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Widmann's Quintet is a deliberate tribute to Mozart's work for the same instrumentation (KV 452), both of which can be easily combined. In contrast to Mozart's classical forms of movements, Widmann co...

This work with its unusual instrumentation originates in Guillou's conceptual design of the organ for the new concert hall in Tenerife. The composition project came into being when he determined the s...

Penderecki has already added a cadenza to Haydn's Trumpet Concerto to our successful Cadenza series. What was so special about it was the use of the two orchestra horns in the trumpet cadenzas. With B...

Der tschechische Komponist Petr Eben komponierte die Gutenberg-Toccata im Auftrag der Stadt Mainz zum Gutenberg-Jahr 2000. Er reflektiert die große Bedeutung Gutenbergs drucktechnischer Erfindungen fü...

The compositions by the greatest Brazilian tango composer and pianist Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (1863 -1934) are strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music. He preferred light entertainment, and his...

The compositions by the greatest Brazilian tango composer and pianist Ernesto Júlio de Nazareth (1863 -1934) are strongly influenced by Brazilian folk music. He preferred light entertainment, and his...

We owe it to Paul Hindemith's interest in education, which, in turn, was owed not only to the professional musicians and composers, that he composed for children and amateur musicians as well. Dame Mu...

The reason for the composition of this work is well-known: Bach's encounter with Frederick the Great and the story of the 'royal theme' which the King of Prussia 'deigned to play' on a pianoforte and...

The composer and organist Paul Siefert, baptized in Gdansk on 28 June 1586 and died there on 6 May 1666, belongs to the 'North German organ school'. Thanks to a grant of the town council of Gdansk, Si...

'How long is eternity? A whole life? A moment?' - The composer describes her sentimental musical drawing of human hopes and fears as a 'journey into one's self or we'. Komarova composed the piece for...

These movements are distinguished by a high, bold leap of imagination…', judged a reviewer of the first edition of the Trio. But it is likely that Weber never performed his Trio in public - perhaps an...

The '4 Bohemian Sketches' were originally composed as 8 Bohemian duos for piano duet (ED 4779). They are a mixture of 'real' and 'invented' folk music. With these pieces, Husa follows examples like Sc...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is one of the most important organists and organ composers of today. He studied with Jean Langlais as well as at the Paris Conservatoire and was organist at Sacré-C...

The International Organ Week in Nuremberg which commissioned this work gave the composer the opportunity to compose for three organs: a very rare opportunity! Together with three trumpets, this one-mo...

The composer, violinist and educationalist Louis Spohr (1784-1859) caused a sensation as a child already: At the age of 5, he took his first violin lessons and at the age of 15 was employed as chamber...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is one of the most important organists and organ composers of today. He studied with Jean Langlais at the Paris Conservatoire, was organist at Sacré-Coeur in Paris...

Olli Mustonen, the Finnish pianist, composer and conductor, is at home on all concert stages of the world. Recently, he has mainly composed chamber music works. His Quartetto with the allusive movemen...

The composer, pianist, choir director and teacher Sir Charles Hubert Parry (1848-1918) was one of the most remarkable figures of the British music scene at the turn of the century. Among his most char...

The quintet was printed and published in a revised version as opus 30 in 1954. Now, the first version of 1923, edited on the basis of the text of the Paul Hindemith Complete Edition, is published for...

In allen Kulturen der Erde steht der veränderliche Mond für das Rätselhafte, Dunkle, Weibliche, Flüssige, Magische, Unfassbare, Irrationale. Er beeinflusst die Launen von Mensch, Tier, Pflanzen und We...