Peter Schickele Passacaglia in C Minus String Quartet (Score and Parts)
The Latin term quodlibet may be translated as “whatever you please,” but in the musical world it has come to mean a work in which themes from different pieces, often by different composers, are combined in ways not originally intended. This Schickele quartet is relatively easy and playful containing a collage of more than two dozen melodies by Brahms, Bach, Haydn and more. The beginning and end of the piece are Bach’s Passacaglia in C minor for organ. For intermediate ensembles. Duration: 6’
Elkan-Vogel
Complete Set 164-00271 • $18.95 Add to Cart
Heitor Villa-Lobos O Martírio dos Insetos (The Insects’ Martyrdom) Edited by Ricardo Averbach
Violin and Piano reduction
Never before published, this charming concert suite is an important addition to the contemporary violin repertoire. Edited by Brazilian conductor and scholar Ricardo Averbach, the solo part and piano reduction have been carefully prepared from Villa-Lobos’ original manuscripts.
Theodore Presser Company 114-41306 • $19.95 Add to Cart
Johann Sebastian Bach Sonaten und Partiten für Violine solo (BWV 1001 - 1006) Edited by Dagmar Glüxam
Solo Violin
This Urtext is based on Bach’s original manuscript, with indications on performance practice from the earliest manuscript copy. It also contains notes on interpretation based on the musical rhetoric of the Baroque era, and features fold-out pages and optimized page turns for performance ease.
Vienna Urtext UT050255 • $29.95 Add to Cart
Three Transcriptions for Viola and Piano Music by Clara Faisst, Mon Schjelderup, Luise Le Beau Edited and Transcribed by Susan Pickett
Viola and Piano
Hildegard Publishing has released transcriptions of works originally written for cello by three 18th- and 19th-century female composers. A student of Max Bruch, Clara Mathilde Faisst wrote Adagio Consolante and had it published in 1902 by Simrock. While romantic, it is not a salon piece, with a finely crafted melodic line and sophisticated use of chromaticism. Jules Massenet student Mon [Maria Gustava] Schjelderup penned Tungsind (“Sadness”) around 1900; a somber, wistful work. “Romanze” from Vier Stücke, a collection of pieces written for Hugo Becker, cellist of the Jean Becker Family Quartet, was written by Luise Adolpha Le Beau in 1881. For advanced players.
Hildegard Publishing Company 494-02860 • $21.95 Add to Cart
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Septet Piano Trio and String Quartet
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Septet is the first major work written for this combination of instruments, and the pioneering process was greatly enjoyed by the composer: “While the instrumentation of the Septet provides an almost orchestral palette, and it was interesting to explore that, I love the idea of seven artist-performers, each of whom can be a stunning virtuoso one moment and a thoughtful partner the next, and I relish the electricity that results from those shifting roles.” Septet was written for the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio and the Miami String Quartet, to whom it is dedicated. String parts available on rental. For advanced ensembles. Duration: 24’
Merion Music
Piano Score 444-41028 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Marc-André Dalbavie Trio No. 1 Violin, Cello, and Piano
"(Trio No. 1) begins with the piano playing a slowly morphing chord that starts as a series of strident blasts and gradually loses its sharp edges. Woven between these chords are fragments of a lyrical theme, in tandem violin and cello lines. As the theme coalesces, and the piano chords melt, Mr. Dalbavie builds a rich, harmonically freewheeling texture." (Allan Kozinn, The New York Times) For advanced performers. Duration: 18' See a page.
Billaudot
Complete Set 514-03979 • $38.95 Add to Cart
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New VIOLIN Music from the past 12 months
Henryk Wieniawski Capriccio-Valse pour violon
avec accompagnement de piano, Op. 7 Edited by Magdalena Chylińska
Violin and Piano
As part of Series A of the The Complete Works of Henryk Wieniawski, PWM Edition releases this work for violin with piano accompaniment, thought to be written for his concert tour of Russia with his brother, pianist Józef. It is a light, dance-like tune that demands technical virtuosity, as Wieniawski himself was a brilliant violinist.
