Ensemble

Harald Genzmer has done a lot for the work with young musicians, and many a string player can recall school orchestra days when Sinfonietta was on the programme quite often. But the probably best-know...

Patchwork, das 3. Streichquartett von Barbara Heller (Schott ED 20775), gibt es jetzt auch in der Version für Streichorchester. 'Patchwork' macht Freude mit seinem heiteren, luftigen und leichten Char...

The genre of the violoncello concerto was born in 17th-century Italy. Thanks to the Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), there exists today not only a wealth of magnificent violin concertos...

The genre of the violoncello concerto was born in 17th-century Italy. Thanks to the Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), there exists today not only a wealth of magnificent violin concertos...

A perfect example for an early symphony in the Neapolitan style.

Boccherini, one of the greatest violoncellists of the 18th century, left numerous concertos for his favourite instrument. In the very first of these works, the personal style of the composer is unmist...

Stimmensatz - 5 V I, 5 V II, 3 Va, 4 Vc/Kb

Perhaps the best-known and most played work of Corelli, standard repertoire of each violinist, in an arrangement for string orchestra.

Imaginative fresh thematic construction and wide variety of compositional techniques are the characteristic features of this concerto full of brio. Clearly arranged and spirited music of French ease.

The 'Divertimento giocoso' by Harald Genzmer created in 1960 is scored for two woodwind instruments (flutes, recorders or transverse flute and oboe) as solo instruments opposed to the string orchestra...

Harald Genzmer's composition Divertimento di danza for string orchestra clearly continues the baroque form of the divertimento. This light music - in the truest sense of the word - consisted of a sequ...

Partitur = Cembalo

Stimmensatz - 2 Hörner I/II in F, 4 Violinen I, 4 Violinen II, 2 Violen, 4 Bassi

This suite has been taken from the music of the Christmas tale of the same name. The instrumentation can be easily realized with four woodwind instruments, two brass instruments, timpani and strings....

This suite has been taken from the music of the Christmas tale of the same name. The instrumentation can be easily realized with four woodwind instruments, two brass instruments, timpani and strings....

Streicher-Ergänzungssatz - 2 Violinen I; 2 Violinen II; Violine/Viola pizz.; Viola; Violoncello; Kontrabass

Among his orchestral works, the symphonies (Wq 182) are certainly those with which C.Ph.E. Bach advances farthest into new ground in music. Contrast and surprise as well as the permanent change of aff...

The composer born in Prague, now living in America, studied with Honegger and Nadia Boulanger. The pieces created in 1955 are very rewarding for orchestral work since all parts are treated equally. Th...

The four movements of the Yougoslavian composer and pupil of Fortner are easy but demand an elegant leggiero manner of bowing from the violinists. A cheerful and very instructive piece.

Joseph Haas was the teacher, Paul Hindemith the model of the director of many years' standing of the Frankfurter Musikhochschule. The 'Heitere Suite' was created in 1945. 'After a slow introduction (q...