SKU: HL.50513749
SKU: CL.012-1828-00
A delightful and sparkling overture in ABA for exploiting the full spectrum of tonal colors. The themes are intricately woven through various sections of the instruments providing an ever-changing variety of sounds and rhythms.
SKU: CL.012-1828-01
SKU: CL.012-4900-75
In Ancient Dances, David Holsinger takes a theme, alluding to ancient polyphony, and transforms it into a pulse-pounding, finger-twisting, raucous set of breathless variations, so typical of this composer’s unique compositional style. Great moments for every musician in the ensemble! Not for the faint of heart!
SKU: CL.012-4112-75
Originally written by Vaughan Williams as a vocal setting of a sonnet by Dante Gabriel Rossini, this beautiful art song makes a dramatic musical statement through it flowing melodic lines and creative harmonies. Ed Huckeby has transformed this classic into a magnificent work for concert band, with colorful scoring featuring the woodwind choir as well as vulnerable, yet very playable, melodic lines in the horns and trumpets. Silent Noon is destined to become a new standard in the portfolio of great bands around the world.
SKU: CL.012-4112-01
SKU: CL.012-4900-00
SKU: PR.114410380
UPC: 680160015160. 9.5 x 13 inches.
My second String Quartet was written twenty years after the first, Opus 4 from 1978. The First Quartet is an obsessively contrapuntal work in one movement, which was no doubt influenced by my studies with David Diamond. I had always intended to return to the medium once I left the astringency of my earlier style, but it was only when the National Federation of Music Clubs commissioned a major chamber work, with unspecified instrumentation, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary that I was enabled to do so. The Second Quartet is in four movements: Moderato, Allegro isterico, an Andante theme with 11 variations, and the closing Allegro, which then returns to the tempo of the first movement. An audience member at the premiere told me that she heard echoes of recent tragic events such as the Oklahoma bombing in this work. While I had no such programmatic intent while writing the quartet, it was not an entirely incorrect assessment of the work's intended emotional impact. The quartet is pervaded by a sense of seriousness, even mournfulness. The second movement's scherzo is an aggressively animated piece of musical machinery. The third movement's Variations unfold into a greater variety of moods than the others - but the moments of lyricism are countered by aggressive or ironic outbursts. The final movement's attempt at triumph quickly subsides into a return of the first movement, before being transformed onto a sense of resignation and acceptance as the chromaticism of the opening theme is transformed into a pure and diatonic C-Major. The work received its world premiere by the Shanghai Quartet at the 100th Anniversary Congress of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on August 19th 1998.My second String Quartet was written twenty years after the first, Opus 4 from 1978. The First Quartet is an obsessively contrapuntal work in one movement, which was no doubt influenced by my studies with David Diamond. I had always intended to return to the medium once I left the astringency of my earlier style, but it was only when the National Federation of Music Clubs commissioned a major chamber work, with unspecified instrumentation, to celebrate their 100th Anniversary that I was enabled to do so.The Second Quartet is in four movements: Moderato, Allegro isterico, an Andante theme with 11 variations, and the closing Allegro, which then returns to the tempo of the first movement.An audience member at the premiere told me that she heard echoes of recent tragic events such as the Oklahoma bombing in this work. While I had no such programmatic intent while writing the quartet, it was not an entirely incorrect assessment of the work’s intended emotional impact. The quartet is pervaded by a sense of seriousness, even mournfulness. The second movement’s scherzo is an aggressively animated piece of musical machinery. The third movement’s Variations unfold into a greater variety of moods than the others – but the moments of lyricism are countered by aggressive or ironic outbursts. The final movement’s attempt at triumph quickly subsides into a return of the first movement, before being transformed onto a sense of resignation and acceptance as the chromaticism of the opening theme is transformed into a pure and diatonic C-Major.The work received its world premiere by the Shanghai Quartet at the 100th Anniversary Congress of the National Federation of Music Clubs at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on August 19th 1998.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094673-130
