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'Silence does not just mean that no word is spoken or no sound is uttered. That alone does not constitute silence yet... Silence rather is what happens when a person after he has spoken returns to him...

In this trio, as in most of his compositions, Jost has pictures and associations with true incidents, films and novels in his mind. What inspired him to write this piece was Joseph Conrad's novel 'Hea...

entschlackt [Piece in Two Parts] resulted from an attempt to write music that is clear, precise and concentrated without being superficially 'simple'. The 'purged' or 'cleansed' character of the piece...

Der tschechische Komponist Petr Eben komponierte die Gutenberg-Toccata im Auftrag der Stadt Mainz zum Gutenberg-Jahr 2000. Er reflektiert die große Bedeutung Gutenbergs drucktechnischer Erfindungen fü...

In the run-up to the Schumann Year 2010, Reimann now presents one of the standard works of clarinet literature in a tonally sublime arrangement for clarinet, flute, harp and two violas in which Reiman...

The compositions by the greatest Brazilian tango composer and pianist Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (1863 -1934) are strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music. He preferred light entertainment, and his...

The compositions by the greatest Brazilian tango composer and pianist Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (1863 -1934) are strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music. He preferred light entertainment, and his...

...ni una sombra is scored for soprano, clarinet and piano, the same trio instrumentation that has become famous by Franz Schubert's Hirt auf dem Felsen. The piece contrasts a poem by Friedrich Rücker...

Even in the days of Mozart, musicians liked to experiment with instrumental orchestration. Siegfried Schwab used this approach to arrange the popular Mozart trio, consisting of the movements Allegro -...

Jost's piano quartet is an homage to the outstanding Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa and his adaptations of three Shakespeare tragedies ('Hamlet', 'King Lear', 'Macbeth'). Although 'Spinnwebwald...

We owe it to Paul Hindemith's interest in education, which, in turn, was owed not only to the professional musicians and composers, that he composed for children and amateur musicians as well. Dame Mu...

One of the most bodacious episodes in the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic tells how Joukahainen challenges the old, wise singer Vainamoinen to a competition, during which Vainamoinen sings him up...

Dirigier- und Studienpartitur. Leben und Leiden der Bojarin Morosowa und ihrer Schwester Fürstin Urussowa.

Peteris Vasks has written compositions for organ again and again, whether original works or arrangements of his own works for strings. He drew his ideal sound image and his inspiration from the famous...

Hindemith's 'Very easy pieces for bassoon and violoncello' were created in New Haven, probably between 1941 and 1944. It was particularly in his years of exile that he liked to make music at home with...

Das 2008 uraufgeführte Werk für Klarinette und Violoncello beschreibt die Wanderung entlang eines Gebirgsbachs - Themen wie Rast, Aufbruch und Reflektion werden untermalt von den wiederkehrenden, flie...

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and...

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and...

The organist and composer Peter Morhard (date of birth unknown, died in Lüneburg in 1685) belongs to the North German organ school. Little is known about his life, but from 1662 until his death he wor...

Jean Guillou's 'Hymnus' Op. 72 was written in memory of Father Jaap Keulen, a friend of the composer. Hymns are traditional, chordal, solemn chants. The piece has adopted this style by consisting main...