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 514-03914 • $29.95 Add to Cart
CHOPIN for Violin and Piano, Volume 2 Famous Transcriptions
Chopin’s original 230 works have led to over 4,000 transcriptions for various instruments and ensembles! The editors have selected the most important and most creative of these arrangments of the past 150 years, which exemplify the inspiration generated by Chopin’s works. The arrangers are noted after each work, along with key change, if any.
PWM 514-02333 • $33.45 Add to Cart
Prelude in B Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21 (transcr. Adolfson)
Study in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 (Weksler)
Nocturne in Csharp minor:
Lento con gran espressione (Cofalik)
Nocturne in DFlat Major, Op. 27, No. 2 (transcr. D Major, Wilhelmj)
Waltz in DFlat Major, Op. 64, No. 1 (Burmester)
Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33, No. 3
(in A Major, Kreisler)
Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33, No. 4 (Ebner)
A. Adnan Saygun Concerto op. 44 for Violin and Orchestra Edited by Selim Giray and John Ross
Solo Violin and Piano Reduction
Peermusic offers a new piano reduction in place of orchestration in this edition of Saygun’s Concerto, Op. 44 for Violin and Orchestra. Turkish-born American violinist Dr. Selim Giray, a former instructor at the Interlochen Arts Camp and current faculty member of the music program at Pittsburg State University, recognized the need for a piano reduction to popularize this masterful concerto for solo violin. The piano reduction itself has been provided by fellow Pittsburg State faculty member John C. Ross, which strives to encompass the meticulous instructions of the orchestration while remaining pianistic. Peermusic has truly made this work more accessible for solo violinists seeking a performance piece. For advanced players.
Peermusic Classical 62313-602 • $51.95 Add to Cart
Prolific composer Chen Yi began her musical career as a violinist, and she has now written a performance piece for the violin student, in loving tribute to her native Beijing. The violin’s part in From Old Peking Folklore imitates the fingering, bowing, style, and spirit of traditional Chinese music and instruments, and is orchestrated in such a way that the duet sounds like Jing Yun Da Gu, the folk music of her home area. Commissioned by the Music Teachers Association of California as a competition piece. For advanced players. Duration: 5’
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Niccolò Paganini Introduzione e Sonata a Movimento Perpetuo
for Violin and Piano
Edited by Vincenzo Bolognese
"...a re-elaboration of his Quartet No. 14 for violin, viola, cello, and guitar.
..."It must be emphasized that the work has nothing to do with the
well-known C Major Moto Perpetuo Op. 11...
"...The Andante amoroso and the perpetual motion Sonata is an extremely
charming pleasant piece with thrilling instrumental bravura." (The Editor)
"What is Klezmer? I wish I knew. I don't. And despite what textbooks, computer search engines and above all specialists will tell you, they don't either." Somehow, we think that Igudesman knows more than he's letting on! From its Eastern European foundation, Igudesman takes Klezmer to new heights in this collection of ten violin duets. His lead-off discussion of Klezmer, its roots, its style, and its performance will stimulate and inspire violinists on their enjoyable journey through Igudesman's vision.
Universal Edition UE 33650 • $17.95 Add to Cart
Aleksey Igudesman Latin & More Violin Duets Two Violins
Violinists get a chance to break out of the traditional classical style and experiment with samba, tango, rumba, and salsa styles in this collection of 10 Latin duets, arranged by Aleksey Igudesman. With helpful tips and history in the foreword, this series of Latin favorites includes “La Cucaracha,” “Samba Serio,” “Rumba de Mumbai,” and more! For intermediate to advanced players.
Universal Edition UE33653 • $22.95 Add to Cart
Leoš Janácek Mährische Tänze (Moravian Dances) Arranged by Leoš Faltus
Violin and Piano
Universal Edition presents a new arrangement of Czech composer Leoš Janácek’s Moravian Dances, originally written for orchestra and arranged here for violin and piano by contemporary Czech composer Leoš Faltus. This pristine edition features editorial suggestions for both violin and piano, and would be an excellent selection for recital. For advanced players.
