Arrangeur: Jonathan Leshnoff. Par LESHNOFF JONATHAN. Having written four String Quartets in less than a decade, Leshnoff struck a lighter note with his fifth, titled Four Dances. The four dance movements are I Waltz, II Pavane, III Chas Tanz, IV Furlana. Written in 2014, Four Dances was premiered by Carpe Diem String Quartet the following year, and has just been recorded by the same on an album featuring Leshnoff's 3rd and 4th String Quartets, as well. Four Dances is also arranged for saxophone quartet (494-03141) and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra recently premiered a chamber orchestra arrangement, available on a rental basis. An arrangement for full orchestra is also available on rental.Having written four String Quartets in less than a decade, Leshnoff struck a lighter note with his fifth, titled Four Dances. The four dance movements are I Waltz, II Pavane, III Chas Tanz, IV Furlana. Written in 2014, Four Dances was premiered by Carpe Diem String Quartet the following year, and has just been recorded by the same on an album featuring Leshnoff's 3rd and 4th String Quartets, as well. Four Dances is also arranged for saxophone quartet (494-03141) and Baltimore Chamber Orchestra recently premiered a chamber orchestra arrangement, available on a rental basis. An arrangement for full orchestra is also available on rental./ Répertoire / 2 Violons, Alto et Violoncelle

Conducteur Ba 10927 et Ba 10928. Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Ludwig van Beethoven's overpowering legacy caused many subsequent composers to avoid writing string quartets at all. Saint-Saëns was no exception in this respect and waited until 1899 and 1918 to produce his two contributions to the genre. Couched in classicism, they relate in form and style to early 19th-century French quartets and to a titan of the genre: Joseph Haydn. Saint-Saëns' string quartets appear here for the first time in a scholarly-critical edition. It is also the first edition to contain the original version of the Finale to String Quartet No. 2 in score and parts. An informative Introduction is included in the study score to complete this volume of important French chamber music, based on the Urtext from 'Camille Saint-Saëns - Complete Edition of the Instrumental Works”./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

No. 1 d minor op. 77 and No. 2 A mejor op. 90. Par RAFF JOSEPH JOACHIM. He had been there as Franz Liszt?s assistant since 1850 and had made a name for himself in the city?s art scene now he embarked on new paths. He already composed his second Quartet in A major, op. 90, in Wiesbaden, the spa town that was to become his home for 21 years. The two quartets are unequivocal works: orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern. They confidently continue the Beethoven tradition and attest at the same time to Raff?s intensive confrontation with Richard Wagner?s music during the Weimar years. In his chamber music, the composer wanted to achieve progress ?in an inherently historical way? and ?toground the individual substance in existing forms,? as he told the Viennese violinist Josef Hellmesberger, who launched opus 77. The quartets, first published in 1860/62, found illustrious interpreters, among them, the Müller brothers? renowned ensemble, to which opus 90 was also dedicated, and Joseph Joachim. / Date parution : 2021-11-25/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Le travail de Paul Hindemith est encyclopédique dans la nature. Dès le départ, il a travaillé dans tous les genres musicaux et a élaboré plusieurs de ses idées et de projets individuels, non pas comme des oeuvres autonomes musicales, mais aussi des cycles de travailavec différents rapports fonctionnels. Ces pièces contrastées complètent mutuellement si connu dans le cadre de la structure globale. Hindemith lui-même ne voulait pas seulement une édition complète de ses oeuvres complètes, mais avait commencé à planifier cela, à sa mort, il a laissé une liste détaillée des, morceaux inédits pour une éventuelle édition complète '.Les oeuvres complètes contiennent tous les travaux finis dans toutes les versions existantes, nouvellement gravés pour l'édition. Esquisses et fragments sont publiés dans les annexes du volume concerné, et sont évalués dans l'introduction et le commentaire critique par l'éditeur du volume respectif.Chaque volume contient une préface par les directeurs de rédaction et une introduction par l'éditeur de volume, la délimitation de la genèse et l'histoire de l'exécution des travaux, avec des instructions de performances authentiques, une évaluation des enregistrements existants par Paul Hindemith lui-même et un commentaire critique.Les oeuvres complètes de Paul Hindemith sont donc présentés dans une édition critique, scientifique qui est également appropriée pour l'étude et la performance. Hindemith chercheurs vont accueillir les nombreuses premières publications des oeuvres du compositeur et les musiciens pratiques apprécieront le matériau de performance philologique commandé récemment préparé. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par VASKS PETERIS. The Latvian composer Peteris Vasks, who is known for his atmospheric pieces for string orchestra, “Cantabile”, “Musica dolorosa” and “Voices”, is concentrating increasingly on chamber music: his latest works are the “Partita” for cello and piano, the “Fifth String Quartet” and a piano quartet. Vasks has brought elements of ancient and folk traditions in Latvian music into his compositions. While most of his works have programmatic titles relating to natural processes, Vasks is not concerned with a poetic homage to Nature, nor with depiction of landscape as an aesthetic ideal. The main themes which Vasks explores in his most recent musical work are the reciprocal relationship between man and Nature, the beauty of life and the impending ecological and moral destruction of these values./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par WALTON WILLIAM. Performing edition of Walton's Piano Quartet, first published in 1918 and one of his first compositions to have survived. The work was later revised by Walton in 1974-5, and this edition is based on the score published in the Walton Edition Chamber Music volume./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. '. . .the most evocative and moving piece of chamber music composed by an Australian. It is tragic and deeply felt, terse, shattering in its impact.'The Bulletin (Kenneth Robins), 27 September 1969/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes