SKU: HL.49044933

ISBN 9790220135361. UPC: 841886027756. 9.0x12.0x0.063 inches. English.

This song is a poignant tribute to Barry's teacher, Stockhausen. It was written for the 2008 Aldeburgh Festival programme book and is a setting of an enigmatic letter about friendship, written by Beethoven in 1821. The song may also be performed as a solo piano piece.

SKU: HL.49044724

ISBN 9790001180146. 9.0x12.0x0.077 inches. Vocalise.

In diesem als Entdeckungsreise gedachten Klangexperiment werden Resonanzkombinationen von Stimme und Klavier erforscht. Samtliche Stimmaktionen gelangen durch Rohren an die Schalllocher im Flugelinnenraum, eingefasst in eine Vielzahl immer noch ungewohnter pianistischer Spieltechniken wie Flageolett, Saiten-Pizzicato u.a.

SKU: HL.49004639

ISBN 9790001048668. 9.0x12.0x0.089 inches. French.

SKU: HL.49019671

ISBN 9790001187817. UPC: 888680009410. 9.0x12.0x0.16 inches. German - French.

German and French fragments by Rilke from the years 1911 to 1921 form the basis of the text of this composition. Reimann sees Rilke in affinity with Kafka. The tonal language is not lost in dreams, as is often the case in Rilke settings, but dramatic and confrontational, culminating in the percussive hammering of the piano at the text passage: 'with two faces on the two fists'.

SKU: HL.49032690

ISBN 9790001115162. 9.0x12.0x0.229 inches. English.

Night-like sounds are explored in a variety of ways in the three parts of this wide-ranging scene. Ornamental and playful, the piano entwines with the singing voice in the first part. In the recitative-like second part, the grace and grandeur of Seraphim manifestations are derived from the sound of plucked piano strings. The third part is characterized by the death knell: 'voidward from the adoring waste of souls'.

SKU: HL.49044050

ISBN 9790001187183. UPC: 888680022808. 9.0x12.0x0.186 inches. Hebrew.

Mauthausen is one of the best-known and most moving political compositions by Theodorakis. In addition to the Greek original version (ED 20861), these versions, some of which have already been performed worldwide and some of which are already available on CD, are published in German, English and Hebrew here.

SKU: HL.49017706

ISBN 9790220127403. UPC: 884088512453. 9.0x12.0x0.161 inches. English.

Composed in 2007 for the Leeds Lieder festival, Hesketh's Shimmerwords and Idle Songs for soprano and piano is a 18 minute song cycle made up of six songs in four sections. The text is taken from a collection of Chinese poetry from the 8th and 9th centuries which cover various subjects from nature and travel to life itself. The music is both colourful and direct with an abundance of humour and clarity.

SKU: HL.49017577

ISBN 9790001152204. 9.0x12.0x0.1 inches. French.

These songs by Emile Naoumoff are squarely in the tradition of French lied composition such as by Gabriel Faure. Here, Naoumoff chose texts by late 19th-century French lyricists: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Emile Verhaeren, Charles Baudelaire and Rene-Francois Sully-Prudhomme.In their elegance and suppleness, the four songs sound typically French. As they are all easy to sing and have not been composed 'against' the voice, they are perfectly suited for both music lessons and concert programmes.Naoumoff was born in Sofia in 1962. At the age of eight, he began his career as a pianist and composer; he was a student of Nadia Boulanger for ten years until her death. At the age of ten, Naoumoff composed and performed his own piano concerto under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin. He then received numerous awards and prizes and gave performances as highly acclaimed pianist. Today, Naoumoff lives and works as an associate professor at the School of Music of the Indiana University at Bloomington. He gives master classes in the USA, Europe and Japan and is director of a music academy.

SKU: HL.49009261

ISBN 9790001092623. German.

SKU: HL.49044704

ISBN 9790001202794. 9.0x12.0x0.075 inches. Finnish.

'The Boreal Owl'. Text in Finnish.

SKU: HL.49032825

ISBN 9790001123389. 9.0x12.0x0.208 inches.

It is not well-known that the eminent pianist Walter Gieseking (1895-1956) also composed. Apart from music for the piano and chamber pieces, he wrote this song cycle for his daughters Jutta and Freya. The songs have been recorded on CD by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.