Universal Edition UE33728 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Aleksey Igudesman Pigs Can Fly Two Violins, Book with CD
Aleksey Igudesman has written an entertaining collection of ten easy violin duets, all about pigs. The included CD contains demonstration performances and play-along tracks for both parts. Features fun tunes like “Lady in Pink” and “Pigsty.”
Universal Edition UE033938 • $22.95 Add to Cart
James Rae Play it Cool Violin - Book with CD
James Rae has created a violin version of his well-known Play it Cool series, allowing young violinists to experiment with a variety of styles such as swing, funk, reggae, blues and Latin. Includes a CD containing demonstration solos and orchestrated accompaniment.
Universal Edition UE021487 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Henryk Wieniawski Romance sans paroles et Rondo élégant
pour violon avec accompagnement de piano, Op. 9 Edited by Magdalena Chylińska
Violin and Piano
As part of Series A of the The Complete Works of Henryk Wieniawski, PWM Edition releases this work for violin with piano accompaniment, another pièce de salon. Wieniawski composed this piece at the age of seventeen, during a Russian concert tour with his brother, pianist Józef. Its melody is akin to that of a melancholic Russian dumka or a Gypsy romance.
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 514-03965 • $28.95 Add to Cart
Artur Schnabel Sonata for Violin and Piano
A rediscovered gem from 1938, the Sonata includes an Adagio section, its climax described by Ernst Krenek as one of the "greatest and most inspired pages in the literature."
Peermusic Classical 62139-602 • $39.95 Add to Cart
Nikos Skalkottas Sonate for Violin Solo Violin Solo
A half century after his death, an air of obscurity still surrounds both the life and work of Nikos Skalkottas, the most significant Greek composer. Sonate für Geige allein was written in the summer of 1925 while Skalkottas studied with Kurt Weill and Phillipp Jarnach, and the sonata seems absolutely typical of the intellectually and musically radical mood of the time. Fresh, spare, mischievous, dissonant, tempermental and with a lively sense of humor, Sonate was clearly influenced by Jarnach as Skalkottas harks back to baroque forms and structures. The second and third movements imitate a minuet and a bourée, while in the closing fugue the young composer demonstrates his ability to mesh two relatively independent melodies together. This autograph text edition contains the composer’s own fingerings and bowing indications, and his suggestions provide valuable insight to his musical intentions.
Universal Edition UE21467 • $23.95 Add to Cart
Franz Schubert Sonatina, Op. 137, No. 1 (D.384) Transcribed by Andrea Sciola-König
Violin and Guitar
Edizioni Bèrben releases this favorite Schubert work in a new transcription for violin and guitar. This edition includes a full score and separate parts for both instruments.
Edizioni Bèrben 514-03859 • $19.95 Add to Cart
Emma Lou Diemer Suite for Violin and Piano
Hildegard Publishing Company presents Suite for Violin and Piano, a new piece in three movements by longtime published composer Emma Lou Diemer. It was written for Westmont College violin professor Philip Ficsor in 2008, and the movements’ titles sum up their versatile moods. “Summer Day” is light and airy, “Elegy” is expressive and serious, and “Jazz Romp” is upbeat and lively, with all featuring various meter changes. For the advanced player.
Hildegard Publishing Company 494-02849 • $21.95 Add to Cart
The Most Beautiful TCHAIKOVSKY for Violin and Piano
Seven selected pieces from Tchaikovsky’s beloved works, edited for violin and piano under the direction of Andrzej Gebski.
