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In the 1960s, long after Ravel’s death, the musical text of the then available Durand edition of Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major underwent various changes. Although it is unknown who authorised thes...

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Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto op. 64 is a central work of the 19th century, which on the one hand is still associated with the classical style of a Beethoven, but on the other also points the way to t...

Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto op. 64 is a central work of the 19th century, which on the one hand is still associated with the classical style of a Beethoven, but on the other also points the way to t...

Roughly eight months after the death of Antonín Dvorák (1 May 1904), his son-in-law Josef Suk began to compose a funeral symphony. While he was working on it fate struck a second time with the death o...

The Bernd Alois Zimmermann Complete Edition (BAZ-GA) is published as a hybrid edition and consists of a printed edition published in hardcover and a digital, internet-based edition. The separation int...

The Bernd Alois Zimmermann Complete Edition (BAZ-GA) is published as a hybrid edition and consists of a printed edition published in hardcover and a digital, internet-based edition. The separation int...

In his preface to the new critical edition of the 'Seventh Symphony', Dr. Reinhold Kubik (editor and vice-president of the International Gustav Mahler Society) reflects on the reception of Mahler and...

Brahms' sketch of his 'Vier Ernste Gesänge' suggests the possibility of orchestration. 'Detlev Glanert took up this suggestion and developed it even further. He orchestrated the songs for orchestra, a...

Le va et le vient is a suite de ballet which might well one day return to the stage as a ballet. Originally commissioned by Merce Cunningham and performed under the title Set, Hold, Clear and Squelch...

Metamusik is not only the title of this work, but also a concept with which the composer has attempted to describe his style. He considers Metamusik to be 'a semantic overtone above music'. 'Meta', Si...

Symphony no. 6 is 'a gigantic farewell symphony written at the end of the millenium. It is at one and the same time retrospective, sums up, and, in a visionary manner, is directed towards the future ....

The work was inspired by the work of the Russian poet Xenia Nekrassova, who, after achieving some success in the 1950s, died forgotten and in complete poverty. The childish and naïve character of her...

Peter Tchaikovsky based the fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet, which he composed in October and November 1869, on Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. The idea of the work had been suggested to him...

This Sibelius masterwork is now intelligently transcribed for today's orchestra. Vital brass entrances have preparation to assure secure attack. Careful doubling, cuing, and more, will allow the work...

From Tchaikowsky's ballet The Nutcracker Suite comes this fresh scoring for your full orchestra or string orchestra (any winds and/or percussion can be added). The technical demands have been reduced,...

Rhythmic fervor best describes this exciting new work for intermediate orchestra. This piece retains its energy while developing different textures and is contemporary in nature yet offers maximum fle...

From the Birthday Cantata, this familiar tune is filled with the infectious melodic material and mesmerizing harmonic content that are so characteristically Bach. The Best of Bach can be played with j...