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This anthem sets a text by the 17h-century Bishop Thomas Ken. The vocal parts are narrative in style and coloured by decorative organ passages. This setting would be well-suited for use on Saints' Day...

The work is divided into three self-contained groups of two to three pieces each, and reflects the composer's pleasure in writing an English style of music by evoking, in this case, the forms of song...

Larsen's beautiful piece is absolute music in a standard classical layout with an emphasis on long lyrical lines. A good piece for conservatory and university students.

Wilberg has arranged O holy night! in the accessible key of D flat major using his signature lush textures which complement the warm, rich, and dramatic qualities found in this famous carol. Orchestra...

Das Selbstbildnis entstand 1989 auf Anregung des Bratschers Gunter Pretzel: Er suchte Stücke, in denen sich andere Musik spiegelt. So sollte das Präludium aus der ersten Suite für Violoncello solo in...

World premiere on January 17, 1998 in Rotterdam: Michael Gieler (viola) and Loretta Gieler (piano)

World premiere on April 24, 1999 in Witten, Tage für Neue Kammermusik: Barbara Maurer (Ensemble recherche)

Please also see the German edition of this booklet: BA 9683. The focus of the third volume is on duet playing in a wide variety of time signatures and keys, whereby the versatility of the selected pie...

Please also see the German edition of this booklet: BA 9684. The fourth volume expands position playing, introduces new stroke types and practises these on scales in all keys as well as on classical d...

The present publication is based on an earlier vocal composition by Mansurian with the same title Four Hayrens for mezzo-soprano and piano (1967). Forty years later, in 2007 (and again revised in 2010...

This music was created in memory of Larissa Bondarenko, the late wife of the composer. The work is a hybrid combination of strophic lied form and Baroque lamento (more or less chaconne). The exquisite...

What does the Lotus Effect have to do with modal structures and prosodic forms of ancient Armenian sacred music? Tigran Mansurian attempts to fathom these mysteries - the magical plant with its unique...

Original works for viola by Russian composers around the turn of the century are a true rarity. For this reason, this volume also includes works for which the authors have allowed two different possib...

Silhouette of a song' or 'shadow of the sound' may seem at first glance to be a somewhat whimsical and contradictory title, but it is meant to describe a very real psychological experience. As human b...

The Poème for viola and string orchestra (or piano) op. 84, is dedicated to Michael Murray-Robertson. The one-movement work begins with an ostinato which builds with a large crescendo. The instrumenta...

The only work still known today by Noack, 'Heinzelmännchens Wachtparade' [Parade of the Brownies] Op. 5 was called a 'character piece' by the composer himself, and this 'marche en miniature' conveys w...

Originally composed for piano solo, Rubinstein's 'Melody' Op. 3/1 is the best-known work written by the Russian composer. Thanks to the simple, yet tender melody and its expressive harmony, the name o...