Schott Musik

These six short pieces might more readily be described as fantasies, each with its own sound-world but linked by shared material. The mood of each of these short movements is guided by an imaginary la...

All Stars Aligned was originally to be a set of variations on a theme that is almost hidden in the opening bars. However, the piece took on much more of a fantasia feel and shape as I wrote it and it...

Composed in London and Italy but inspired by Scottish fiddle writing, Max's sonata for solo violin is a reflective work that is both exuberant and nostalgic - a fantastic show piece from one of the UK...

Author of Scottish Fiddle Tunes (ED 12759) Iain Fraser presents a collection of 60 pieces for solo violin. Drawn from the rich tradition of Canadian folk music the collection covers a range of regiona...

The original version of Triorchic Blues for solo piano was later transformed into this short virtuosic piece for solo violin. Lively and aggressive, the work explores the extremes of the instrument an...

The Easy Folk series features short, easy pieces of traditional music from all around the world. Compiled from titles across our popular World Music Series and edited by acclaimed folk musicians Vicki...

The Easy Folk series features short, easy pieces of traditional music from all around the world. Compiled from titles across our popular World Music Series and edited by acclaimed folk musicians Vicki...

Arietta, a quiet moment of introspection, where the violin's melody unfolds slowly, suspended above the piano's gentle harmonic web. Huw Watkins, 2020

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Shakespeare's timeless comedy: The 'Four Pieces Op. 11' from the incidental music to 'Much Ado About Nothing' brilliantly bring the wit, charm, and romantic...

Samuel Dushkin (1891-1976), advisor, duo partner and friend of Igor Stravinsky, wrote several transcriptions for his instrument, the violin, of then well-known and popular melodies from works by Strav...

Co-incidence is a work that opens onto an anacrusi made of two notes, the main element of everything that will happen. These first two notes falling like two short blasts thrown into space will evolve...

Jörg Widmann treats the violon at first as a vocal instrument, just in the tradition of the great violin concertos of the 19th century through to Alban Berg. But from the cantabile lines, often writte...

New performance material of this 19th-century key work is now published as part of the complete critical edition of the works by Robert Schumann, in an excellent notation and with a high editorial sta...

Although the Würzburg court musician and violin soloist Joseph Küffner (1776-1856) had to deal with military music for professional reasons, he had also written a series of symphonies, orchestral work...

Songs Without Words' - that's what Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) called his lyrical piano pieces, romantic miniatures in which the composer wanted to 'sing' on the keyboard instrument. With...

In a conversation with the violinist Peter Herresthal, we touched on the “invitation' in the score of Ligeti's Violin concerto to provide a cadenza for the work. Peter suggested that I answer this inv...

A hit every time it's heard, this piece, with a manageable level of difficulty, displays fireworks, beautiful melodies and brilliant idiomatic figurations which will find an enthusiastic audience at e...

Any violinist who hears the name Sitt nowadays will probably just think of the author of studies and exercises that have long been a familiar feature in instrumental lessons. Of course the Prague viol...