SKU: BT.MUSM570366019

English.

Engravings for Large Ensemble: i) Chalcography ii) Pantograph / Etching iii) Xylography / Lithography Engravings was composed for the Ensemble Modern as part of the 2013 International Ensemble Modern Academy and it is dedicated in admiration to this iconic group of soloists. Whilst many art forms largely depend on space, music has a thrilling relationship with time. Time serves as a canvas for composers, and compositions can in many ways also be described as sculpted time. Ancient Greeks had two words for time, Chronos (time in the traditional sense) and Kairos (the opportune moment). The former is quantitative and the latter, qualitative. This distinction is very important as welive our lives in chronos but experience most of the important events of our lives in kairos. For me, the art of music composition highlights this relationship; whereas music cannot exist without chronos, it is the kairos that makes it worthwhile—the pursuit of supreme moments. As an art form, engraving is very lengthy and painstakingly process-driven, not unlike composing, and techniques, instruments and types of engraving directly inspired this three-movement composition. At times, the inspiration lies in the engraved artefact itself. At others, I am interested in the technical process or the instruments utilized. Methods of production depend on the materials used: Chalcography, xylography and lithography are engravings on copper, wood and stone, respectively, and these are represented both literally and conceptually by the ensemble, either in colour or scope. Pantograph is an engraving machine based on parallelograms where the movement of one point in tracing an image is produced identically in other points, and etching refers to the method of making prints from a metal plate. Whilst beauty is found in the finished engraving, there are also moments of beauty in the process of creation itself. Therefore, Engravings uses this art form to explore both the uniqueness of these concepts but also how they merge during the creative process.

SKU: BT.EMBZ13154

I. Prologue. Moderato quasi andanteII. ...comme une lettre sur moi m me. Moderato III. Maternité. Andante quasi allegretto IV. Elegie (en forme d'un tryptichon). - Poco rubato - Poco adagio - Andante V. Serenade en Carneval. Allegro giocoso VI. Soupir inquiet dans la nuit de printemps. Moderato poco rubato quasi fantasando VII. ...je m'en vais comme l'ombre quand elle décline et j'ai été emporté de côté et d'autre, ainsi que les sauturelles (Ps. 109). Poco adagio VIII. Chanson ivre. Allegro commodo poco capriccioso IX. Epilogue. Poco lento molto e

I. Prolog. Moderato quasi andante

II. ...wie ein Brief über mich selbst. Moderato

III. Mutterschaft. Andante quasi allegretto

IV. Elegie (in der Form eines Tryptichons)

- Poco rubato

- Poco adagio

- Andante

V. Faschings Serenade. Allegro giocoso

VI. Ruheloser Seuzer in die Frühlingsnacht. Moderato poco rubato quasi fantasando

VII....ich fahre dahin wie ein Schatten, der vertrie : ben wird und verjaget, wie die Heuschrecken...(Ps. 109). Poco adagio

VIII. Das trunkne Lied. Allegro commodo poco capriccioso

IX. Epilog. Poco lento molto espressivo

I. Prologue. Moderato quasi andante

II. ...comme une lettre sur moi m me. Moderato

III. Maternité. Andante quasi allegretto

IV. Elegie (en forme d'un tryptichon).

- Poco rubato

- Poco adagio

- Andante

V. Serenade en Carneval. Allegro giocoso

VI. Soupir inquiet dans la nuit de printemps. Moderato poco rubato quasi fantasando

VII. ...je m'en vais comme l'ombre quand elle décline : et j'ai été emporté de côté et d'autre, ainsi que les sauturelles (Ps. 109). Poco adagio

VIII. Chanson ivre. Allegro commodo poco capriccioso

IX. Epilogue. Poco lento molto e.

SKU: FG.55011-743-3

ISBN 9790550117433.

Alex Freeman’s Under the arching heavens: A Requiem (2018) was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language.’ Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it.

Contents:
I. Sydämeni laulu (Aleksis Kivi)
II. Requiem aeternam
III. Sequentia
Dies irae
Thrushes (Siegfried Sassoon)
(Rex tremendae)
Fientliga stjärnor (Edith Södergran)
(Inter oves)
IV. Sanctus
V. Mikä lienee se lintu ollut? (Viljo Kajava)
VI. Agnus Dei
VII. O Years and Graves! (Walt Whitman)

Duration: c. 67’.

SKU: M7.RMP-3003

ISBN 9783795716615. English Russian.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a pianist and composer of international stature and one of the towering figures of early 20th century music. He left behind an ouvre consisting of some 170 works, many of which await discovery or are known only in forms far removed from the composer's intentions. Sergei Rachmaninoff : Critical Edition of the Complete Works (RCW), a project issued by Russian Music Publishing, is the first complete edition of Rachmaninoff 's music prepared in accordance with scholarly criteria while meeting the demands of performers. It catalogues, explores, and annotates every available musical, literary, and iconographic source on Rachmaninoff 's music. The RCW is published under the scholarly auspices of Dr. Valentin Antipov. The editorial standards of the RCW satisfy the most discerning criteria and are safeguarded by an Editorial Board of internationally acknowledged authorities in Rachmaninoff scholarship. Alexandre Rachmaninoff (1933-2012), the composer's grandson, has been retained as a special advisor. The RCW is furthermore realized in close cooperation with the Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture, which houses one of the most extensive collections of Rachmaninoff autographs worldwide. All sources are consulted for the first time and all compositions are presented in their authentic form with all existing versions from the composer.

SKU: PR.11441923S

UPC: 680160673650. 9 x 12 inches.

Dr. Chen's woodwind quintet Feng is a 12-minute depiction of winds through winds. The Chinese feng translates to wind or the winds, and Chen uses the Western woodwind quintet to explore the Etern feeling of the winds in the music. Her transcription for solo saxophone, saxophone quartet, and piano is titled Feng II, and was premiered at the 18th World Saxophone Congress, July, 2018, in Zagreb.