For Cello and string orchestra and commisioned by the 1985 Kings Lynn Festival with funds provided by the Arts Council of Great Britain. Maw's highly individual musical voice is basically tonal blending the familiar with the unfamiliar and characterised by a natural lyricism. a great many remarkable qualities. . . it contains numerous precise and beautiful images.Paul Griffiths The Times 22 September 1986

Krypton refers to the exploding planet from which the infant Superman escaped. A dark, microtonal soundworld is created with glissandi in the strings, trombones and siren. Two percussionists play antiphonal fire bells throughout the movement, as it evolves from a recurring solo motive in the cellos into ominous calls from the brass section. Gradually the movement builds towards an apocalyptic conclusion. / Conducteur

Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Violon Solo - Strings - Basse Continue - Durée: 9/ Répertoire / Conducteur

Par SCARLATTI DOMENICO. Audi Filia was written for the celebrations for St CeciliaÂ’s Day in Rome in October 1720. It was originally part of a much larger mass setting for the event, which is considered to be one of the finest pieces of music to survive from the Baroque era. This movement, intended for the gradual, is one of the more popular sections and is often performed as a stand-alone piece. It is scored for 2 Oboes, Strings, Organ, and Soprano solo. Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) was an Italian composer in the Baroque style, who mostly wrote for choral groups. He is best remembered for his operas and oratorios, but he also wrote several hundred chambercantatas for solo Voice. / RĂ©p Classique / RĂ©pertoire / Conducteur

This piece takes its title from a painting by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870) in the Manchester City Art Gallery. Its subject is the mock Celtic Legend of a water nymph who falls for a mortal and struggles hopelessly to leave her element and join him on land. The Gods taking pity on her failure intervene and turn her into a harp transforming her weeping into a gentle music of wind through strings.

Couverture Rigide. Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Replaces H 277 The two concertos contained in this volume represent two different stylistic periods within Martinu's work. The 'Concerto da Camera” (1941) is the last of his works inspired by the Baroque concerto grosso. The 'Rhapsody-Concerto”, composed eleven years later (1952), was the first work of his so-called 'fantasia period”, marked by a more open sense of form and an expansion of tonality. The edition of the 'Concerto da Camera' shows, for the first time, the extend of Martinu's modifications to the work since its composition and publication, particularly on the solo violin part. The edition of the 'Rhapsody-Concerto” takes into account, among others, the discovery of previously unknown contemporary performance materials. This volume of the Bohuslav Martinu-Complete Edition (BMCE) is based on a wealth of text and music sources, in particular autographs and contemporary copies that were recognized by the composer and early performers of the works, as well as some first editions created in collaboration with Martinu./ Répertoire / Conducteur

Alexander Zemlinsky
Quatuor à cordes n° 2 op. 15
Dominik Rahmer (Editeur)
Edition Urtext, Studien-Edition (partition de poche), reliure paperback
Pages 79 (XII+67), Dimension 17,0 x 24,0 cm
La musique d’Alexander Zemlinsky est longtemps injustement restée dans l’ombre de la deuxième École de Vienne, considérée comme «plus progressiste». Certes, Zemlinsky était amicalement très proche de l’une des personnalités les plus en vue de cette école, Arnold Schönberg, mais il n’a jamais franchi le pas de la radicalité dodécaphonique. Il n’en composa pas pour autant des œuvres moins originales ou moins personnelles. Et c’est justement son deuxième Quatuor à cordes, élaboré dans les années 1913-1915, qui conduisit la forme et la tonalité, telles qu’on se les représentait alors, jusqu’à leurs dernières limites. L’œuvre, en un seul mouvement, mais qui comprend plus de 1200 mesures, est d’une grande diversité, et fait partie des contributions les plus frappantes de son époque; elle avait depuis longtemps besoin d’une nouvelle édition critique.
L’édition Urtext de la maison Henle corrige un grand nombre de fautes et d’imprécisions figurant dans l’édition originale, qui apparurent lors de la comparaison minutieuse faite avec les sources manuscrites autographes de Vienne et de Washington. Même les indications métronomiques transmises par Zemlinsky dans une seule correspondance épistolaire ont été pour la première fois prises en considération. Ces travaux éditoriaux ont été aimablement soutenus par le Fonds Alexander Zemlinsky de Vienne. / Partitions classique / Ensemble et orchestre / Conducteur / HENLE VERLAG

'… a lovely work wistful yearning elusive and full of atmosphere.'Central Western Daily (E.M.W.) 2 June 1976