9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Edward Elgar originally composed this work in 1887, as a Pie Jesu, when he was an organist in the St George’s Church in Worcester. Years later, in 1902, he transformed the Pie Jesu into an Ave Verum for soprano and tenor solo, mixed choir and organ. This excellent arrangement by Robert van Beringen skilfully retains the wonderful atmosphere of the original composition. Oorspronkelijk componeerde Edward Elgar (1857-1934) dit werk in 1887 als een Pie Jesu, toen hij organist was in de St. George’s Church in Worcester. Hij schreef het ter nagedachtenis aan de advocaat William Allen, voor wiehij had gewerkt toen hij vijftien jaar oud was. Het Pie Jesu vormde het eerste deel van opus 2 (de andere twee delen waren het Ave Maria en het Ave Maris Stella). Een aantal jaren later, in 1902, transformeerdehij het Pie Jesu tot een Ave Verum voor sopraan- en tenorsolo, gemengd koor en orgel.Deze uitstekende bewerking is van de hand van Robert van Beringen, die de sfeer van de compositie op vakkundige wijze intact heeftgelaten.Diese Musik schrieb Edward Elgar im Jahre 1887, während seiner Zeit als Organist in Worcester, unter dem Titel Pie Jesu als Teil seines Opus 2. Erst Jahre später machte er daraus ein Ave Verum für Sopran- und Tenorsolo, gemischten Chor und Orgel. Robert van Beringen schuf daraus diese ausgezeichnete Bearbeitung, in der die Stimmung des Originals sehr gut wiedergegeben wird. En 1885, Edward Elgar est nommé organiste de l’église Saint-George de Worcester. ce titre, il compose de nombreuses œuvres liturgiques. En 1887, il crée un Pie Jesu, dans le cadre d'un triptyque comprenant aussi un Ave Maria et l’Ave Maria Stella. Il remanie la pièce en 1892, et celle-ci devient alors l’Ave Verum Corpus pour Soprano solo, Ténor solo, Chœur mixte et Orgue (Opus 2, n°1). Robert van Beringen en a réalisé un arrangement délicat et profond.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094673-010
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) originally composed this work in 1887, as a Pie Jesu, when he was an organist in the St George’s Church in Worcester. Years later, in 1902, he transformed the Pie Jesu into an Ave Verum for soprano and tenor solo, mixed choir and organ. This excellent arrangement was created by Robert van Beringen and skilfully retains the wonderful atmosphere of the original composition. Oorspronkelijk componeerde Edward Elgar (1857-1934) dit werk in 1887 als een Pie Jesu, toen hij organist was in de St. George’s Church in Worcester. Hij schreef het ter nagedachtenis aan de advocaat William Allen, voor wiehij had gewerkt toen hij vijftien jaar oud was. Het Pie Jesu vormde het eerste deel van opus 2 (de andere twee delen waren het Ave Maria en het Ave Maris Stella). Een aantal jaren later, in 1902, transformeerdehij het Pie Jesu tot een Ave Verum voor sopraan- en tenorsolo, gemengd koor en orgel.Deze uitstekende bewerking is van de hand van Robert van Beringen, die de sfeer van de compositie op vakkundige wijze intact heeftgelaten.Diese Musik schrieb Edward Elgar im Jahre 1887, während seiner Zeit als Organist in Worcester, unter dem Titel Pie Jesu als Teil seines Opus 2. Erst Jahre später machte er daraus ein Ave Verum für Sopran- und Tenorsolo, gemischten Chor und Orgel. Robert van Beringen schuf daraus diese ausgezeichnete Blasorchesterbearbeitung, in der die Stimmung des Originals sehr gut wiedergegeben wird. En 1885, Edward Elgar est nommé organiste de l’église Saint-George de Worcester. ce titre, il compose de nombreuses œuvres liturgiques. En 1887, il crée un Pie Jesu, dans le cadre d'un triptyque comprenant aussi un Ave Maria et l’Ave Maria Stella. Il remanie la pièce en 1892, et celle-ci devient alors l’Ave Verum Corpus pour Soprano solo, Ténor solo, Chœur mixte et Orgue (Opus 2, n°1). Robert van Beringen en a réalisé un arrangement délicat et profond.
