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These two little duets were created for the Hindemiths' own domestic use and offer interesting harmonies and part-writing. Hindemith frequently wrote refreshing little pieces like this which proves th...

In den Jahren 1995/96 komponierte Hans Werner Henze das Ballett Le fils de l'air ou L'enfant changé en jeune homme. Nach der - zauberischen - Verwandlung durch die Künste der Gaukler, in deren Welt si...

A harmonically and rhythmically interesting yet not too challenging work in a moderately contemporary idiom which is suitable for recitals or competitions.

Until his appointment as composition teacher at the Musikhochschule ofCologne in 1957, Bernd Alois Zimmermann earned his living chiefly byarranging works of other composers for the radio. Vier Bearbei...

When Henze, after nearly half a century, revisited some of his earlier musical material the result was this sophisti-cated little suite of intricate chamber pieces.

Fast drei Jahre lang komponierte Partch an den kurzen Stücken, die er in der Sammlung Seventeen Poems by Li Po zusammenfasste. Jedes von ihnen stellt die Vertonung eines Gedichts des chinesischen Dich...

This rewarding trio composition traces the ancient Greek myth of Niobe, goddess of fertility, who was turned to stone. The Aria 'Io son di morte' from the Baroque opera of the same name by Agostino St...

This Concerto was inspired and written in honour of Zoltán Kodály. Hartmann was inspired to write a piece of music characterised by a Hungarian flavour, as much in the cadenza-like free passages remin...

This Piano Trio Passacaglia is the 'junior' companion piece to my Cello Concerto Dunkle Saiten [Dark Strings], or more precisely to the concerto's large-dimensional introductory section with the indic...

In the unparalleled series ‚Cadenza‘, Schott Musik International presentscadences of well-known instrumental concertos of classical and Romantic music, composed by major composers and solo...

In the unparalleled series ‚Cadenza‘, Schott Musik International presentscadences of well-known instrumental concertos of classical and Romantic music, composed by major composers and solo...

Krzysztof Penderecki komponierte das Vivace für Fagott (oder Bassklarinette) und Rototoms 1994 aus Anlass des 50. Geburtstags von Justus Frantz. In virtuosem Tempo entwickelt sich ein packender Dialog...

Recall an event, then 're-tell' it in different ways: that is the raison d'être of Stephen Pratt's Telling the Tale. As the piece progresses, the focus slips away from the original event to become a l...

Boismortier's Six Concerto pour les Flutes-Traversieres, Violons, ou Haubois; avec la Baße, Op. 21, were published in early 1728. They are the second set of concertos to be composed by a Frenchman, th...

Boismortier's Op. 21 was intended for a flute, a violin or second flute, and basso continuo (with a musette or recorder proposed as alternatives to the flute in Concerto No. 3), but the deliberately g...

Vitali wrote nine cantatas for meetings of the Accademia dei Dissonanti in Modena, an intellectual talking-shop centred on Duke Francesco II's court. Many of these works are described as 'accademia',...

Bach's ever-popular harpsichord concerto in D minor (BWV 1052) has been recognized for nearly 150 years to be a transcription of a much earlier violin concerto in the same key, and reconstructions of...

In the pieces "Spuren" (alto recorder) and "Linien" (tenor recorder) created in 2020, Hans-Martin Linde lets recorder and violoncello enter into an equal dialogue: entertaining, enriching, exchanging.