SKU: HL.48183027

UPC: 888680877927. 9.0x12.0x0.154 inches.

“Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer, writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in a variety of composition styles. Pastorales for Cello and Piano was published in 1931 and is made up of six pieces. Martinu himself was a violinist and the beginning of his experiments in composing for solo instruments saw him write for strings. Pastorales for Cello exemplifies the composer's influence of Stravinsky, Debussy neoclassicism, surrealism and jazz. The piece is excitingly virtuosic in its use of double stops, complex rhythms, chromaticism, and ensemble between the Cello and Piano. As a varied, substantial work for the Cello repertoire, Martinu's Pastorales is essential for the advanced performer.”.

SKU: HL.48186887

UPC: 888680882907. 9.0x12.0x0.073 inches.

Romance In A by Gabriel Faure for Cello and Piano. Part of the the Alphonse Leduc catalogue, this work has been produced to the highest editorial and printing standards..

SKU: HL.48186669

Georges Delerue: Stances (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48181235

Jacques Chailley: Chant funebre (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48181458

Alfred Desenclos: Prelude, Cantilene et Final (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48181251

Georges Migot: Madrigal (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48186482

Reynaldo Hahn: Works for cello and piano [AL 30 749] For quite some time, posterity remembered Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) for just a handful of songs and the operetta Ciboulette, overlooking the incredible diversity of a catalogue as eclectic as it is appealing. Yet his chamber music contains many little-known treasures: thus, cellist Steven Isserlis, in his preface, hastens to hail the first modern edition of these two scores, which he regularly plays in recital, so much does their beauty enchant the audience. Published in 1911, the Two Improvisations on Irish Airs for cello and piano turn out to be the transcription of his first and third Preludes for piano four hands (1894). These folk themes come from the collection Songs of Old Ireland, published 12 years earlier by Charles Villiers Stanford: gracefully and tenderly, The Little Red Lark unfurls a melancholic tune of which the regular foundation respects the breadth of phrase typical of folk songs; in The Willow-Tree, the lover begs his beloved in vain to take him in her arms one last time before he lies down, lifeless, in the shade of the tree. Beyond this sensitive exploration of the Irish soul, Hahn offers us a journey into the past: the Variations chantantes sur un air ancien develop a theme borrowed from Cavalli?s opera Xerse. In this aria (1660 version: Act IV, sc. 6), Ambassador Periarco dreams of moving away from court intrigues to be able to taste the pleasures ?to which the gods have destined him?. Reynaldo Hahn?s variations succeed in maintaining the sweet simplicity of this theme, as noble as it is refined. Let us wager that this publication will delight cellists and pianists alike: it contains some nuggets. Deux improvisations sur des airs irlandais (The Little Red Lark, The Willow-Tree) Variations chantantes sur un air ancien.

SKU: HL.48181858

UPC: 888680857998. 10.5x13.5x0.065 inches.

Alain Weber: Tryptique (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48184289

UPC: 888680865023. 9.0x12.0x0.053 inches.

Kyrill Volkov: Poeme-Tableau (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48182415

UPC: 888680839239. 10.5x13.5x0.059 inches.

Henri Challan: Ballade (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48185441

UPC: 888680834982. 9.0x12.0x0.128 inches.

Antoine Duhamel: Sonate (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48182688

UPC: 888680876081. 11.0x14.0x0.06 inches.

Marc Carles: Paradoxes (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48183644

UPC: 888680870348. 9x12 inches.

Michel Merlet: Une Soirée à Nohant Op.30a (Cello & Piano).

SKU: HL.48184330

UPC: 888680847951. 9x12 inches.

Jehan Ariste Alain: Largo assai (Cello & Piano).