Chanson triste, Op. 40, No. 2 • Andante cantabile, from String Quartet in D, Op. 11
Scene from Act II of Swan Lake, Op. 20 • Canzonetta, from Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
June - Barcarolle, from The Seasons, Op. 37bis • Chant sans paroles, Op. 2, No. 3
Waltz of the Flowers, from Nutcracker, Op. 71
PWM 514-02332 • $30.95 Add to Cart
Gioachino Rossini Un mot à Paganini for Violin and Piano
Edited by Marco Sollini
Spada presents a previously unpublished Rossini violin solo, edited by Sollini from the autograph. The great Rossini’s tribute to Paganini will be welcome by advanced violinists in search of a new showpiece. The piano part, while not “overlooked” by any means, is definitely more in the traditional accompaniment role, allowing full attention to be paid to the violinist.
Boccaccini & Spada 514-02022 • $9.95 Add to Cart
Grażyna Bacewicz Violin Concerto No. 1 Edited by Maciej Jabłoński
Violin and Piano reduction
PWM Edition offers a piano reduction of 20th century Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz’s first concerto for violin. Bacewicz is only the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the early 19th century.
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 514-03981 • $47.95 Add to Cart
Play-Along Violin:
World Music Ireland Edited by Richard Graf
Piano reduction by Martin Reiter
Violin, Piano accompaniment, and Play-Along CD
Many classic Irish favorites are included in this collection for solo violin, including “Danny Boy” and “The Wind That Shakes the Barley.” Violinists will love playing along with the authentic accompaniment tracks. Now includes piano accompaniment for the first time.
Universal Edition UE034143 • $22.95 Add to Cart
Play-Along Violin:
World Music Russia Edited by Iwan Malachowskij
Violin, Piano accompaniment, and Play-Along CD
The complex, dark and beautiful sounds of Russian folk songs have been captured in this collection from Universal Edition, containing five pieces arranged for violin with CD or piano. Now includes piano accompaniment for the first time.
The viola section of the Boston Symphony Orchestra commissioned Amlin in 2004 for a tribute to violist Burton Fine, who retired that December after 41 years with the orchestra. The result was Encomium, which Amlin built upon a thematic from the name "Burton Fine." The world premiere was given in October 2005 by Fine and his wife and fellow chamber musician, Susan Miron, on harp. See Amlin's thematic and first page of music here. Duration: 5'
Presser Custom Print 114-41357 • $17.95 Add to Cart
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Baksa’s Romance is obviously written with the viola’s voice in mind. Lush, flowing lines are plentiful, juxtaposed with a waltz-like dance with the piano. Baksa makes good use of his contemporary compositional skills, but was never one to shy away from a beautiful melodic line! Both solo and piano parts are playable by advanced intermediate performers.
Composers Library Editions 494-02854 • $8.50 Add to Cart
Luise Adolpha Le Beau Sonate, Op. 17 Transcribed and Edited by Susan Pickett
Viola and Piano
Hildegard Publishing presents a transcription for viola of Luise Adolpha Le Beau’s Sonate, Op. 17, originally written for cello and piano (494-02850). Written in formal classical style, this lovely sonata gives way to soaring, romantic impulses and stark key changes, supported by a driving piano accompaniment. The piano accompaniment is a reprint of the impressively accurate 1878 edition, and the viola part is newly engraved and transposed from the cello part, with discrepancies reconciled by the editor. For advanced players.
Hildegard Publishing Co. 494-02851 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Morton Feldman Patterns in a Chromatic Field Cello and Piano
A stunning, 80-minute work composed for cello and piano by Martin Feldman in 1981. Pitchfork’s review of the work lauds, “…despite its 80-minute length, Patterns in a Chromatic Field takes little work to become entranced with; while one must take the initial leap of investing one's trust and concentration in Feldman's unique sensibilities, its moments of crystalline beauty are readily apparent.”
Universal Edition UE21456 • $77.95 Add to Cart
Play-Along Violoncello: World Music Edited by Christian Jüttendonk
Piano Reduction by Martin Reiter
Cello, Piano, and Play-Along CD
Cellists can now play a collection of solos reflecting musical styles from around the world with lush accompaniment on the enclosed CD. Features favorites such as “My Love is like a Red, Red Rose” and “The Wild Rover,” excerpts from several of the World Music books.
