Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Schubert’s music is impervious to the passage of time, and the Arpeggione Sonata, with its ethereal beauty, has become one of the immortal treasures of the chamber music repertoire. This has led to the unique situation of a major work of art existing for an instrument that has long been extinct. - Urtext of the New Schubert Edition/ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière

Or Organ. Par ROESGEN-CHAMPION MARGUERITE. Born in Geneva of a jeweller father (and excellent flautist) and singer mother, Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894-1976) was one of those rare women who reconciled family life (in 1926, she settled in Paris with her husband, a philately merchant) with a professional activity devoted to music. Her abundant output graced all genres, with a predilection for s…

Par TYSHAWN SOREY. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association for a world premiere by the LA Phil New Music Group in January 2019, Tyshawn Sorey's gently tolling chamber work For Fred Lerdahl is dedicated to the elder composer on the occasion of Lerdahl's retirement. Sorey credits Lerdahl as one of two teachers who helped him to find his own voice as a composer. A single, 13-minute m…

Richard Rodney Bennett sets the text of popular sixteenth-century Christmas carol, Coventry Carol , for SATB chorus unaccompanied. Commissioned and first performed by YiRu Hall and the Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir at Portsmouth Cathedral on 14 December 2011. / Choeur SATB

Any violinist who hears the name Sitt nowadays will probably just think of the author of studies and exercises that have long been a familiar feature in instrumental lessons. Of course the Prague violinist, music teacher and composer Hans Sitt (1850-1922) made a significant impact on methods of violin teaching, but he also wrote a whole series of other works worth listening to: concertos for violi…

for Festivals, Weddings, and All Occasions. Par . Professional quartets, advanced school ensembles, and string orchestras will enjoy the pieces included in Alfred's new chamber music series. The first book in the series includes highlights of classical repertoire perfectly set for a wedding, ensemble festival or any concert event. Whether it's a professional string quartet playing a gig, or a high…

For Soprano, Cello and Piano. Par WERNICK RICHARD. A new 14 1/2 minute chamber works written by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Wernick for Andre Emelianoff, who premiered it last December with Margaret Chalker and John Van Buskirk. The text, from the 2nd-century mystic Shimon bar Yochai, is in both English and Hebrew. 2 copies needed for performance. For college, conservatory, professional, librari…

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Leichte Bis Mittelschwere Arrangements Bekannter Russischer Opern und Ballette. Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.BROOKER DAVID). 'Big works made small”. Those four words completely capture the essence of this amazing album of arrangements for two violins by David Brooker. It harks back to the days before sound recording when many people could only experience the major composers' orchestral music in reducti…