Schott Musik

Prayer is one of the composer's most original and sophisticated works. The typical African-American church service seems to be a source for this piece with its interplay of sections and colors, yet th...

Das Requiem von Gabriel Fauré gehört zweifellos zu den wichtigsten Werken seiner Gattung. Der weltweit gefeierte bulgarische Pianist und Komponist Emile Naoumoff, Schüler von Nadia Boulanger, schrieb...

The Chorales are taken from my opera, The Intelligence Park.© Gerald Barry

Das Originalwerk zu dieser Bearbeitung ist die Ciaccona für Streichorchester aus dem Jahre 2005, die aus Anlass des Todes Papst Johannes Paul II. entstand. Als instrumentales Zwischenspiel hat sie der...

The Air by Johann Sebastian Bach at best can rival his setting Jesus bleibet meine Freude for popularity: The final chorus from the cantata BWV 147 Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life is really catchy d...

Arnold Schönberg is the central figure in the musical world of this century. His musical significance was already apparent during his life-time, but his posthumous influence has increased immensely. H...

The Frankfurt composer and professor of composition Kurt Hessenberg (1908-1994), together with Ernst Pepping and Hugo Distler, ranks among the most important representatives of Protestant church music...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold komponierte lediglich zwei genuin religiöse Werke: den Passover Psalm für Sopran, gemischten Chor, Orgel und Orchester op. 30 sowie Prayer für Tenor, Frauenchor, Harfe und Orge...

It is not only because of Gershwin's enthusiasm for the organ that his '3 Préludes' virtually suggest themselves to be performed on the organ. They are preludes in a traditional style, character piece...

Der XIII. Psalm gilt als eines der großartigsten und zugleich berührendsten Chorstücke Liszts. Die Solopartie ist ein Musterbeispiel für innigsten romantischen Ausdruck und atmet reinsten 'Bel Canto'-...

Hermann Schroeder's abundant oeuvre in the field of chorale-bound organ music is much less known among organists than his free - especially the concertante - organ works, although Hermann Schroeder as...

'Concerto da chiesa' is the last organ work by Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984). It was composed a few months before his death. The premiere was performed by Clemens Ganz, then organist at the Cathedral...

Franz Liszt composed his lyrical-meditative organ fantasia on the Ave Maria von Arcadelt in Rome in 1863. In contrast to his major virtuoso works, this charming genre piece can even be easily played o...

Schon bei Ravel, Gershwin oder Strawinsky findet man die Verbindung des schwermütigen Blues-Charakter mit dem melodischen und klanglichen Duktus der Kunstmusik. Auf der Basis der bildhaften Formulieru...