Universal Edition UE034668 • $22.95 Add to Cart
Artur Schnabel Sonata for Solo Cello
A four-movement work written for fellow ensemble musician, Gregor Piatigorsky, who, unfortunately, did not perform the work. Premiered by Georg Neikrug, only a few weeks before Schnabel's death in 1951.
Emilie Mayer Sonata in E Minor for Piano and Violoncello Marie-Aline Cadieux, editor
Hildegard presents a newly engraved and updated edition of nineteenth-century composer Emilie Mayer’s Sonata in E Minor for cello and piano. A student of German composer Carl Loewe, Mayer’s style is firmly rooted in the classical tradition, recalling the soaring, melodic sonatas of Felix Mendelssohn. This piece is no exception, gliding through four beautiful movements of interplay between cello and piano. Editor Marie-Aline Cadieux worked from a performance manuscript, leaving all original markings largely intact and adding editorial suggestions as dotted slurs. A lovely concert piece to show off the skills of both cellist and pianist. For the intermediate player.
Hildegard Publishing Company 494-02842 • $29.95 Add to Cart See page 1
Lowell Liebermann Sonata No. 3 (Sonata Semplice), Op. 90 for Cello and Piano
Composed as a birthday present, Liebermann's Third is a single movement of 16'. See a page!
Presser 114-41294 • $19.95 Add to Cart
Luise Adolpha LeBeau Sonate, Op. 17 Edited by Dr. Susan Pickett
Cello and Piano
Hildegard has truly uncovered a gem in publishing this lovely sonata for cello and piano, written in the 19th century by German composer and concert pianist Luise Adolpha LeBeau. At the time of its composition, this sonata was largely overlooked due to prejudices against female composers. Sonate, Op. 17 is written in formal classical style, but gives way to soaring, romantic impulses and stark key changes, supported by a driving piano accompaniment. The piano accompaniment is a reprint of the impressively accurate 1878 edition, and the cello part is newly engraved and drawn from the piano score, with discrepancies reconciled by the editor. For advanced players.
Hildegard Publishing Company 494-02850 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Adriana Isabel Figueroa Mañas Tres Piezas en Clave de Tango Cello and Piano
Figueroa Mañas, an accomplished musician, composer, and teacher in Argentina, mixes a classical cello and piano duet with contemporary tango styles to create a marvelous break-out program piece for the accomplished duo. Three Pieces in the Key of Tango will be a solid performance piece and treat for the audience. For advanced performers. See a sample.
Robert Maggio We Gathered at the River Violoncello and Piano
Maggio was moved during a riverside memorial service to write his new cello solo, using the hymn "At the River" as his basis. Subtitled Reflections on a Memorial Service at the Riverside, We Gathered At the River is a powerful tribute and a moving memorial in its own right.
Theodore Presser Company 114-41383 • $21.95 Add to Cart
Written at the request of French virtuoso Yann DuBost (1st Prize winner of the ISB Solo Competition 2005, and recent prize winner of the Swiss Global Artistic Foundation), Richard Wilson’s Gravitas is a challenging seven-movement piece for double bass. It was premiered by DuBost at the International Society of Bassists convention in Oklahoma City in 2007. A fine addition to solo repertoire for the double bass. For advanced players.
Peermusic Classical 62339-634 • $14.95 Add to Cart
Francis Thorne
Thorne brings us something a little different - quick expositional solos for each of the string instruments. A bit tongue-in-cheek, but quite demanding of the performers' skills. Click a title to see a page of each.
Double Bass Hit Contrabass solo
Merion Music 144-40536 • $11.95 Add to Cart
The "In" Viol-in Violin solo
Merion Music 144-40533 • $11.95 Add to Cart
Mello' 'Cello Cello solo
Merion Music 144-40535 • $11.95 Add to Cart
Vi-oh-la-la Viola solo
Merion Music 144-40534 • $11.95 Add to Cart
Arvo Pärt Spiegel im Spiegel for Contrabass and Piano
Pärt's music is speaking to ever more newly converted fans. Spiegel im Spiegel, in particular, is an absolutely beautiful, dreamy reflection, created from seemingly nothing and touching everyone. Universal Edition now releases an arrangement for bass and piano.
