Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. / contemporain / Répertoire / Clarinette, Alto et Piano

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. / contemporain / Répertoire / Saxophone en Sib et Piano

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Par BALAZS ARPAD. With its energetic impetus and imposing instrumentation, Concertino is certainly outstanding in the oeuvre of Árpád Balázs. Among his compositions for concert band, it is by far the most engaging and exacting work. Passing away and a will to live are simultaneously present in Concertino, which Árpád Balázs composed in memory of his beloved father. Its structure brings Liszt's Hun…

Des livres ont été écrits sur Bix Beiderbecke, les films ont été réalisés. Son talent à incandescence, l'ascension fulgurante et la mort tragique à 28: c'est la substance du mythe et de la légende.Nous avons la chance que nous avons pas mal quelques enregistrements incomparables. Bien qu'il soit dit qu'ils ne capturent qu'une ombre de son Bix, vous pouvez entendre tout de suite ce qu'il en était. …

À l'époque des années soixante, en pleine ascension de la musique sérielle, Raphaël Fumet se décide à écrire sa grande Symphonie de /'Ame, dans une totale liberté d'inspiration, bien au-delà du diktat des poncifs historiques de la création contemporaine de son temps, Démarche audacieuse, qui devait lui coûter des années de silence et d'ignorance absolue des institutions comme des divers supports m…

Par ESENVALDS ERIKS. Only in Sleep is a nostalgic vision of childhood re-experienced through dreams. Eriks E?envalds has created a work of subtlety, yet powerful and expressive. The music has an incandescent freshness and the Flugel Horn soloist heard at the opening returns at the close, lost in reverie, whilst florid arabesques float over one last pair of chordal oscillations, winding down to not…

for SATB and organ Walk softly is an inspiring setting of an early Shaker text. It is woven from the simplest of musical elements and imbued with a quiet but incandescent fervour. With its combination of approachable choral writing and an easy organ part it makes an arresting introit appropriate to many occasions.

The Latin text of the Gloria is a magnificent hymn of praise which dates from the earliest centuries of the church. French composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) has set these words to music in a rich incandescent manner whichseems to portray a cosmic dance before the throne of heaven itself. These two excerpts from the complete piano/vocal score mark the first time separate octavos from the Gloria…

From his setting of the Gloria French composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) has set this text in a rich incandescent manner which seems to portray a cosmic dance before the throne of heaven itself. Available for the first timeas a single exerpted movement in octavo form.