String Solo

For unaccompanied violin.

This Elegy, subtitled 'Elegy for my mother' is representative of Ezra Laderman's 'lyrical style within a contemporary context'. He uses tonal material in combination with atonal elements and seeks out...

Based on a well-known Chinese folk song, a common influence in Sheng's works. In this setting, the viola should evoke the timbre, and tone quality of a female folk singer.

Viola and piano reduction of Tower's one-movement concerto for viola and orchestra. 19 minutes.

Augusta Read Thomas' Dream Catcher for solo Viola.

This edition of Dello Joio's Lyric Fantasies contains a Piano reduction of the original String Orchestra score.

Three songs for violoncello and pipa (a Chinese lute) based on popular folk tunes the composer heard while growing up in China. 8 minutes.

Danielpour's Cello Concerto was premiered by Yo-Yo Ma and the San Francisco Symphony in 1994. In four movements: Invocation, Profanation, Soliloquy, Prayer and Lamentation. 31 minutes.

Inspired by the paintings of the American artist, Charles Birchfield.

This is a deeply felt concerted work for cello and orchestra. It is in a moderate twentieth century style, modal rather than chromatic, a tonal work with a mood that is elegiac and dramatic. The Kadd...

Piano reduction of the Cello Concerto, after the concerto for clavicembalo composed in 1746 for Georg Matthias Moon. Includes score and part.

Joan Tower is one of this generation's most dynamic and colorful composers. Her bold and energetic music, with its striking imagery and novel structural forms, has won large, enthusiastic audiences. T...

The expressive, personal music of John Harbison has been highly acclaimed and his style is a fitting match for the rich resonance of the unaccompanie cello. This 4-movement suite was written in 1994 a...

Inspired by the use of the bass viol in Bach cantatas as well as jazz groups. Includes two piano reductions: Concert Pitch and Solo Tuning in D. Co-commissioned by 15 orchestras and the International...

Also for Tuba and Piano. Contents: Bourre (Bach) - Grave (Abaco) - Concerto (Vivaldi) - Prelude and Allegro (d'Andrieu) - Sonata in C Minor (Handel) - Sonatina and Minuet (Beethoven) - Elegy and Andan...

For Double Bass and Orchestra (piano reduction).

The Divertimento Concertante On A Theme Of Couperin for Double Bass remains American composer Paul Ramsier's best-known work. It was first performed by Seiji Ozawa and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra i...

The Red Violin Caprices (duration: ca. 10 min.) are derived from John Corigliano's music for The Red Violin, which received the 1999 Academy Award for Best Original Score. The Caprices were composed e...

Based on the instrumental interlude of the well-known Peking Opera, Farewell My Concubine. 10 minutes.

Three fantasy movements which draw on uniquely different inspirations. 15 minutes.

With 2 CDs Of Performances And Accompaniments Released in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of America's greatest composers, this collection presents the first editions of a rec...

Inspired by the concept of the serenading lover. In two colorful sections. Advanced Level.