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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...

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...

The reputation of the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) has always been somewhat overshadowed by that of Bedrich Smetana and Antonín Dvorák. This is a pity, for Fibich, though he died young,...

Composed in 1886, the tremolo study 'Recuerdos de la Alhambra' is without doubt Tarrega's best-known piece. It evokes memories of the Moorish citadel located on a hill in the Spanish Granada.Thanks to...

The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) is rather unknown in Germany although he had his artistic roots there for he was trained as a pianist in Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden and...

The music of small forms was what the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) focused on. In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the position of...

Overcoming the boundaries between 'serious' and entertaining music was what mattered to the musician Eduard Pütz (1911-2000). His compositions therefore include stylistic features of jazz and pop musi...