Boosey & Hawkes

Album comprising short pieces, each written in honour of a living composer. Three are scored for piano quintet, the other for piano quartet.For Michael (piano quintet) was composed in 2004 to mark Mic...

Tetratunes allows young players to learn note reading in blocks of four step-wise notes on each string. This system develops physical skills slightly ahead of note-reading.These books are a real find...

Das Stück wurde von dem IMS Prussia Cove aus Anlass des 40-jährigen Bestehens von Open Chamber Music' in Auftrag gegeben, das von der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung gegründet wurde. Komponiert wurde...

Das Stück wurde von dem IMS Prussia Cove aus Anlass des 40-jährigen Bestehens von Open Chamber Music' in Auftrag gegeben, das von der Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung gegründet wurde. Komponiert wurde...

Due to a differing timbre, the viola receives its own voice in Carter's String Trio, which features the instrument prominently throughout the work.

Paramount among the Kronos Quartets' 'translator'-arranger-composers has been Osvaldo Golijov. This collection includes six Golijov arrangements of works originating from Argentina, Cuba, Hungary, Mex...

This, MacMillan's second string quartet was commissioned in 1998 by the Maggini Quartet. The work's title is taken from the Jewish rite of commemoration on the Seder Night, which is that before Pesach...

This, MacMillan's second string quartet was commissioned in 1998 by the Maggini Quartet. The work's title is taken from the Jewish rite of commemoration on the Seder Night, which is that before Pesach...

In spring 2005, after thirteen years of persistence, patience, and cancelled performances, the Kronos Quartet finally received the score to Henryk Górecki's Piesni Spiewaja (...songs are sung), String...

In the late 1970s, Birtwistle lived on the island of Raasay off the west coast of Scotland. He was disappointed to discover that due to centuries of Scottish Presbyterian prohibition there was no surv...

. Following the structure of the original, the movement begins quietly and simply, and gradually gains in tempo and excitement towards a vehemently aggressive climax.

Arrangements for string quartet of Romance for string orchestra, op 11 (1928), Elegy for violin & piano, op 22 (1940), and Prelude for string orchestra, op 25 (1940s). Romance (8 mins) was first perfo...

Arrangements for string quartet of Romance for string orchestra, op 11 (1928), Elegy for violin & piano, op 22 (1940), and Prelude for string orchestra, op 25 (1940s). Romance (8 mins) was first perfo...

4 STRINGS - Drei im Schwierigkeitsgrad ansteigende Sammlungen mit zeitgenössischem Repertoire für Streichquartett von führenden Komponisten die anregen, das Ensemblespiel zu entdecken und weiterzuentw...

4 STRINGS - Drei im Schwierigkeitsgrad ansteigende Sammlungen mit zeitgenössischem Repertoire für Streichquartett von führenden Komponisten die anregen, das Ensemblespiel zu entdecken und weiterzuentw...