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Every player may imagine a wishful portrait for this short elegiac piece. Musically inspired by contrasting works such as 'Portrait for Tracy' by the jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius and the Saraband in D...

In his choice of the title La Follia, Krzysztof Penderecki recalls the tradition of virtuosic variations on a Sarabande originating from the Baroque period. The theme is introduced first in pizzicato,...

Die Sonate op. 38 entstand im November und Dezember 2000 und ist das einzige unmittelbar autobiographische Stück, das ich bisher komponiert habe. Es ist dem Gedenken eines toten Freundes gewidmet, den...

Die zweite Violinsonate op. 58 entstand im November und Dezember 2009 und ist als freundliches Gegenstück zu der düster-aufgewühlten ersten Violinsonate op. 38 (2000) konzipiert. Die helle Grundstimmu...

Rosenblatt's work is characterised by an elegant virtuosity. This is a rewarding concert and encore piece, reminiscent of Bach's contrapuntal skills and combines traditional stylistic elements with ne...

This work by 17-year-old Fazil Say is from the early creative period of the Turkish composer. Supported by Aribert Reimann and David Levine, he composed the four pieces for the 750th anniversary of th...

Musicians onstage stand in the limelight and enjoy their fame whereas after performance they become shrouded in a strange fog of isolation.

The five movements of this vivid opening to the exhibition are connected through pizzicato intermezzos. The fourth movement demands a second scordatura instrument; the use of little bells and singing...

The short two-part composition refers to two persons by the name of Teresa. One of them was a beautiful Polish actress, the other the favourite model of the painter Balthus. I tried to fuse the charac...

In this short composition, the G and A strings are tuned a half note higher. Due to the extensive use of open strings and natural harmonics, the piece is perfectly suitable as an introduction to scord...

Pietro Nardini was the most important pupil of Tartini regarding both violin playing and composition. Like his teacher, he attached special significance to the beauty of sound and the -suitability for...

The edition is part of the ABRSM syllabus (grade 8)

Giuseppe Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata came forth from a dream the composer had in 1713 in which he made a pact with the devil and witnessed the latter's virtuosic playing. After awakening, taken aba...

It is elegance and brilliance that characterise this work by the violin master whose French form type takes up the essential music tendencies of that time coming from Mannheim, Paris and Italy.

Stanley Weiner (1925-1951) is mainly remembered as a performer: a solo violinist. His musical career was predetermined for his father served as assistant principal violinist to the Baltimore Symphony...

The Spiritual Concerto for violin and string orchestra by Helmut W. May has everything that is necessary to become a repertory piece for -young violin soloists: of medium difficulty, rewarding, despit...