Universal Edition UE33057 • $14.95
Presser Music in Action!
The violin and piano version is performed beautifully with an accompanying slideshow in this YouTube presentation posted by maxim6032
Baksa's new Duo Sonata No. 1 is a joy for violin and viola duo. Where the outer movements suggest an intricate "hop, skip, and a jump," the inner movement is more introspective, with melodic line passed back and forth between the two instruments. The finale ("quite fast") features an impressive run-up to the final chords, and should leave an audience wanting more. Includes a score and separate violin and viola parts. For accomplished performers. See a sample.
Composers' Library Ed. 494-02861 • $30.00 Add to Cart
Chen Yi From the Path of Beauty String Quartet
A four-movement version for string quartet, extracted from the original seven-movement work for mixed chorus and string quartet, written especially for the prodigious talents of Chanticleer and the Shanghai String Quartet. Read the performance notes (PDF).
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About From the Path of Beauty — "The performance was flawless, extraordinarily beautiful. The balance between the voices and the strings (who often were played with mutes on) was exceptionally good." -- Chamber Music Today
Arvo Pärt Da Pacem Domine String Quartet
Pärt's "Prayer for Peace" has been recorded and performed many times in its choral setting, and should quickly become a favorite of string quartets. Paul Hillier, Pärt's long-time collaborator, describes the piece: "Each pitch is carefully placed in position like stones in a Zen garden." Reviewers struggle to capture the work in phrases such as "almost motionless" and "utmost austerity and stillness," yet the quickly growing numbers of Pärt's fans don't question - they just sit back and soak it all in. Da pacem Domine, while not technically demanding, is challenging in its blending of sonority.
Universal Edition UE33340 • $19.95 (Score and Parts) Add to Cart
Johann Sebastian Bach Goldberg Variations (BWV988) Arranged by William Cowdery
Two Violins, Viola, Cello
With editing by the New Zealand String Quartet (Helene Pohl, Douglas Beilman, Gillian Ansell, and Roff Gjelsten), Goldberg Variations is now available for advanced string quartets.
Merion Music
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Fryderyk Chopin Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22 Transcribed and Edited by Bartłomiej Kominek
Piano, 2 Violins, Viola, Cello (Score and Parts)
PWM Edition releases a version of Chopin’s Grande Polonaise Brillante transcribed for piano and string quartet; the original work written for piano and orchestra. This arrangement is based on the widely-known score of the Polonaise edited by Kazimierz Sikorski in the Complete Works vol. 21, the series initiated by Jan Paderewski. The quartet has been arranged as faithfully as possible to the original orchestral part, retaining articulation, dynamics and phrasing.
Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne 554-01334 • $75.95 Add to Cart
Charles E. Ives Intermezzo from The Celestial Country String Quartet
Ives wrote his great The Celestial Country while still a young man. This excerpted string quartet, then, becomes an example of the early Ives from the work that may have been his "last attempt to create a work along 'conventional' lines."
Peermusic Classical 62232-759 • $19.95 Add to Cart
Artur Schnabel Piano Trio Piano, Violin and Cello
Peermusic Classical presents an elegant edition of Artur Schnabel’s Piano Trio for piano, violin and cello with support from the Schnabel Music Foundation, created in memory of Schnabel’s great-grandson, Claude Alain Mottier. Written in 1945, this piece was premiered at the Berkshire Music Festival in Tanglewood on July 9, 1947. Notably, all three instruments bear equal weight in terms of difficulty within this polyphonic piece, with the cello often rising above the piano’s range. For advanced players.
Peermusic Classical 62276-784 • $36.95 Add to Cart
Robert Maggio Rain and Ash (String Quartet No. 2) 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello
The Borromeo String Quartet gave the premiere of 2nd String Quartet on January 14, 2009 in Tucson, AZ, commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music. This is the second commission Maggio has received from the AZFCM; the first was for Songbook for Annamaria (String Quartet No.1) in 2001, for the Colorado Quartet. See the program notes and first two pages here (PDF).
