Par ZEMLINSKY ALEXANDER. If, as the editor states, Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy is one of the milestones of 20th century music theatre, its path to acceptance was rather arduous. Beginning with the troubled text by Oscar Wilde, Zemlinsky dove into the work as if in a fever. A problem arose in requesting the rights to Wilde's text, not helped by timing (and World War I), and this was but one im…

Par PART ARVO. Arvo Pärt has been fascinated by the life and work of St Silouan of Athos (1866-1938) for many years. As early as 1991, the writings of Silouan inspired Pärt to his composition Silouan's Song, 'My soul yearns after the Lord ...' for string orchestra. Pärt's new work Adam's Lament is once again based on a text by Silouan, in which the monk laments Adam's pain over the loss of paradis…

Par BYRD WILLIAM. SATTB unaccompanied Latin text Edited by Philip Brett/ Répertoire / SAT a Cappella

Par BYRD WILLIAM. SATTB unaccompanied Latin text. Edited by Craig Monson/ Répertoire / SAT a Cappella

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Psalm 137 'Super flumina Babylonis' also known as 'By the rivers of Babylon' was an inspiration for many composers including Camille Saint-Saëns. He repeatedly occupied himself with his psalm motet for solo soprano, mixed choir, saxophone quartet, string orchestra and organ, originally composed in 1854. Two of the four versions – the first version in Latin and a much later…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Psalm 137 'Super flumina Babylonis' also known as 'By the rivers of Babylon' was an inspiration for many composers including Camille Saint-Saëns. He repeatedly occupied himself with his psalm motet for solo soprano, mixed choir, saxophone quartet, string orchestra and organ, originally composed in 1854. Two of the four versions ? the first version in Latin and a much later…

for Oboe and Orchestra. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Oboe Concerto In C Major K. 314. Oboe Solo, Oboe (2), Horn (2), Violin (2), Viola, Violoncello, Double bass. The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart 's autograph manuscripts). At the same time, it also serves as an aid to authentic performances. …

Par L'ESTRANGE ALEXANDER (Arr.). English song in the first half of the twentieth century was largely defined by the wonderful output of Roger Quilter and Gerald Finzi, both of whom delighted in setting fine poetry by Wordsworth, Shakespeare and others. She Walks in Beauty was inspired by these two composers, with a particularly musically evocative and colourful text by Byron and a glorious new mel…

soprano, mezzo-soprano, piano. Par BELL IAIN . Composer Iain Bell sets text by Eugene Fields in A Cradle Suite. Volume One sets ‘Japanese Lullaby’ alongside ‘Norse Lullaby.’ Volume Two, scored as a duet, evokes fairies, the Mirkland Queen, brownies and trolls in its lullabies of Old England, the Orkney Isles and Cornwall. / Date parution : 2025-01-21/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano