Full Score. Composed by Poul Ruders. Music Sales America. Classical. Scor...(+)
Full Score.
Composed by Poul Ruders.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Score Only.
Composed 2017. 80 pages.
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
#WH32201. Published by
Edition Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.232526).
Piano and orchestra SKU: FG.55011-372-5 Composed by Matthew Whittall. Stu...(+)
Piano and orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-372-5
Composed by Matthew
Whittall. Study score.
Fennica Gehrman
#55011-372-5. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-372-5).
ISBN
9790550113725.
Imag
es of the sea figure
prominently throughout my
life and memories: from
holidays on the Atlantic
coast during my Canadian
childhood to my current
Baltic home, and the
imagined, only later
experienced Mediterranean
of my ancestral heritage.
As an immigrant (son of
an immigrant) bound to
two northern countries,
the sea is emblematic of
my twin homelands, from
the expanses of water
surrounding them to those
separating them. A Mari
usque ad Mare. The sea is
also an enduring image of
the unknown, of expanses
unexplored, of the raw
power of nature and, for
too many currently, of
terror holding a hope of
refuge - or the pain of
loss. Such disparate
ideas were captured for
me in the seascapes of
the New York painter
MaryBeth Thielhelm, whom
I met in 2008 during a
residency on the Gulf of
Mexico. Her vast,
abstract, nearly
monochromatic depictions
of imaginary seas in
wildly varying moods were
the catalyst for a
concerto where the piano
is frequently far from a
hero battling a
collective, but rather
acts as a channel for
elemental forces surging
up from the orchestra,
floating - sometimes
barely so - on its
constantly shifting
surface. There are few
themes to speak of,
beyond a handful of
iconic ideas that
periodically cycle
upward. Rather, the
piano's material is
largely an ornamentation
of the more primal
rhythmic and harmonic
impulses from the
orchestra below - a
poetic interpretation, if
you will, of the more
immediate experience of
facing the vastness of
some unknown body of
water. The title
Nameless Seas is borrowed
from one of Thielhelm's
exhibitions, as are those
of the four movements,
which are bridged
together into two halves
of roughly equal weight -
one rhapsodic and free,
the other more
single-minded and direct,
separated only by a short
breath. The opening
movement, Nocturne, is
predominantly calm, if
brooding, darkness and
light alternating
throughout. Lyrical
arabesques sparkle over
gently lapping
cross-currents in the
strings and mirrored
timpani, the piano's full
power only rarely
deployed. The waves
gradually build, drawing
in the full orchestra for
a meeting of forces in
Land and Sea, a brighter,
more warmly lyrical scene
that unfolds in series of
dreamlike, sometimes even
nostalgic visions, which
for me carry strong
memories of sitting on
rocks above surging
Atlantic waves. The third
movement, Wake, is a
fast, perpetual-motion
texture of glinting,
darting rhythms and
sudden shafts of light,
with a prominent part for
the steel drums, limning
the piano's quicksilver
figurations. An ecstatic
climax crashes into a
solo cadenza that grows
progressively calmer and
more introspective rather
than virtuosic. Much of
the tension finally
releases into Unclaimed
Waters, a drifting,
meditative seascape in
which the piano is
progressively engulfed by
a series of ever-taller
waves, ultimately
dissolving into a
tolling, rippling
continuum of sound.
It has been a great
privilege to realize such
a long-held dream as this
piece, and to write it
for not one, but two
great pianists.
Risto-Matti Marin and
Angela Hewitt, both of
whose friendship and
support have been
unfailing and humbling,
share the dedication.
Nameless Seas was
commissioned by the
PianoEspoo festival and
Canada's National Arts
Centre, with the
premieres in Ottawa and
Helsinki led by Hannu
Lintu and Olari Elts.
Thanks are due also to
the Jenny and Antti
Wihuri fund, whose
generous grant provided
me with much-needed time,
and Escape to Create in
Seaside, Florida, the
source to which I
returned to do a large
part of the work.
Quintet Piano et Orchestre [Conducteur et Parties séparées] EMB (Editio Musica Budapest)
String Orchestra and Piano SKU: BT.EMBZ6338 Composed by Bela Bartok. Set ...(+)
String Orchestra and
Piano
SKU:
BT.EMBZ6338
Composed
by Bela Bartok. Set
(Score & Parts). Composed
1970. 304 pages. Editio
Musica Budapest
#EMBZ6338. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ6338).
Chopin National Edition 18A, Vol. XVb. Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-...(+)
Chopin National
Edition 18A, Vol.
XVb. Composed by
Frederic Chopin
(1810-1849). Edited by
Jan Ekier and Pawel
Kaminski. PWM. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600010. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.132234).
(Chopin National Edition Series A Vol. XVf). Composed by Frederic Chopin (1810-1...(+)
(Chopin National Edition
Series A Vol. XVf).
Composed by Frederic
Chopin (1810-1849).
Edited by Jan Ekier. For
Orchestra, Piano (Score).
PWM. Softcover. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#51600005. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne
Piano and Orchestra SKU: HL.14030961 Composed by Bent Sorensen. Music Sal...(+)
Piano and Orchestra
SKU: HL.14030961
Composed by Bent
Sorensen. Music Sales
America. Classical.
Score. 96 pages. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #KP00980.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14030961).
ISBN
9788759857458.
English.
Score of
the Danish Composer's
Concerto for Piano and
Orchestra written in
1996. Bent Sorensen
writes: 'The title of
this piano concerto came,
as usual, very early to
me, when my thoughts
about the work had
started to circulate, but
before 'real' music was
written down. I held on
to the Italian title,
even though its
association with Vivaldi
had no influence on my
music, and even when
German, French, English,
and Danish titles
covering almost the same
content -'Nachtmusik',
'Nocturne', 'By Night',
'Om Natten', were just
about to get the upper
hand. The piano concerto
has, then, in my opinion,
something to do with
night, but to describe
this further is at least
as difficult to me as it
is to defend the final
Italian title against
those which were
rejected. The Piano
Concerto is in two
movements. The first,
swarming, is perhaps the
mystery of the night, and
the second perhaps the
dreams of the night; with
this, however, I have
already given the
concerto a more
programmatic content than
I can defend. Each
movement ends with a
cadenza and perhaps the
last of those - the
ending of the work that
is - is inspired by a
sequence from Bruce
Chatwin's wonderful book
'The Viceroy of Ouidah':
Or the Amazons howling.
'No, No, No. It was not
the leopard that killed
him. Not the buffalo that
killed him. It was night.
Night that killed
him!'.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (picc.2.2.cor ang.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp - perc(4)...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (picc.2.2.cor
ang.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp
- perc(4) - hp - str)
SKU: BR.PB-15160
Urtext. Composed
by Sergej Rachmaninow.
Edited by Norbert
Gertsch. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Variations; Solo
concerto; Late-romantic;
Early modern. Sheet
Music. Duration 22'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
15160. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-15160).
ISBN
9790004215654. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Paganini's
Capricci served as
inspiration for many
composers. In addition to
Brahms, Schumann and
Liszt, Rachmaninoff was
also inspired by the
idea. His Rhapsody on a
Theme by Paganini has
since become one of his
best known and most
popular works and was an
immediate success. In
1934, between two intense
concert seasons,
Rachmaninoff took
advantage of the peace
and quiet at his villa on
Lake Lucerne to compose
the Variations.
Paganini's virtuosity and
joy of playing are
juxtaposed with the
Gregorian sequence Dies
irae. A symbol of the
evil spirit to which
Paganini sold his soul?
At least that is how
Rachmaninoff wrote it in
a letter to the
choreographer Fokine. For
the demanding piano part,
the composer and
celebrated pianist
himself had to start
practicing very early:
The composition is very
difficult, and I should
really start practicing
now, but I get lazier
with my finger exercises
year after year.The
editor, Norbert Gertsch,
presents with this
edition for the first
time an Urtext edition of
the work that Joachim
Kaiser described as
Rachmaninoff's most
spiritual, witty, elegant
work for piano..
