Schott Musik

The Companion Guide to Rome is a thirty-minute cycle of pieces for violin, viola, and cello. Each movement is a character study of a particular Roman church. The music is, at different times and in di...

Eli lamah asabthani - My God, why have you left me', this word of Jesus Christ on the cross has been set to instrumental music in the slow movement of the string trio. Taken as an individual setting,...

Volker David Kirchner's works encompass every genre. As a viola player who used to play in orchestras and chamber ensembles, Kirchner's leaning towards the composition of chamber music is evident, bes...

The Belgian composer, conductor and violinist Eugène Ysaÿe (1858-1931) studied with H. Wieniawsky in Brussels and took numerous trips as a soloist, particularly to the USA where he worked as a conduct...

Ein Geburtstagsmenü in fünf Gängen (Kontrabass (ad lib.))

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

'Christmas - Peace on Earth' is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas...

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 lates...