Spartiti classica

A beautiful cantabile song without words, A Song from the Heart has all of Ewazen's expressive elegance, yet is performable by student-level players as well as on formal recitals. Originally composed...

To celebrate the 100th birthday of legendary flutist Julius Baker, the Dolce Suono Ensemble commissioned a series of short duos inspired by Bach, to be premiered by Jeffrey Khaner and Mimi Stillman. D...

Composed as the rondo finale of Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2; La Campanella quickly took on a life of its own; being quoted by other composers in their own works even during the composer's lifetim...

What could be more delightful than playing Telemann duets, or playing the Telemann Fantasias? Sharon Sparrow and Jeffery Zook have created a remarkable set of duet adaptations of the Fantasias, soundi...

What could be more delightful than playing Telemann's duets, or Telemann's Fantasias? Sharon Sparrow and Jeffery Zook have created a remarkable complete set of duet adaptations of the 12 Fantasias, so...

Composed by Telemann as a double concerto for recorder and transverse flute; Zart Dombourian-Eby's new edition is prepared for piccolo; flute; and piano - remaining compatible with available orchestra...

Commissioned by a consortium of nearly two dozen piccoloists, Amanda Harberg's 12-minute Sonata is a substantial and exciting addition to the piccolo repertoire. Harberg's uniquely American sound give...

Felix Mendelssohn's CONCERTO IN E MINOR is among the most famous and frequently performed works in the violin repertoire, a staple for advanced students as well as the most prominent professionals. In...

Martin Amlin's new tour de force is a quintet composed for Leone Buyse. It is a study in textures and canonic gestures scored for 5 C Flutes, each doubling Piccolo. As with his rhythmic writing, Amlin...

Gary Schocker's Three Dances for Two Flutes has long been a staple of the flute repertoire - in its original voicing with piano, as well as in transcriptions with string orchestra or band accompanimen...

Schocker's flute duets often are inspired by nature, and the composer's love of gardening is reflected in a number of his works. Little Helpers refers to 'nature's little helpers,' those insects who h...

The piccolo repertory has been greatly expanded by Schocker's prolific and elegant imagination, producing a rich variety of suites, unaccompanied works, chamber music, and now a fourth full sonata. So...

Commissioned by the Taiwan Joueurs de Flute Ensemble, Seafarers is a gorgeously fluid journey into the rarely-heard sonority of 4 flutes with piano. The nautically-themed movements of Seafarers are ti...

Inspired by a visit to upstate New York's beautiful and notoriously haunted Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Dorff has created an atmospheric yet spooky work for the perfectly-suited scoring of two bass flutes...

In Korean mythology, Yuhwa was the daughter of a River God, tricked into marrying the Sun God. She escaped back to her homeland and gave birth to a son who became the founder and monarch of Korea's no...

A rarity among Schocker's unaccompanied flute works, MEAD AND MUSH is strongly evocative of Shakespearean times and may also be played on recorder. The four movements are inspired by song and dance of...

LITTLE ANGEL was composed in loving memory of a friend's daughter who was stillborn, to commemorate a life unlived. The first movement, Hopes and Dreams, opens the work with sweet optimism and charm....

This high-energy delight is an exciting addition to the underserved combination of Piccolo, Flute, and Piano. Dorff's fresh approach to dance rhythms of the Americas and modern jazz harmony combines w...

When an admired composer's new work opens with the tempo "as sultrily as possible," or when it's scored for 3 piccolos with piano, or when a piece composed and premiered during the height of a pandemi...

Cast in three dramatically contrasting and colorful movements-an elegant opening reminiscent of a Classical Sonata-allegro, a tender lullaby, and a closing, raucous scherzo-Amanda Harberg's Concerto F...

In Opposites, Samuel Adler showcases the distinct sound world possibilities inherent in a flute septet by pairing two starkly contrasting movements. The opening slow movement is summarized by its sear...

Since their creation nearly 200 years ago, the beautiful woodcut prints of Hokusai have inspired musicians and visual artists across many cultures. The stylized pre-Impressionist elegance of this Japa...

SWANS is a rare offering for the underserved yet beautiful medium of Two Alto Flutes and Piano. Dorff has described being warmly inspired by the exquisite grace and agility of these large instruments,...

DON'T FORGET TO WRITE is a whole lot more than an engaging slow-fast recital piece. Inspired by the composer's son heading off to college, its first movement ("Blue Skies") is a warm expression of wis...