Urtext. Composed
by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Edited by
Ernst-Gunter Heinemann.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag EB 10767 is
printed in score form;
two copies are needed for
performance. You will
find the original
cadenzas under Mozart, 36
Cadenzas for his own
Piano Concertos. Our
edition EB 8579 contains
a Ferrucci Busoni
cadenza. Solo concerto;
Classical. Study Score.
76 pages. Duration 26'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
15111-07. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-15111-07).
ISBN
9790004212684. 6.5 x 9
inches.
One of the
most frequently performed
concertos of all, it was
written while Mozart was
working on the opera Le
nozze di Figaro. The
source situation is
clear: the autograph
score has survived, and
the first printed
editions were not
published until after
Mozart's death.The
editorial quality of the
new edition is guaranteed
not only by Schiffs
sensitive fingerings and
stylistically
well-grounded cadenzas,
but also by the Mozart
scholar Ernst-Gunter
Heinemann to whom Henle
has entrusted its urtext
editions.Breitkopf/Henle
cooperation means: Each
work is edited according
to predetermined
standardized editorial
guidelines. First and
foremost among the
sources consulted were
Mozarts handwritten
scores, being the most
important sources. In
some cases they had not
been available when the
previous editions were
being prepared. Moreover,
we know today that in
addition to Mozarts own
manuscripts, early copies
in parts and prints also
contain important
information regarding the
musical text.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 2.2.2.2. - 2.2.1.0. - timp - str) <...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (solo: pno -
2.2.2.2. - 2.2.1.0. -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-4485
Composed
by Frederic Chopin.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Frederic Chopin's
Piano Concertos in e
minor op. 11 and
f minor op. 21
were written when the
composer had just barely
entered his
twenties.
EB 3942
is printed in score form;
two copies are needed for
performance.Have a look.
Solo concerto; Romantic.
Full score. 68 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 4485.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-4485).
ISBN 9790004203910. 9
x 12
inches.
Frederic
Chopin's Piano Concertos
in e minor op. 11 and f
minor op. 21 were written
when the composer had
just barely entered his
twenties. Since he needed
effective, virtuoso works
for his major concert
appearances with
orchestral accompaniment,
he decided to simply
write them himself.
Although it is clear that
the piano part always
holds center stage in
these pieces, Chopin
never degrades the
orchestra by turning it
into a stereotypical
cue-giver. This is
confirmed by the
imaginatively
orchestrated tutti
transition in the first
movement, the lengthy
string tremolo in the
middle movement and the
col legno passage in the
finale.The first
performance of the
f-minor concerto took
place in Warsaw on 17
March 1830. The first
edition of the score was
published in 1879 by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig. The present
edition for two pianos by
Ignaz Friedmann was first
issued in 1913 in the
framework of the
12-volume Chopin edition
for which the Polish
pianist undertook a
careful evaluation of the
sources.
Frederic
Chopin's Piano Concertos
in e minor op. 11 and f
minor op. 21 were written
when the composer had
just barely entered his
twenties.
Urtext. Composed
by Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart. Edited by
Ernst-Gunter Heinemann.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag EB 10767 is
printed in score form;
two copies are needed for
performance.You will find
the original cadenzas
under Mo
zart, 36 Cadenzas for his
own Piano Concertos.
Our ISBN
9790004211922. 10 x 12.5
inches.
One of the
most frequently performed
concertos of all, it was
written while Mozart was
working on the opera Le
nozze di Figaro. The
source situation is
clear: the autograph
score has survived, and
the first printed
editions were not
published until after
Mozart's death.The
editorial quality of the
new edition is guaranteed
not only by Schiffs
sensitive fingerings and
stylistically
well-grounded cadenzas,
but also by the Mozart
scholar Ernst-Gunter
Heinemann to whom Henle
has entrusted its urtext
editions.Breitkopf/Henle
cooperation means: Each
work is edited according
to predetermined
standardized editorial
guidelines. First and
foremost among the
sources consulted were
Mozarts handwritten
scores, being the most
important sources. In
some cases they had not
been available when the
previous editions were
being prepared. Moreover,
we know today that in
addition to Mozarts own
manuscripts, early copies
in parts and prints also
contain important
information regarding the
musical text.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 2(picc).2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp - st...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (solo: pno -
2(picc).2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-15152
Urtext. Composed
by Edvard Grieg. Edited
by Ernst-Gunter
Heinemann. Orchestra;
Softcover.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag
Solo concerto;
Romantic. Full score. 108
pages. Duration 30'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
15152. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-15152).
