Rhapsody in F Sharp for Piano and Orchestra was commissioned by the BBC Proms and first performed in the Royal Albert Hall on August 19th, 1943. Written with the wartime audience in mind, it is unashamedly popular in style, with its flashy virtuosity making it immediately accessible and entertaining. There is argument among scholars as to whether it should be referred to in the Major or Minor key, as it makes almost equal use of both, starting in one and finishing in the other. Ernest J Moeran (1894-1950) was an English composer, who followed the tradition of R. Vaughan Williams and John Ireland by collecting, preserving, and using many folk songs, mainly from Norfolk, Suffolk, and Ireland. / Piano Et Orchestre

Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad as late as the second half of the 19th century. However, any chance of a revival of Weber's influential and substantial oeuvre was wasted in the 1920s, when a complete edition - begun by Hans Joachim Moser and with potential contributors including Wilhelm Kempff, Hans Pfitzner, Max von Schillings, Fritz Stein and Richard Strauss - failed after the third volume.Ever since there have been numerous attempts to restart a complete edition of Weber's works, but as this kind of project would have required the co-operation of scholars from both sides of the inter-German border, the political situation after 1945 was not conducive to any such enterprise. Careful negotiations led to the first tangible steps in the 1980s. The intention, right from the beginning, was to place Weber's work in context, and not to separate his musical output from his influential work as a writer, critic and organiser in the musical field, but to publish his compositions together with his letters, diaries and other literary output as the best way to document the cross-fertilisation between his musical, literary and practical activities.Since the German re-unification both working-parties concerned - at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar, Detmold/Paderborn - have co-operated on the complete edition of the musical works (c. 45 volumes in 10 series: sacred music - cantatas, odes and other occasional works - stage works - lieder and vocal works - orchestral works - chamber music - music for piano - piano reductions - miscellanea, arrangements and orchestrations - works of doubtful attribution). The diaries (6-8 vols.) are edited in Berlin and the letters (8-10 vols.) and other writings (2 vols.) in Detmold. This complete edition aims to be a reliable basis of scholarly debate as well as for the authentic performance practice of Carl Maria von Weber's music. Conforming to the standards of recent historico-critical editions, the textual material will be based on all available authentic sources, accompanied by a detailed documentation of the genesis and a list of variants for each work. The musicological importance of the works will be evaluated by placing them in their historical context, the presentation of their genesis, history and Critical Commentaries. The letters, writings and diaries will be treated as inter-related and relevant to each other in the commentaries, therefore readers should benefit from a wealth of concise information and cross-references. / Piano Et Orchestre

L'un des plus grands virtuoses du piano de tous les temps, Franz Liszt a composé la musique de piano marqué par sa virtuosité technique, d'innovation et d'imagination. Cette collection présente des éditions faisant autorité notes miniatures de deux agrafes du répertoire de Liszt: Concerto pour piano n o 1 en mi bémol majeur et son Concerto pour piano n o 2 en la majeur.Les oeuvres sont reproduites ici à partir des éditions faisant autorité, complètes avec des mouvements bar-numérotées pour en faciliter la consultation. Abordable, durable et portable, cette édition partition miniature est idéal pour l'étude en classe, à la maison ou dans la salle de concert.Réimpression de l'Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig, 1907-1939 éditions. / Piano Et Orchestre

Au printemps 2012, les ' Partitions de pocheBreitkopf ' peuvent surenchérir en sortantles éditions Urtext de deux concertos solo quiont représenté au 19e siècle une contributioncapitale au genre concert instrumental et quise retrouvent aujourd'hui en tête de liste durépertoire. Avec la parution de la petite partitionbleue, la palette des oeuvres en partena-riat avec la maison G. Henle Verlag est ànouveau enrichie : édition pour instrumentsolo et piano chez Henle - conducteur, partiesd'orchestre et partition de poche chez Breitkopf / Piano Et Orchestre

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. Cette pièce emprunte sa matière soliste à une oeuvre pour piano, Le Livre de Jeb, véritable portrait musical de son dédicataire Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Ce pianiste protéiforme, aussi sensible à la musique de Claude Debussy qu'au jazz, est un artiste unique, par l'ampleur de son répertoire et par la générosité de ses interprétations. C'est justement la diversité des goûts de ce musicien qui est à l'origine de mon inspiration : ma pièce renvoie autant à une contemplation caractéristique d'un certain 'esprit français' (notamment en son début) qu'à des rythmiques plus américanisantes. L'orchestre fonctionne ici comme le prolongement des résonances naturelles du piano. Il interprète les silences de la pièce originelle, vient ajouter des commentaires, afin de complexifier une matière première qui vise à l'évidence. La forme est extrêmement libre, mais le retour de certaines idées vient structurer un parcours dense, où la logique traditionnelle du concerto (alternance entre soliste et orchestre) est remplacée par un jeu permanent de doublures. Commande de l'Orchestre National de Lille, cette Fantaisie composée en 2009 est dédiée à Julia, Laura, Andrea, et Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Bruno Mantovani / contemporain / Date parution : 2010-01-04/ Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre