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Watkins skillfully interweaves the two instruments around the chorale theme. As usual in Watkins' work his skill as a musician shines through with neither instrument dominating.

Thierry Pécou's work for clarinet (or saxophone) and piano represents the vitality of Cuban music: polyphonic rhythms, fast tempo and complex chord sequences convey the pure joie de vivre of South Ame...

A neo-impressionistic, virtuosic-cantabile atmospheric picture.

This demanding and sophisticated exploration of the specific instrumental possibilities of the clarinet was written for Sabine Meyer. Solo for Clarinet is a real virtuoso showpiece for solo recitals a...

Kirchner's (oEuvre spans a wide range of musical genres. Apart from numerous compositions for orchestra and for the music theatre the former professional viola player has always had a soft spot for ch...

Ich habe mein Bestes gegeben, das ursprüngliche Werk originalgetreu wiederzugeben. Allerdings tauchen in der Bearbeitung Stellen auf, an denen Klänge umgestaltet wurden, damit sie den technischen Beso...

The composition Perroquets d'azur owes its existence to the oboist François Leleux who issued the commission in 1993 and gave the first performance of the work.In adherence to a compositional traditio...

The bestselling novel 'Sinuhe the Egyptian' by the Finnish writer Mika Waltari was the source of inspiration for the Finnish pianist, composer and conductor Olli Mustonen. In this piece which closely...

I composed my opera Le Grand Macabre from 1974 to 1997. The Mysteries of the Macabre are arrangements of three coloratura arias of the chief of the 'Secret Political Police' which have been arranged (...

A brilliant pianist, Watkins is loved by instrumentalists for the sheer quality of his writing. Coruscation and Reflection is already widely performed as welcome repertoire in their genres.

Partita for Solo Violin was written for the young Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova, who is a BBC New Generation Artist. An attractive and expressive concert work.

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time and as he reaches his 75th birthday in 2009 he remains prolific.The sonata for violin and piano was wr...

Eötvös wrote this piece in memory of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in 2003. The number 7 determines the musical, rhythmic and formal structure of the...

Nikolai Kapustin is regarded as pioneer of the Soviet jazz scene. In his music he combines typical jazz idioms with classical forms. The Sonata Op. 70 in three movements for violin and piano was writt...

In The Diamond Sutra, an early Buddhist text also known as The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion, the Buddha leads his interlocutor, the Elder Subhuti, through a series of questions and provocations....