ISBN
9790004215579. 10 x 12.5
inches.
The piano
concerto in a minor
stands out in Edvard
Grieg's oeuvre. Besides
this famous concerto, he
composed only a few other
large orchestral works.
Because of its popularity
even in Grieg's lifetime,
it was often performed,
not least by the composer
himself. So it is not
surprising that Grieg
made many changes to the
score up to 1907. But at
the same time, the
concerto's size, form and
substance remained
completely unaltered.
Interventions in the
piano part basically
involved subtleties of
nuance, and only a very
few places in the music
text were altered. The
situation was different
with the orchestration.
Here Grieg was keen to
experiment and kept
filing away at the
orchestra sound right up
to the last. Melodies
were moved to other
instruments, accompanying
string chords were
reconstructed, and above
all the list of scored
instruments was changed.
The main source of the
Urtext edition by
Ernst-Gunter Heinemann is
the new edition of the
score originally
published in 1907 by C.
F. Peters, thus several
years after the first
edition of 1872. Taken
into account in the
present edition are the
changes that Grieg made
up to the time of his
death. Piano reduction
and fingering by Einar
Steen-Nokleberg.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 2(picc).2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp - st...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (solo: pno -
2(picc).2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-15164-07
Urtext. Composed
by Edvard Grieg. Edited
by E.-G. Heinemann.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Solo
concerto; Romantic. Study
Score. 108 pages.
Duration 30'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 15164-07.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-15164-07).
ISBN
9790004215906. 6.5 x 9
inches.
The piano
concerto in a minor
stands out in Edvard
Grieg's oeuvre. Besides
this famous concerto, he
composed only a few other
large orchestral works.
Because of its popularity
even in Grieg's lifetime,
it was often performed,
not least by the composer
himself. So it is not
surprising that Grieg
made many changes to the
score up to 1907. But at
the same time, the
concerto's size, form and
substance remained
completely unaltered.
Interventions in the
piano part basically
involved subtleties of
nuance, and only a very
few places in the music
text were altered. The
situation was different
with the orchestration.
Here Grieg was keen to
experiment and kept
filing away at the
orchestra sound right up
to the last. Melodies
were moved to other
instruments, accompanying
string chords were
reconstructed, and above
all the list of scored
instruments was changed.
The main source of the
Urtext edition by
Ernst-Gunter Heinemann is
the new edition of the
score originally
published in 1907 by C.
F. Peters, thus several
years after the first
edition of 1872. Taken
into account in the
present edition are the
changes that Grieg made
up to the time of his
death. Piano reduction
and fingering by Einar
Steen-Nokleberg.
Piano/harpsichord and orchestra (solo: pno - 2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.0. - timp - str) <...(+)
Piano/harpsichord and
orchestra (solo: pno -
2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.0. -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.PB-4960
Composed
by Pjotr Iljitsch
Tschaikowsky. Orchestra;
Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Solo
concerto; Romantic. Full
score. 120 pages.
Duration 32'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 4960.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-4960).
ISBN 9790004207451. 10
x 12.5 inches.
The
roller coaster of
opinions - worthless,
absolutely unplayable
(claims Nikolaj
Rubinstein, basically
Tchaikovsky's desired
pianist for his Concerto
in B flat minor);
brilliant, magnificent
(Hans von Bulow, then
first performer and
dedicatee of the work) -
demonstrates the work's
initially ambivalent
reception. Tchaikovsky's
Piano Concerto No.1 is
one of the most powerful
and popular compositions
of the classical music
repertoire altogether;
and it is also quite
unconventional and runs
counter to the norms of
the time. Though it may
seem strange to us today,
let us recall that during
his lifetime, Tchaikovsky
was regarded disputable
abroad (and especially in
Germany), was considered
an ultra-modern Russian
composer, and was even
accused of being a
musical nihilist and
primitivist. But one
glance at the score of
the piano concerto
suffices to reveal its
truly amazing character
...