Par WARBECK STEPHEN. Stephen Warbeck's Oscar-winning music from the hit film 'Shakespeare in Love' has been skillfully arranged by Tony Osbourne into a four-movement suite for intermediate string ensemble. The suite perfectly encapsulates all the passion, romance and wit of this delightful love story, which traces the footsteps of the young Shakespeare. With an exciting opening, sighing love-theme…

Par ELGAR EDWARD. With Christopher Hogwood’s new edition of Elgar ’s much loved Serenade, a scholarly-critical edition of the work is now available for the first time. As with other Elgar works, modern editions of the Serenade have always suffered from an enormous number of inconsistancies between the score and parts and unclear divisi and unison passages. The editor has clarified these discrepanc…

for String Quartet op. 35a. Par SUK JOSEF. Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert. Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian 'St. Wenceslas” hymn. The hymn's message - a plea for the well-being of the Czech peo…

Par BRANDER SIRI. Siri Brander (1866-1934) was one of the first female composers to be played by the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Elegie (originally for piano) was arranger for string orchestra by A. E. Westerlind and first performed in 1894. More than 120 years later it was recovered in the archives. The small treasure of pure salon romanticism has the duration of 4 minutes. The package inclu…

Par KOPPEL ANDERS. Three Gentle Pieces (2021) composed by Anders Koppel for String Orchestra/ Répertoire / String Orchestra

Nouveau quatuor à cordes de Debussy a reçu un accueil très froid lors de sa première à Paris en Décembre 1893 réalisée par le célèbre Quatuor Ysaÿe. Les critiques ont été bouleversés par ses harmonies inhabituelles et des sons orchestraux, et les musiciens qui ont ensuite été présentés avec elle estimait 'injouable'. Néanmoins, le travail a pu se mettre en place dans les années qui ont suivi, et a…