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Paul Hindemith made his breakthrough as the leading German composer of his generation at the first 'Donaueschingen Chamber Music Performances' in 1921 with his 3rd String Quartet Op. 16. The premiere...

Like in his Kaz Da?lar? Sonat? (Mount Ida Sonata) (VLB 225) and in Yürüyen Kö?k (The Shifted House) (ED 22893), Say would also like to draw attention to the need to protect the habitats of animals in...

As in his Kaz Dağları sonatı (Mount Ida Sonata) (VLB 225) and in Yürüyen Köşk (The Moved House) (ED 22893), Say also wants to draw attention to the need to protect the habitats of animals in the wild....

The String Quartet in G minor Op. 8 dates from the time when Joseph Haas studied with Max Reger (1905). While reflecting the clear influence of his teacher as to form, it also shows the young composer...

The String Quartet in G minor Op. 8 dates from the time when Joseph Haas studied with Max Reger (1905). While reflecting the clear influence of his teacher as to form, it also shows the young composer...

Die Entstehung des String Sextet von G. Waterhouse umfasst einen Zeitraum von fast vier Jahrzehnten. Jeder Satz ist eine Zeitkapsel in der sich kompositorische Stilmittel, Techniken und Klangsprachen...

For my first string quartet, I found it important to compose a piece with a light and entertaining character which simultaneously possesses a ‘profound level’ – this dichotomy is what fascinates me in...

The 9th String Quartet forms the penultimate work in my Beethoven Study quartet cycle. Chronologically, however, it was composed after the 10th Quartet Cavatina. And indeed, when composing it, it felt...

In summer 2020 the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie asked me to write a fanfare for brass ensemble for their opening concert of the season, taking place in the following September in Saarbrücken. I decided...

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the posit...

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the posit...

The String Trio of 1927 was composed several years after Paul Dessau's first major success as a composer, which was marked by the prizewinning Concertino in 1924. After working for several years as a...

This arrangement was created out of great admiration for the incredible abilities of the "child prodigy" Erich Wolfgang Korngold, who was only 19 years old at the time of composition. Reducing such a...

Washing up flower smells don't drink the soap it'll make you sick. Gunge odours and lucid states of decay. Do you choose? Will you loose the space around you? Super-Munch them 1 by 1 on the library co...

Duo Concertante contains five brief movements of contrasting character. The first movement functions as a short prelude, with the viola and bass combining to form alternating high and low harmonies an...