Par DOBRZYNSKI IGNACY FELIKS. Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski wrote eight nocturnes for piano. Five of them were published in 1833–1834 in two books as Opp. 21 and 24, while the remainder appeared in various occasional collections issued much later. The Nocturne in A major was written in 1846 and belongs to the group of works composed by Dobrzynski during his tour of German cities. That tour was designed…

Par BERGER MICHEL / PLAMONDON LUC. A l'occasion du trentième anniversaire de Starmania, voici le songbook officiel (validé par les créateurs et ayants-droits) de l'opéra rock de Michel Berger et Luc Plamondon. Inclus les 22 chansons originales avec des nouvelles partitions dans les tonalités de création, des diagrammes de guitare adaptés à la partition piano (accords sur basses), les paroles comp…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

Schubert's great C minor Sonata D 958 was composed in 1828 just a few months before his death, along with the late sonatas in A major (D 959) and B-flat major (D 960). Conceived as a triptych, they constitute his musical testament to the piano sonata genre.This scholarly-critical edition by Walburga Litschauer is based on the 'New Schubert Edition? and presents this masterpiece in a spacious new e…

Trilogie Sacrée. Par BERLIOZ HECTOR. The history of the composition of the oratorio is odd: the kernel of this three-part work were the movements from the middle section, the “Flight to Egypt, ” which Berlioz composed on a whim in 1850 and which he passed off as the work of a baroque composer whose existence he himself had invented. In 1854 the triptych, which was completed with the parts entitled…

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. History! Introduce a bit of good old early-Americana to your audiences this year. GEORGE WASHINGTON SUITE is made up of three tunes known to have been composed for (or about) George and Martha Washington in their own time. Probably the best known of the three is the first movement, WASHINGTON’S GRAND MARCH, which is believed to have been written by Francis Hopkinson. He was one…

Diptych. Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Diptyque est un titre parfaitement adapté à cette composition en deux parties. Le premier tableau, majestueux, s’inspire d’une ancienne chanson enfantine intitulée Akkatobai, et dont l’origine est rattachée à la ville de Nagasaki. Le second tableau offre un joyeux contraste en termes de style et tempo. Gai et lumineux, il reflète l’île méridionale de Kyushu, où se t…

Das in einem Guss zu spielende Triptychon ist thematisch auf einem Motiv in freischwebender Tonalität aufgebaut. Der Mittelteil ist extrem schnell zu spielen. Umso mehr heben sich davon die sensibel registrierten Klänge des Schlussteils ab. / Orgue