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HL118556

Sonate op.5a (Violine und Viola)

The immortal favourite, Schubert's Fantasie in F Minor for four-hand piano receives inspired treatment by the pen of arranger Firmian Lermer. The string sextet medium captures and intensifies at once...

Herrmann, Traudl, arr. Meditation über das Prélude in G-Dur BWV1007

Wie die Widmungsträgerin so liebt auch der Komponist dieses Werks die Bretagne. Zahllose Sommer hat er dort verbracht, und von diesen Urlauben sind auch die Impressions bretonnes geprägt. Sie zitieren...

This is a straightforward; yet beautiful arrangement of the famous tune. It requires sensitive musicianship and good technique; but is such a fine piece; it practically plays itself.

Set of Performance Scores An outgrowth of Wernick's Sonata for Two (for two cellos), composed for Joel Krosnick and his daughter Gwen, Sonatina in the Shape of a Pearl is a return to more formal neo-b...

Chen Yi describes the cheery interplay of HAPPY TUNE as: 'When one instrument plays a lively melody, the other plays a vivid rhythmic pattern in the accompaniment. The pair of string instruments imita...

TACHUN (SPRING OUTING) was composed in 2021 for The Joy Project, to commission uplifting works for performance at free outdoor concerts in the San Francisco Bay region. The work's title comes from the...

This beautiful slow movement takes full advantage of the string quartet’s richly expressive potential. LORRAINE is a plaintive aria for violin with string trio accompaniment, balanced with contrasting...

Balancing caprice with studied craft, Samuel Adler's THREESOME VENTURES is a compact but substantive four-movement work for string trio. Rich in both thoughtful, playful dialogue and virtuosic drive,...

“Spring Vitality,” the first movement of Chen Yi's SONG OF SPRING for string quartet, embeds rhythmic speech in quietly churning fragments of polyphony to suggest the sounds of falling rain, sure to c...

A modern master contemplates the past and looks to the future in Lowell Liebermann’s STRING QUARTET No. 6. Composed for the renowned Dover Quartet, Liebermann’s quartet is supremely expressive through...

Felder weds a string quartet with pre-recorded track for a contemplative; contemporary performance piece. Netivot was commissioned by New Music USA; made possible by annual program support and/or endo...

A commission by Harris Miller and Deborah Kahn, both active figures in the politics and arts of Northern Virginia and Washington, D. C. , led to Leshnoff's 3rd String Quartet. The 20 minute work build...

Hailed by the Washington Post as a 'masterpiece,' this stunningly dramatic string quartet explodes in driving, kinetic rhythms and retreats to a soulful and pure adagio. It has been recorded on the MS...

Arrangement of the piano preludes for string trio by Martin Stegner. All participants play from the score. 3 playing scores.