Cello and Orchestra

SKU: HL.14020990

Composed by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Score. Composed 1999. 80 pages. Chester Music #CH58933. Published by Chester Music (HL.14020990).

ISBN 9780711923904. 5.5x7.5x0.283 inches.

If Davies's Cello Concerto has already evoked comparisons with Elgar's, that is perhaps an indication not only of its wealth of solo melody (there is hardly a page where the cello is not singing, or if not that, then dancing), and of its predominantly slow tempos, but also of its musical stature. This second Strathclyde concerto is a virtuoso piece for the entire ensemble, which is used almost throughout as a clutch of soloists rather than as a tutti block. The general tone is one of passionate but interior dialogue, especially in the opening Moderato and the slow movement; and though the finale is more extrovert, the work ends back in quietness and rumination.

Cello and Orchestra

SKU: BT.ALHE32207

Composed by Henri Dutilleux. Classical. Score Only. 137 pages. Heugel & Cie #ALHE32207. Published by Heugel & Cie (BT.ALHE32207).

French.

Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) was greatly influenced by his contemporaries, Ravel, Debussy and Roussel, yet implemented his own, unique style. His Cello Concerto, Tout un monde lointain, is considered to be one of the most important20th century additions to the instrument's repertoire. This Dutilleux Concerto comprises five movements which run seamlessly in to one-another, each inspired by the poetry of Charles Baudelaire. The movements are: 1) Énigme(Enigma), 2) Regard (Gaze), 3) Houles (Surges), 4) Miroirs (Mirrors), and 5) Hymne (Hymn). Tout un monde lointain was first performed in July 1970 by Russian cellist, Mstislav Rostropovich with the Orchestre de Paris. The pieceremains popular to this day, and including the entire orchestral score, this edition is essential to the advanced cellist's repertoire.

Violin and orchestra (Solo: vl - 2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - timp - str)

SKU: BR.PB-16110

Urtext from the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag). Composed by Johannes Brahms. Edited by Linda Correll Roesner and Michael Struck. Orchestra; Softbound. Partitur-Bibliothek (Score Library). Solo concerto; Romantic; Late-romantic. Full score. 216 pages. Duration 35'. Breitkopf and Haertel #PB 16110. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.PB-16110).

ISBN 9790004214374. 10 x 12.5 inches.

Johannes Brahms's only violin concerto, one of the most important violin concertos of the 19th century, is now a central repertoire piece. This fact is all the more notable, as, by his own account, Brahms understood all too little about the instrument. The concerto was composed at Worthersee during the summer of 1878 in collaboration with Joseph Joachim, a leading contemporary violinist. The solo part is extremely demanding, with really unusual difficulties. This circumstance did not go unnoticed by the critics of the first performance: Even to Joachim, the battled-seasoned wrestler, the technically difficult and tricky solo part was to be mastered only with obvious effort. Evidencing this close collaboration between composer and performer is not only the work's genesis and publication history, together with its dedication to Joachim, but also its solo cadenza. Based on the New Brahms Complete Edition, this Urtext edition includes both the printed version of Joachim's cadenza as well as its shorter version arranged in 1885 by the violinist Marie Soldat.

By Dvorak Antonin. Czech title: Koncert pro violoncello a orchestr h moll op. 104. Published by Praha (Czech import).

Composed by William Walton (1902-1983). Edited by David Lloyd-Jones. For cello and orchestra (solo cello, 2 flutes, oboe, english horn, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celeste, harp, strings). William Walton Edition. Pieces and Studies. Level D (difficult). Study score. 136 pages. Duration 27'. Published by Oxford University Press