Classical Sheet Music

UA: 31.08.1961 – Luzern (Schweiz)

CD Paul Silverthorne (Viola), New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Ltg. James Sedares KOCH 3-7304-2H1

Der Todestag des dänischen Komponisten Gade jährte sich 1990 zum 100. Mal. Ein Grund mehr, auf seine Kammermusik aufmerksam zu machen.

Für seine CD-Einspielung hat Felix Schwartz bereits hohes Lob erhalten. Der Transkription ist, 'weil sie sehr sprechend und idiomatisch wirkt, ein lebendiges Fortleben zu wünschen' (so 'Klassik heute'...

Promising With his 2nd Viola Sonata from 1959, Josef Schelb (1894-1977) gave the viola a representative work with the potential for a significant concert career - despite the wealth of repertoire of t...

Die beiden Sonaten op. 120 von Johannes Brahms gelten allgemein als Höhepunkte des Repertoires für Klarinette und Klavier. Ebenso zählen sie in der von Brahms selbst besorgten Ausgabe für Viola und Kl...

This work was inspired by a recently rediscovered series of photographs taken by radio operator and photographer Amedeo Verri during the First World War. What struck me most was the positive energy em...

Maurice Ravel's melancholy popular 'Pavane for a Dead Princess' composed in 1899 was originally written for piano before he arranged it for orchestra in 1910. Though dedicated to a real princess, the...

A 'Last Night of the Proms' without this march - unthinkable! 'Pomp and Circumstance Military March No. 1' with its middle section, the hymn-like 'Land of Hope and Glory' by Edward Elgar (1857-1934),...

The 19th century was not only the era of great forms, monumental symphonies and melodious sonatas, no, the Romantic composers proved to be versatile and highly imaginative on the field of little music...

A wedding without a famous wedding march - unimaginable! Wagner's 'Bridal Chorus' from 'Lohengrin' and Mendelssohn's 'Wedding March' from the incidental music of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' vie for th...

'Novelty of form, selected modulations, strange tone colours, the use of completely unexpected rhythms', this is how Camille Saint-Saëns praised the debut work of a young colleague and continued: 'Abo...

The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style correspond...

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 5)

The edition is part of the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 5)