SKU: BT.DHP-1094673-030
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) originally composed this work in 1887, as a Pie Jesu, when he was an organist in the St George’s Church in Worcester. Years later, in 1902, he transformed the Pie Jesu into an Ave Verum for soprano and tenor solo, mixed choir and organ. This excellent arrangement was created by Robert van Beringen and skilfully retains the wonderful atmosphere of the original composition. Oorspronkelijk componeerde Edward Elgar (1857-1934) dit werk in 1887 als een Pie Jesu, toen hij organist was in de St. George’s Church in Worcester. Hij schreef het ter nagedachtenis aan de advocaat William Allen, voor wiehij had gewerkt toen hij vijftien jaar oud was. Het Pie Jesu vormde het eerste deel van opus 2 (de andere twee delen waren het Ave Maria en het Ave Maris Stella). Een aantal jaren later, in 1902, transformeerdehij het Pie Jesu tot een Ave Verum voor sopraan- en tenorsolo, gemengd koor en orgel.Deze uitstekende bewerking is van de hand van Robert van Beringen, die de sfeer van de compositie op vakkundige wijze intact heeftgelaten.Diese Musik schrieb Edward Elgar im Jahre 1887, während seiner Zeit als Organist in Worcester, unter dem Titel Pie Jesu als Teil seines Opus 2. Erst Jahre später machte er daraus ein Ave Verum für Sopran- und Tenorsolo, gemischten Chor und Orgel. Robert van Beringen schuf daraus diese ausgezeichnete Bearbeitung, in der die Stimmung des Originals sehr gut wiedergegeben wird. En 1885, Edward Elgar est nommé organiste de l’église Saint-George de Worcester. ce titre, il compose de nombreuses œuvres liturgiques. En 1887, il crée un Pie Jesu, dans le cadre d'un triptyque comprenant aussi un Ave Maria et l’Ave Maria Stella. Il remanie la pièce en 1892, et celle-ci devient alors l’Ave Verum Corpus pour Soprano solo, Ténor solo, Chœur mixte et Orgue (Opus 2, n°1). Robert van Beringen en a réalisé un arrangement délicat et profond.
SKU: BT.PWM4901
Concerto for String Orchestra - the magnum opus of Grayna Bacewicz (1909-1969), the outstanding composer and violinist - was composed in 1948 and at once became one of the most frequently performed works of this Polish artist. This masterpieceof neoclassicism fascinates as much by its invention and virtuosic briliance as its harmonious combination of formal elements of a traditional nature with new tonal ideas. The form of the three-movement Concerto oscillates between that of the baroqueconcerto grosso and the early classical sonata cycle. The neoclassical tendency is evident, above all, in the articulation of the musical structure in keeping with the rigours of periodicity and the manner of developing thematic threads derived fromthem, while the concertato character of particular movements and the generally linear texture indicate baroque connections. The first movement (Allegro) - in the form of an early classical sonata allegro - begins with a subject with energeticfigurations, emblematic for the whole piece and based on a constant, pendulum-like semiquaver movement anchored securely on D. It is precisely because of the nature of this subject that Bacewiczs work has been compared to the Brandenburg Concertosby Jan Sebastian Bach The second movement (Andante), while retaining its concertato charakter, is, at the same time, an example of the composers ability to create emotionally serene lyrical moods, and her sense of cantilena derived from the spiritof romantic song (a motto-subject presented at the beginning by cello solo). In this movement it is both the process of evolution and the instrumental colouring which constitute the constructional agents forming here a self-containedvalue. In thethird movement (Vivo) the composer returns to her favourite type of music, understood as an expression of pure motion in the form of figural motives with infinite transformational possibilities. The spontaneity of the music, the constant mutabilityof the tonal situations, and the sophisticated, acerbic harmonies - as Witold Lutosawski described them - form a colourful mosaic built in the structural skeleton of a sonata rondo. Concerto for String Orchestra is not only proof of thestylizing tendency of the composer but also of an unerring intuition concerning the technical and expressive possibilities inherent in a string instruments ensemble. [Magorzata Gsiorowska, translated by Ewa Cholewka].
SKU: HL.191946
ISBN 9788361142829.
The Polonaises, Op. 40 belong to that later group. They comprise two works: a Polonaise in A major and a Polonaise in C minor. These two works comprise the second opus of piano polonaises to be published by Chopin, and they form a powrful contrastwith one another, representing two varietes of the heroic polonaise: the triumphant and the tragic. They also mark a further stage in the evolution of the polonaise: on the hand, in the direction of monumentalisation; on the other, towards a gradualweakening of its dance features, so that the dance in transformed into a kind of dance fantasy.
