Hob.XX:2. Par HAYDN FRANZ JOSEF. The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross (Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze) (Hob. XX:2) Oratorio (Vocal Version) The original orchestral version of 'The Seven Last Words' (Hob. XX:1A), probably composed in 1785/86, was later arranged by Haydn into an oratorio, probably in 1795/96. It is scored for SATB soloists, mixed chorus (SATB) and or…

En 1883, Glazounov orchestrée par un certain nombre de oeuvres pour piano de Chopin et appelé la suite Chopiniana (Les Sylphides). La musique inspirée les jeunes chorégraphier Mikhail Fokin, qui par la suite atteint une renommée internationale, pour concevoir le ballet Chopiniana, dans lequel il a inventé un complot pour chacune des cinq pièces que Glazounov avait orchestré. Le ballet fut créé en …

Glazounov commence à composer ce travail à l'âge de quinze ans. Ses enregistrements de journal intime: ' j'ai composé et orchestrée par le mouvement lent de la Symphonie #1 ('Andante ') à l'été 1881... Le score de la Symphonie a été achevé à l'automne. ' Il a été créé à Saint-Pétersbourg le 29 mars 1882. Bien que le compositeur était encore un écolier, sa Symphonie a été le travail de 'musicien pa…

Par WEBER CARL MARIA VON / BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Carl Maria von Weber, great innovator and orchestrator who paved the way for such Romantic giants as Wagner and Liszt, wrote this famous and oft-performed 'little concerto' in 1811. Lovely sonorities, beautiful themes - in short, a great piece for clarinet and orchestra. Also featured in this MMO edition, Beethoven's beautiful, warm-toned Piano Trio…

Bien que l?ambiance de ces ?uvres évocatrices puisse varier, l?élégance et les énergies légèrement changeantes de leur langage musical ne peuvent être que celles de Maurice Ravel. Les étudier dans cette édition complète, c?est prendre davantage conscience de sa grande originalité, mais aussi de ses efforts constants en matière de perfection de la forme et du style, qui ont amené Stravinsky à le co…

Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Three beautiful Baroque concerti from the master composer, Antonio Vivaldi, all part of his famous \'L\'Estro Armonico.\' Glorious Venetian Baroque music, rewarding to study and play. The wonderful \'Double\' Concerto includes printed parts for both primo and secondo violin, and includes accompaniments with orchestra minus primo violin, orchestra minus secondo violin, as well …

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. Contrary to what one might think, it is particularly difficult to write a solo or concertante work for an instrument that a person is very familiar with. Whenever I encounter this situation, I always feel a certain reserve or prudence, or even apprehension about leaning toward facility, in terms of gestures. Lack of objectivity can result in the imagination being more instrume…

Bärenreiter's new scholarly-critical edition of Gabriel Fauré's evergreen, the Pavane op. 50, has been edited by Robin Tait as part of the 'Complete Works of Gabriel Fauré?.The popularity of the work is mostly attributed to its many arrangements but the original version for orchestra is being published here for the first time. Shortly after completing the orchestral work, Fauré began work on a ver…

SOLO TUNING See RM722 for Orchestral Tuning The 'Dragonetti Concerto' was first published in 1925 by Alphonse Leduc in Paris as No.23 of Edouard Nanny's 'Les Classiques de la Contrebasse'. For many years no one questioned its authenticity, but as more research into Dragonetti's original works for double bass was made, concerns began to arise. Many of Dragonetti manuscripts survive in the British …