SKU: HL.978474

ISBN 9781638871361. UPC: 196288090922. 9.0x12.0x0.102 inches.

This one of a kind album pairs two of the most performed Ave Maria's for violin and piano, meticulously edited by Jascha Heifetz' protege, Endre Granat. The first of these is Schubert's melody, which was originally composed as a setting of a song from Walter Scott's popular narrative poem The Lady of the Lake, titled, “Ellen's Third Song” (Ellens dritter Gesang). The opening words and refrain of Ellen's song, namely “Ave Maria” (Latin for “Hail Mary”), may have led to the idea of adapting Schubert's melody as a setting for the full text of the traditional Roman Catholic prayer. The Latin version of the song is now so frequently used with Schubert's melody that it has led to the misconception that he originally wrote the melody as a setting for the “Ave Maria.” The second Ave Maria in this collection was created when Gounod famously improvised the melody over the background of J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846, from The Well-Tempered Clavier. Gounod's beatiful improvisation was transcribed by his future father-in-law Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, which was published with the Bach keyboard accompaniment in 1835 under the title “Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach.” Alongside Schubert's version, the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria has become a fixture at funerals, wedding masses, and quinceañeras. Both works have been recorded hundreds of times during the twentieth century.

SKU: CA.9101312

ISBN 9790007230135. Key: E major. Language: Latin.

E-Dur (E major). Score and part available separately - see item CA.9101300.

SKU: CA.5034319

ISBN 9790007145484. Key: E major. Language: Latin.

Score and parts available separately - see item CA.5034300.

SKU: CA.9101319

ISBN 9790007145613. Key: E major. Language: Latin.

Score and parts available separately - see item CA.9101300.

SKU: CA.731700

ISBN 9790007159962. Key: G major. Language: German.

SKU: CA.7010002

ISBN 9790007162627. Key: A major. Language: Latin.

Score available separately - see item CA.7010000.

SKU: CA.967800

ISBN 9790007240882. Language: Latin.

Matsushita's Ave Maria is a very intimate short unaccompanied piece of true inward devotion. An experienced composer, Matsushita has chosen a tonal musical language for this homophonic piece. His enchanting modulations, well-placed and precisely-judged, are particularly effective without overloading the simple character of the work. All the parts are written in comfortable registers throughout and without divisi, so that the piece can easily be performed by all choirs. In short: a jewel!

SKU: CA.9165400

ISBN 9790007123611. Key: B flat major. Language: German.