Hans Werner Henze: spartiti medio

Written originally for the Russian Piano teacher Wladimir Horbowski, the manuscript for this piece has been missing from Henze's archives for any years before being rediscovered in 2003. The piece is...

This popular piece is now available in a version for viola. In close collaboration with Henze, the arranger Garth Knox created an edition in which the dynamics and phrasing have been made more precise...

In den Jahren 1995/96 komponierte Hans Werner Henze das Ballett Le fils de l'air ou L'enfant changé en jeune homme. Nach der - zauberischen - Verwandlung durch die Künste der Gaukler, in deren Welt si...

When Henze, after nearly half a century, revisited some of his earlier musical material the result was this sophisti-cated little suite of intricate chamber pieces.

I. Frösche wünschen sich einen König. Sie mißverstehen die Warnung Jupiters vor diesem dummen Wunsch, darauf schickt er ihnen einen Kranich, der sie frißt. II. Früher konnten die Krähen wunderschön si...

Hans Werner Henze, adhering to his intentions äs a composer and teacher, had already made provision for participation by a ,banda' of amateur musicians in the original version of his arrangement of Gi...

Henze composed these dances, which can be scored for various instruments, for the orchestra of the conservatory of Deutschlandsberg (Austria). These compositions are based on an anonymous 'Morissa' (S...

A good means for amateur orchestras to approach New Music!Henze's enchanting fairytale opera Pollicino was written for the school children of the little hiltop vollage, Montpulciano, in Tuscany where...

Composer's Notes: This piece, written during the winter months of 2000-2001, consists of one movement, Allegro con fuoco, in which an old score is revisited, raided and ravished by its composer. The e...

I. Le rane vogliono un re. Fraintendono l'avvertimento di Giove contro questo stupido desiderio, e allora egli manda loro una gru per mangiarle. II. In passato, i corvi sapevano cantare benissimo. Ma...