SKU: GI.G-10276

ISBN 9781622775972. Text by Delores Dufner.

The songs of Taizé are short, simple, and profound, they are intended to be repeated many times, as a support for worship that opens up towards contemplation.     These newly composed accompaniments for over 100 songs of Taizé are for churches or prayer groups where the singing is normally accompanied by the piano.     This book contains the assembly parts for each song, followed by a simple accompaniment, and then one or several slightly more demanding variations.   Click here to download the recording of the accompaniments in MP3 format played by the composer: accompaniments for 13 songs played in full with repetitions as during a time of prayer, accompaniments for 100 songs simply played straight though as a demonstration. Cliquer ici pour télécharger l’enregistrement des accompagnements au format MP3 joués par le compositeur : pour 13 chants les accompagnements sont joués en entier avec reprises comme pendant une prière , et pour 100 chants ils sont joués directement sans reprises comme modèle.

SKU: PR.110418380

ISBN 9781491135334. UPC: 680160687497.

THREE FANTASIES is a fantastical escape from reality. The first fantasy (“Prelude”) features a luscious and expressive melody accompanied by dark, romantic harmonies. The following fantasy (“Cosmic Lullaby”) begins and ends in a serene and introspective manner, with a tumultuous and harmonically rich middle section. To end the set, “Intermezzo” provides reflection and a lively resolution. Gardels’ profound lyricism and masterful piano writing make this set enjoyable for any pianist to perform at home or in the concert hall.
The three fantasies here were written during the height of the 2020-21 Coronavirus lockdowns – a time everyone will forever recall as a period of the world standing still and experiencing new degrees of isolation, inactivity, and apprehension.A fantasy is a genre to which a composer can turn as a respite from the constraints of form, tradition, and expectation. What the genre may lack in structure and design it makes up for with spontaneity, capriciousness, and improvisatory musical gesture.I hope performers feel free to take a similarly “fantastical” approach to the interpretation of these works, seeing the score and notation as a point of departure rather than arrival, and proceed with unabashed freedom of spirit in their playing.

SKU: BT.ESZ-01494800

With his Venti pezzi per pianoforte (1938), the Hungarian composer Sándor Veress (1907-92) wanted to create a collection of piano miniatures on folk melodies destined for use in the concert hall as well as for teaching purposes. Each piece is based on one or more songs and dances from different Hungarian speaking areas, which are re-elaborated and presented in a carefully conceived alternation of character, musical writing and technical difficulty. The result is a multi-colored overview of Hungarian folk music: songs of a pathetic or even dramatic nature are contrasted with lighter and high-spirited pieces, interspersed with dances of varying types, among which a homogeneousblock stands out formed by the group of Csárdás, a typical tavern dance also used by Liszt. The Venti pezzi per pianoforte represent the culmination of the extensive ethnomusicological research made by Veress in the ’30s and ‘40s, while working as assistant to László Lajtha and to Béla Bartók, and at the same time carrying out field work in Hungary and neighboring countries. The composer intended that this collection should play a fundamental role of mediation between folklore and western “art” music, by revitalizing the language from within, without resorting to the abstractions of the experimentation being developed in Europe at the time. During his lifetime Veress never succeeded in publishing the complete version of the Venti pezzi per pianoforte, but issued various selections of the pieces, two of which remained totally unpublished. The present critical edition prepared by Giada Viviani reconstructs the complete text of the Venti pezzi per pianoforte on the basis of manuscript sources kept at the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel: the musical scores, with fingering by Jakub Tchorzewski, are accompanied by an introductory essay on the context in which the collection was created, including a description of the state of the sources and a detailed apparatus criticus of the textual variants.

Con i suoi Venti pezzi per pianoforte (1938), il compositore ungherese Sándor Veress (1907-92) ha voluto creare una raccolta di miniature pianistiche su melodie popolari destinate sia a un uso concertistico, sia all’attivit didattica. In ogni branovengono rielaborati uno o più canti e danze provenienti da diverse aree geografiche di lingua ungherese, che si susseguono in base a una sapiente alternanza di carattere, scrittura musicale, difficolt esecutiva. Viene così offerta una variegatapanoramica della musica popolare di questa nazionalit : a canti di contenuto patetico o addirittura drammatico se ne affiancano di più leggeri e giocosi, avvicendandosi a danze di natura differente, tra cui spicca come un blocco omogeneo il gruppodelle Csárdás, tipica danza da locanda utilizzata anche da Liszt.I Venti pezzi per pianoforte rappresentano il coronamento della ricca attivit etnomusicologica condotta da Veress tra gli anni ’30 e ‘40, sia lavorando come assistente di László Lajtha e di Béla Bartók, sia svolgendo ricerca sul campo in Ungheria enei paesi limitrofi. Per il compositore, questa raccolta doveva svolgere un fondamentale ruolo di mediazione tra il folklore e la musica “colta” occidentale, in maniera da rivitalizzarne il linguaggio dall’interno, senza gli astrattismi dellesperimentazioni allora condotte in Europa.Nel corso della sua vita Veress non riuscì mai a pubblicare la versione integrale dei Venti pezzi per pianoforte, mentre ne fece uscire sul mercato alcune selezioni, lasciando del tutto inediti due brani. La presente edizione critica a cura di GiadaViviani ricostruisce il testo completo dei Venti pezzi per pianoforte in base alle fonti manoscritte conservate presso la Fondazione Paul Sacher di Basilea: gli spartiti musicali, corredati dalla diteggiatura di Jakub Tchorzewski, sono accompagnatida un saggio introduttivo sul contesto di creazione della raccolta, dalla descrizione dello stato delle fonti e da un dettagliato apparato critico delle varianti testuali.

SKU: TO.22094

ISBN 9790201573588.

SKU: BT.DHP-1104783-400

ISBN 9789043134125. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Die Qualität vereinfachter Bearbeitungen leidet“ oft daran, dass Rhythmen und Tonarten verändert und Gegenstimmen sowie Harmonien weggelassen werden. Diese Arrangements von Ad Wammes zeigen, dass es auch anders geht: Unter Erhalt von Harmonie, Tonart und Rhythmik wurden die Originale von Chopin so vereinfacht, dass sie nun schlanker klingen, aber noch immer kleine Meisterwerke sind, wie die ausgezeichneten Demoaufnahmen auf der CD beweisen.

Les arrangements de Ad Wammes réunis dans ce recueil prouvent qu’il est tout fait possible de simplifier des pièces sans pour autant nuire la qualité des oeuvres originales. Il a su maintenir les harmoniques, la tonalité et le rythme de chacune d’entre elles afin que vous puissiez les interpréter comme des chefs d’oeuvres de la musique classique. Sur le compact disc joint sont enregistrées les versions démo de chaque morceau.

Gli arrangiamenti di Ad Wammes dimostrano che è possibile semplificare alcune parti, senza sacrificare la qualit di opere originali. Mantenendo le armonie, le tonalit ed il ritmo di ciascun brano, si possono quindi interpretare con più facilit queste trascrizioni fedeli capolavori della musica classica. Nel CD allegato sono registrate le versioni demo di ogni brano.