Wolfgang Birtel

Georg Philipp Telemann's '6 Sonatinas for Viola and Basso Continuo' make a major standard work for violin available for the viola. At the federal competition 'Jugend musiziert', they have long since b...

Die Sérénade vénitienne für Viola und Klavier erschien 1875 in Mainz im Druck und ist dem belgischen Violin-, Viola- und Viola damore-Spieler Louis van Waefelghem gewidmet, dem er sicherlich in Paris...

Experience the distinctive, warm, and rich tone of the viola in an exceptional chamber music setting: With the "Concerto" for viola quartet, Schott Music presents a captivating work that fully showcas...

La malinconica e popolare "Pavane for a Dead Princess" di Maurice Ravel, composta nel 1899, fu originariamente scritta per pianoforte prima di essere arrangiata per orchestra nel 1910. Pur essendo ded...

The musician Alexander Glasunov (1865 1936) from Petersburg owes his musical career to fellow composer Milij Balakirev who put him in contact with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1880 for private studies....

The first volume of arrangements of the most popular Schubert lieder by the virtuoso cellist Friedrich August Kummer. Easily playable arrangements of Die Forelle, Die Ungeduld, Ständchen, Wanderers Na...

Let yourself be enchanted by timeless elegance and fiery passion: "Fascination (Valse tzigane)" presents a world-famous classic in a rich, resonant arrangement for cello quartet. Published by the reno...

La malinconica e popolare "Pavane for a Dead Princess" di Maurice Ravel, composta nel 1899, fu originariamente scritta per pianoforte prima di essere arrangiata per orchestra nel 1910. Pur essendo ded...

A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...

The music of small forms and of chamber-music instrumentations was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher...

A wedding without a famous wedding march - unimaginable! Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' from 'Lohengrin' and Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' from the incidental music of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' vie for th...

The music scene took notice of Erik Satie (1866-1925) all of a sudden: The world premiere of his ballet 'Parade' on 18 May 1917 [siehe dt. Text!] caused quite a scandal. The production which involved...

Novità di forma, modulazioni selezionate, strani colori tonali, l'uso di ritmi completamente inaspettati", così Camille Saint-Saëns elogiava l'opera prima di un giovane collega e continuava: "Al di so...

The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908. The style correspon...

When writing his Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33, Camille Saint-Saëns wrote a classic of the violoncello literature. But the French musician even wrote other works for this in-strument: further solo...

Born in the village of Brand in the Upper Palatinate, Max Reger (1873 1916) was taught by the renowned music theoretician Hugo Riemann. After finishing his studies and working as a freelance performer...

Tschaikowsky begann die Komposition am Pezzo capriccioso im August in Aachen und vollendete sie im September 1887 in Petersburg, in zwei Fassungen: für Solo-Violoncello begleitet von Klavier oder von...

Solitude, una "romance sans parole" - come Rita Strohl (1865-1941) descrisse la miniatura nel suo catalogo ragionato manoscritto - per violoncello e pianoforte fu scritta nel 1887, ma fu stampata solo...

Le Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen sono delle graziose miniature, vivaci e orecchiabili, la seconda anche un po' elegiaca - ma con fascino melodico ed eleganza musicale. E ciò che Kreisler disse una volta a pro...

La malinconica e popolare "Pavane for a Deceased Princess" fu originariamente scritta da Maurice Ravel per pianoforte nel 1899 prima di essere orchestrata per orchestra nel 1910. Sebbene l'opera sia d...

Una "Last Night of the Proms" senza questa marcia: impensabile! La "Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1" con la sua sezione centrale, l'inno "Land of Hope and Glory" di Edward Elgar (1857-1934)...

Il XIX secolo non fu solo l'epoca delle grandi forme, delle sinfonie monumentali e delle sonate sonore, ma i compositori romantici furono anche versatili e fantasiosi nel campo dei piccoli pezzi music...