SKU: BT.DHP-0900164-060

ISBN 9789043133807.

In Air and Tune zijn twee van Jacob de Haan’s bekendste werken opgenomen. Het Air is afkomstig uit Crazy Music in the Air, een stuk met twee contrasterende gedeelten. Dit is een van de eerste werken van Jacobde Haan die uitgegeven werden voor blaasorkest. De Tune is afkomstig uit Caribbean Variation on a Tune en is evenals het Air een rustige melodie. De arrangeur Marc Belder maakte van deze twee melodieën uit tweeverschillende werken weer één.

Ein Konzertwerk aus zwei Melodien aus Werken von Jacob de Haan in einer gelungenen Bearbeitung für Akkordeonorchester: Air aus Crazy Music in the Air und Tune aus Caribbean Variation on a Tune, beides ruhige Melodien. Dem Arrangeur Marc Belder ist es gelungen, aus den Melodien zweier sehr unterschiedlicher Werke ein neues Werk zu kreieren.

Air and Tune réunit les thèmes mélodiques de deux oeuvres de jeunesse de Jacob de Haan qui ont connu un vif succès auprès des Orchestres Vent : Crazy Music in the Air et Caribbean Variation on a Tune. Marc Belder en a réalisé un condensé pour Orchestre d’Accordéons. Air développe une mélodie lyrique soulignée par des ornements baroques. Tune conjugue avec nonchalance les couleurs sonores des Cara bes.

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: LM.25105

ISBN 9790230951050.

ALBERTI : Allemande - Le Cordelier - BEDARD : Valse n. 1 - Valse n. 2 - Valse n. 3 - CASTELLACCI : Anglaise - Deux valses - CASTRI : Contredanse - Monferine et variation - GUICHARD : Danse - Fanfare - LEMERCIER : Valse - PASTOU : Recreation n. 1 - Recreation n. 2 - Recreation n. 3 - PHILLIS : Valse - Largo - PORRO : Va t'en voir - Menuet italien - VILLERS Fils : Air gracieux - Allemande - Gigue - Romance n. 1 - Romance n. 2.

SKU: KJ.GB893F

Festive Variations on Lasst uns Erfreuen, is based freely on the German chorale melody more commonly known as All Creatures of Our God and King. In five variations, this work begins with an Allegro introduction in 6/8, followed by a serene statement of the theme. The first variation reflects the 6/8 optimism of the introduction. The second has a more majestic texture in 3/4 time, featuring brass and percussion. The third variation is a scherzo, fairly fragmentary and more disjunct than the others. This is the most academic of the variations. The fourth is a gentle ballad freely based on the first four notes of the melody. The fifth variation returns to the complete melody, found in a fugato with variations within. Before the work concludes, the original introduction and theme are restated in their first form, followed by a coda based on the introductory motive.