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In this outstanding concert arrangement by low brass expert David Uber, Wagner's most famous theme springs to life with all the dramatic power we've come to expect. Abundant dotted-eighth/sixteenth fi...

This fiendishly virtuosic concert piece was written for trombonist Brian Diehl in 1994. A dermish is a Croatian folk dance (authentically spelled 'drmes') containing dance steps that, at times, go 'ag...

This short study explores the entire dynamic range of the instrument. It is based on a Russian fairy-tale which can be recited (ad lib.) towards the end of the piece.

L'equilibrio tra le due mani della tastiera di questa fantasia per clavicembalo è particolarmente adatto ed efficace per questa impostazione in duo. Inoltre, il suo numero di repertorio formale rispec...

The concertant duets, previously unpublished, have quite a special standing in Paganini's chamber music works for he mostly chose an accompanying guitar whereas compositions for strings exclusively ar...

Seit längerem setzt sich Manfred Trojahn kompositorisch mit Texten auseinander, die 'das Scheitern des Künstlers aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven' reflektieren. Vor allem 'Le Ceneri di Gramsci' von...

Seit längerem setzt sich Manfred Trojahn kompositorisch mit Texten auseinander, die 'das Scheitern des Künstlers aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven' reflektieren. Vor allem 'Le Ceneri di Gramsci' von...

Die zwei Bagatellen für Streichquartett zeugen von der absoluten kompositorischen Beherrschung des Materials. Ein ruhiger und ein Scherzando Satz hören sich an, als wären es zwei Teile eines Puzzles....

Drei ineinander übergehende Sätze, das Streichquartett als eine Art Schlaginstrument. Taktwechsel, schnell, Rhythmus, Gegenargument, Konsequenz, Verdichtung, Gestalt, Oszillationsglissandi, homophon,...

Drei ineinander übergehende Sätze, das Streichquartett als eine Art Schlaginstrument. Taktwechsel, schnell, Rhythmus, Gegenargument, Konsequenz, Verdichtung, Gestalt, Oszillationsglissandi, homophon,...

Zum Beethoven-Jahr sollten Komponisten ausgewählte Textstellen aus Beethovens Konversationsheften vertonen. York Höllers Text 'fokussierte sich am Ende auf den Satz ‚Das Rad läuft' - darin stecken die...

Ignace Strasfogel (1909 - 1994), a master student of Franz Schreker and Leonid Kreutzer, the youngest student at the Berlin Hochschule and the youngest recipient of the prestigious Mendelssohn Prize o...

I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude to Eamonn Quinn, Artistic Director of Louth Contemporary Music Society in Ireland, for his deep empathy, appreciation and great...

Written for the Kronos String Quartet, this piece contains Irish accents and some simple ideas that both convey the composer's enthusiasm for Ireland, the historical fate of which reminds him of his n...

String Quartet No. 1 is one of the most successful and most frequently performed works by Silvestrov. It can be described as a work standing on a threshold between avant-garde and post-avant-garde and...

In 1989 when Louis Andriessen was teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Miles Davis' Autobiography was published. While reading it, he suddenly knew what the subject of his piece fo...

Three progressive collections of contemporary string quartet repertoire from leading composers to encourage and facilitate the development of ensemble playing. Compiled and edited by Liz Partridge, ea...

Three progressive collections of contemporary string quartet repertoire from leading composers to encourage and facilitate the development of ensemble playing. Compiled and edited by Liz Partridge, ea...

In 1989 when Louis Andriessen was teaching at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Miles Davis' Autobiography was published. While reading it, he suddenly knew what the subject of his piece fo...

Turnage's fourth string quartet, Winter's Edge was premiered by the Piatti Quartet at the Klarafestival, Brussels. Co-commissioned by the Quartet, the Wigmore Hall and Flagey ASBL, they gave the UK pr...