Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.51489052 Orchestra Study Score. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.51489052
Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Franz Joseph Haydn.
Edited by Klaus Lippe and
Sonja Gerlach. Study
Score. Clothbound. Henle
Study Scores. Classical.
Softcover. 60 pages. G.
Henle #HN9052. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51489052).
ISBN
9790201890524. UPC:
888680950682.
7.0x9.0x0.238 inches.
Preface: Ullrich
Schneidler.
Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.49045561 Richard Strauss Werke Complete Edit...(+)
Orchestra (Score)
SKU:
HL.49045561
Richard Strauss Werke
Complete Edition Score
Band 4. Composed by
Richard Strauss. Edited
by Stefan Schenk and
Walter Werbeck. This
edition: Hardback/Hard
Cover. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Hardcover.
Composed 1888-1891. Op.
23. 236 pages. Duration
18'. Schott Music
#RSW304. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49045561).
ISBN
9783901974045.
Stra
uss's first tone poem
distinguishes itself from
all other subsequent
orchestral compositions
in its existence in three
different versions. Even
among the operas and
other compositions in his
hand there is no other
work with a comparable
history of origin and
publication. What is
more, the final version
of Macbeth is the only
valid form of the work
and the only variant with
further sources (cf.
Critical Report) in
addition to the autograph
score. In contrast, the
second version has only
been preserved in an
autograph score and
autograph piano reduction
(the orchestral parts
which must have existed
have obviously not
survived). This was never
printed and was replaced
by the published third
version. The two
surviving versions should
therefore not be
considered to be of equal
status. Unlike the case
of Ariadne auf Naxos in
which the earlier version
was for a time the sole
valid alternative and was
yet never completely
displaced by the soon
dominating later version
of the opera, only the
final third version of
Macbeth is considered as
valid. Right from the
outset, it was a matter
of course for the editors
of the present volume to
include the second
version as a first
publication (in addition
to the above-mentioned
surviving pages of the
first version), albeit in
different forms. The
surviving pages of the
first version are
reproduced in facsimile
and the second version,
as a subordinate form of
the work, appears
alongside Strauss's piano
reduction in a modified
source edition, i.e.
without intervention on
the part of the editors.
The ultimate third
version is published as a
full edition (please
refer to the Critical
Report for further
details). In order to
facilitate a comparative
study of the second and
third versions, the
relevant page numbers of
the score are placed
opposite one another (the
autograph piano reduction
of the second version is
included at the end of
the music section of the
volume). The editors hope
that this synoptic
representation will
prompt interest in
further studies on
Strauss's art of
orchestration: a field of
research which has still
remained insufficiently
examined. A study of
Macbeth namely
illuminates as clearly as
could be wished how much
significance Strauss
allotted to sound
alongside form. The
subjects were not merely
intended to generate an
individual figure, but
also specific tonal
colours, and the
instrumentation was
simultaneously designed
to provide an optimal
communication of
thematic-motivic texture
to the audience. The 'new
path' threw up
consequences which caused
Strauss a considerable
amount of difficulty. He
was however a fast
learner and had already
swum free with Don Juan
and all the more with Tod
und Verklarung.
Orchestra SKU: FG.55009-402-4 Composed by Einojuhani Rautavaara. Score. P...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
FG.55009-402-4
Composed by Einojuhani
Rautavaara. Score.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55009-402-4).
ISBN
979-0-55009-402-4.
According to Rautavaara
The name of the work is a
quotation from the
libretto of my opera The
House of the Sun: . .
.like a butterfly in a
dark autumn garden. . ..
The motif to which these
words are sung is the
theme for the variations
in the first movement.
Their texture gradually
grows and becomes denser.
Following on without a
break is a slow, poetic
movement of even rhythms
and dynamics. The quick,
lively finale begins
giocoso e leggiero. But
autumn is also a time of
colour, and of death. At
the end the music thus
turns into a festive
dance con grandezza.
Maybe it bears the echo
of a sarabande to the
dying splendour of summer
- or as T.S. Eliot put
it: late roses filled
with early snow. Autumn
Gardens was commissioned
by the Scottish Chamber
Orchestra and premiered
at the London Proms in
July 1999.
Orchestra SKU: FG.042-08761-9 Composed by Jean Sibelius. Score. Published...(+)
Orchestra
SKU:
FG.042-08761-9
Composed by Jean
Sibelius. Score.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.042-08761-9).
ISBN
979-0-042-08761-9.
The Overture in E major
and the Scene de Ballet
are among the earliest
works written by Sibelius
for orchestra. Infused
with all the freshness of
youth, they also hint at
the great symphonist to
come. Sibelius's handling
of the orchestra is
surprisingly refined and
colourful.
Orchestra (Study Score) SKU: HL.132243 Chopin National Edition. Co...(+)
Orchestra (Study Score)
SKU: HL.132243
Chopin National
Edition. Composed by
Frederic Chopin. Edited
by Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski. PWM. Classical.
Study Score. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600913. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132243).
UPC:
884088970772.
Piano
concertos combine two
elements: pure playing
and full poetic
expression. Virtuosity
and romance. Pianistic
brilliance, educated in
the works in the stile
brillant, brought to
perfection, but at the
same time - a farewell.
Both are forms of direct
expression of the
personality of the
composer, which showed
itself in them for the
first time with so much
strength and is
manifested in a group of
characteristics of
forming Chopin's
individual style. Piano
Concerto in F minor In
terms of size,
substantially smaller
than the E minor concerto
and also a different kind
of expression: more
lyrical, drawn in
delicate pastel colours.
Especially famous is the
second movement, the
Larghetto, which Chopin
wrote under the
inspiration of his first
love. Critical
source-edition edited by
Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski based on
manuscripts, copies
approved by Chopin
himself, and first
editions. Its purpose is
to present the works of
Chopin in authentic
form.