poet James Agee Barber's music ishighly emotional a quality apparent in this skilled setting for strings. With solo parts for violin and viola this edition is a superb opportunity to teach 20th century music at its very best.

Fantasy Suite-Percy Turnbull born near Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1902 had his earliest musical training as a cathedral chorister. At the RCM in the 1920s Turnbull studied with Vaughan Williams Holst and John Ireland. Turnbull was a highly accomplished pianist and spent much of his life earning his living as an accompanist performer and teacher. His understandng of the instrument and his extremely wide knowledge of the piano repertoire led him to produce highly varied and colourful output. His interests were almost entirely for miniature forms: suites preludes studies variations and character pieces. All of these pieces be they athletically virtuoso or deftly simple show a flair forthe idiom and perhaps more importantly they lend an historically significant and stylistically interesting perspective to the literature of twentieth-century British piano music.

Introspect is a collection of solo classic Guitar pieces including a series of ten short waltzes and six longer compositions of intermediate difficulty.Although written in the 21st century theyencompass styles from Romantic to avant-garde. Written by Guitarist Harry George Pellegrin the pieces are crafted to exploit the sonic and emotional capabilities of the instrument while remaining idiomatic to the Guitar.Includes access to online audio.

The third volume of the Heifetz Collection is a treasure trove of material for violinists including many items that have never been published before. Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) remains a landmark among violinists of the twentieth century a performer who virtually redefined the limits of the possible for his chosen instrument. These transcriptions and arrangements made to enrich his repertoire will be a great boon to young virtuosos looking for a challenge. Many of them were provided by the Heifetz family and are published here. Music by Albeniz (Sevilla) Castenuovo-Tedesco (Ritmo di Tango) Debussy ( La chevelure) Fauré (Aubade) Kodaly (Danube-Tisza) Prokofieff(Gavotta Op. 32) among others are included in this handsome collection which is a must purchase for players and lovers of fine violin music.

The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy. The Romanian Folk Dances were originally written in 1915 as a suite of six short piano pieces, which Bartók subsequently orchestrated for small ensemble. In this edition, Hywel Davies has arranged the suite for clarinet with piano accompaniment. / Hautbois Et Piano

Written in the 19th century The Virtuoso Pianist is still widely regarded as a vital method for the development of an excellent Piano technique. The exercises are designed to provide uniform development of all fingers across both hands promoting the independence and dexterity demanded by the more challenging works of the Piano repertoire.

3 Original Pieces for Saxophone Quartet. Three works with quotations from well-known composers are contained in this tongue-in-cheek collection. Otto M. Schwarz has produced an outstanding recording of these works with members of the Slovak Philharmonic, which is available on all streaming and download platforms. 1. THE AMADEUS WATCH: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?s own watch ? if he had one ? ticks away. The ticking carries us back in time with a piece that stylistically imitates the music of the 18th century in melody, harmony and rhythm. 2. COMPOSERS DINNER IN HEAVEN: At the music publisher De Haske, a composers? dinner was an integral part of trade fairs or meetings. The dinner was very popular among anyone who sat at it, not least of all because it offered one the opportunity to chat informally. ?Based on such a meeting, Otto M. Schwarz has a composed a work that describes an imaginary dinner of great classical masters on a cloud in the sky. Guess which composers are present by the references in the form of musical quotations and stylistic devices! 3. SCHERZO FOR SAXOPHONE QUARTET: The work, in 12/8 time, moves in a rapid furioso. Underscored by a continues eighth note rhythm, the work creates in the listener the sensation of a frantic rollercoaster ride. The theme moves throughout all the parts and, following a chromatically moving chord sequence, ends in a dramatic crescendo.

Unbeaten Tracks is a fantastic collection of works for Violin and Piano by 20th Century composers edited by Edward Huws Jones. These pieces are between grades 4 and 7 in standard and will present an enjoyable challenge to the advancing violinist.The solo violin part is also included on a separate insert.

'Lakmé' is set in a province of nineteenth-century India under British rule and the opening scene during which this duet is heard takes place in the beautiful garden of the temple built by the Brahmin priest Nilakantha. He hates the British invaders (for one thing they have forbidden him to practise his religion) and the plot hinges around the clash between this hatred and the love between his daughter Lakmé and the British officer Gérald. Before Gérald appears Lakmé and her slave Mallika sing this duet as they prepare to bathe in the river - Roger Nichols. Leo Delibes was born on February 21st 1836 Saint-Germain-du-Val now part of La Fleche (Sarthe) France; he died on January 16th 1891 and is buried in the Cimitiere de Montmartre Paris. This piece was written for Soprano Mezzo-Soprano and Piano.

Programme Note This short one-movement quartet is a kind of modernization of the 14th century French motets a cadeau to this weird and fantastic music whose abstract and almost deprecatory introvert expression appears unaccountably modern and incredibly ancient at the same time. MOTET is a sober cool treatise on rhythm and statics depicted in a Gothic crypt-like atmosphere. The almost completely non-vibrato movement is suggestive of boys’ choir monks’ processions and the piercing sound of musical glasses. An ancient world is reborn and becomes the world of today. Poul Ruders 1979

The Boosey and Hawkes Bartók Edition showcases brand new stylish arrangements of highlights from the leading twentieth century composer for developing musicians to learn and enjoy.Bartók for Alto Saxophone features selected highlights from Bartók's most popular pedagogical repertoire including For Children, Mikrokosmos, Romanian Folk Dances, Romanian Christmas Carols and others, arranged for alto saxophone with piano accompaniment by Hywel Davies. An accompanying audio CD features demonstration and backing tracks. / Saxophone Alto