Keyboard fireworksAs early as 1743, while Handel was still alive, Francesco Geminiani produced an arrangement of the 'Water Music? for keyboard instruments, thereby making it possible to perform this popular work in domestic surroundings. Then, presumably in 1749, an unknown musician arranged the 'Music for the Royal Fireworks? for transverse flute or violin and harpsichord.In addition to these two contemporary versions, this edition also contains an arrangement by the editor for harpsichord or organ, based on the first edition. Though both early sources explicitly mention a harpsichord, the arrangements can also be performed effectively note-for-note on the organ.As the surviving anonymous version merely places a solo part and a figured bass on a two-stave system, our edition is accompanied by performance material with one part each for transverse flute/oboe/violin and violoncello/double bass,plus a figured bass realisation.- Musical text with arrangements by two Handel contemporaries as well as the editor's own arrangement for harpsichord or organ- All editorial additions are clearly marked- Equally effective when performed note-for-note on the organ / Ensemble Mixte

La cour d'organiste Antonio de Cabezón, qui a été nommé à la chapelle de la cour de la Reine Isabelle de Toledo à l'âge de 16 ans, a été considéré à juste titre par ses contemporains comme l'organiste espagnole leader et claviériste du 16 ème siècle. Ses hymnes et des versets sont basées sur courte, harmonisations décorée des tonalités psaume. Dans le tientos, la transformation du style motet vocal à un style d'écriture approprié pour les instruments à clavier est parfaitement exécuté.Cette édition Urtext contient une sélection des meilleurs Cabezon de travaux connus et se composera de quatre volumes. Il a été préparé par deux rédacteurs en chef travaillant dans les universités portugaises et espagnoles qui sont tous deux grands spécialistes des oeuvres de Cabezón et reflète les derniers résultats de recherche.- Première édition critique universitaire, des oeuvres sélectionnées par l'organiste leader espagnol- Reflète les derniers résultats de la recherche- Chaque volume avec une préface (Ger / Eng) avec des conseils sur la technique de rédaction, le commentaire critique (Ger / Eng) et l'indice de sources'Les éditeurs ont fait un excellent choix parmi le grand nombre de pièces disponibles et ont probablement fait le meilleur choix en gardant le intabulations en deux volumes distincts de la tientos et pièces liturgiques. Cette édition fortement recommandée va un long chemin à offrir un tel choix représentatif, et sera peut-être mener les amateurs d'oeuvres sélectionnées, et restera l'anthologie standard pour de nombreuses années. '(Le Diapason Août 2011) / Orgue, Piano, Clavecin

Books talk to each other' - Umberto Eco's statement could just as easily apply to music, as Les Citations for Oboe, Harpsichord, Double Bass and Percussion by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) brilliantly proves. Written in 1991, the score was reworked by the composer for the Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise, where the new version premiered in June 2010. The origin of this work goes back to For Aldeburgh 85. Written for the 75th birthday of singer Peter Pears, the piece takes up a fragment of Peter Grimes, whose leading role had been written by Britten for the beloved tenor. Dutilleux adds a page titled From Janequin to Jehan Alain in which appears a song from the Renaissance composer, 'L'espoir que j'ay d'acquerir vostre grace', used by J. Alain in his Variations for Organ on a theme by Clément Janequin. The junction between the two parties is made through an Interlude that introduces the 'wolf's moan' theme from the ballet Le Loup (The Wolf) composed by Dutilleux in 1953 for the troupe of Roland Petit. This subtle tangle of quotations forms a shimmering and sensual work where the uniqueness of an authentic artist powerfully asserts itself.

Par KREBS JOHANN LUDWIG. Like his teacher, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Ludwig Krebs also composed a four-part Clavier-Übung. The second part of his Clavier-Übung, the twelve-movement Suite in C, was published between 1744 and 1756. While stylistically Kreb’s organ music was still oriented towards the work of his teacher, his piano music was marked by the musical changes which were occurring around 1750./ Répertoire / Clavecin ou Piano ou Orgue

for Harpsichord and Strings. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. In early 1729 Bach became director of the so-called 'Scottish Collegium Musician' a music organization of students and local citizens. The remarkable results of this undertaking are the concertos for harpsichord. Today it is almost certain that practically all of these concertos were transcribed from concertos for melody instruments (mostly violin or oboe). The Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056, is the fifth of the harpsichord concertos contained in the autograph score that Bach wrote out in or around 1738 (Berlin Staatsbibliothek, Mus. ms. Bach P 234). It is one of those harpsichord concertos that reveal themselves to be transcriptions even though the original model is nowlost. - Urtext of the New Bach Edition - Full score & parts (BA5228), two-keyboard reduction (BA5228-90) and study score (TP410) format 22. 5 x 16. 5cm (all 6 concertos) available for sale/ Répertoire / Clavecin et Instruments à Cordes