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George Tsontakis Second Piano Quartet Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano
An 18-minute successor to Tsontakis’ first piano quartet, Bagatelles, both recorded by the Broyhill Chamber Ensemble on the Koch International CD, Tsontakis: Piano Quartet Trilogy. A recent Grawemeyer Award recipient, Tsontakis is garnering quite a bit of attention. In his New York Times review, Anthony Tommasini writes of the Second Piano Quartet, “The first movement ... is called ‘Lazy,’ and true to the title, the piano begins with seemingly aimless, thickly chromatic piano chords. Yet the harmonies are so pungent and the chord shifts so sneaky that when a magisterial melody for the cello breaks out, you can't stop listening to those fidgety piano chords.”
Merion Music 144-40403 • $79.95 Add to Cart
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Behzad Ranjbaran Shiraz Violin, Cello, and Piano
Theodore Presser Co. 114-41321 • $35.00 Add to Cart
An ode to the city of Shiraz in southern Iran, many of Behzad Ranjbaran’s melodic, rhythmic, and musical characters are inspired by Persian culture and its vocal and instrumental music. Movement one, “The Weeping Willow”, was influenced by the composer’s vision of three poets in a gentle but heated poetic discourse, with a musical phrase beginning with one instrument and then circulated and repeated in a refined exchange. The second movement refers to a river in Shiraz often cited in Iranian poetry. The composer elaborates: “As the opening [of the second movement] descends into the whispering murmur of water waves, it soon builds to climactic crashing chords, all pointing to the vitality of life represented by the river. There is also allusion to the playful character of folk music with irregular rhythmic patterns, repeated short melodies, and jesting pizzicato sections….propelling the piece to an energetic conclusion.”
Philip Maneval Sonata for Violin and Viola, Op. 25 Violin and Viola
A free-flowing, challenging duo for violin and viola, Maneval's Sonata consists of three movements: I. Largo; Allegro - II. Allegretto - III. Maestoso. For advanced performers. Duration: 13'
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Another prize-winning composition from Needham is his String Quartet No. 1, which sprang from an afternoon's exposure to Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Says the composer, "The work itself is about cycles. Nature cycles (day to night, seasonal, moon, tides, etc.), life cycles, and even cycles in music make their way into the piece, both consciously and subconsciously. The work is a homage to nature and to the affective spirit found in the music of Vivaldi." Indiana University makes a recording available for listening here. See the program notes and first three pages here (PDF).
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Philip Maneval String Quartet No. 1
"Variations on a Theme" Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello
Dedicated to Ivan Chan and the Miami String Quartet, who premiered the work in 1995. For advanced performers. Duration: 25'
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"...a one-movement work with tremendous variety and energy... there is a good deal of original and appealing material. Each of its 10 sections brings something different - pizzicato, mutes, a fugue, cadenzas. Finally, at the end, the theme upon which the variations are based appears for the first time, in a slow and slightly weepy form." -Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer
Stacy Garrop String Quartet No. 2: Demons and Angels Two Violins, Viola, Cello
Commissioned by Music in the Loft for the Biava Quartet, and premiered at Yale University, November 2005. Duration: 30'
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String Quartet No. 2 Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello
Maneval's second quartet features four movements; Maestoso, Intermezzo; Allegretto; Larghetto e cantabile; Allegro assai. For advanced performers. Duration: 21'
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"Maneval’s music lives in the same worlds with Ravel’s and Barber’s, different though they may be. His Quartet references other music: There is a breath of Viennese lilt in the fourth movement, and the ironic playfulness of the second movement is a healthy critique of Prokofiev. But this is not a postmodern melange. The work glows with energy..." -Daniel Webster, Philadelphia Inquirer (Read more of this review)
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Artur Schnabel String Trio for Violin, Viola, and Violoncello
Schnabel is immediately known as perhaps the finest touring pianist of his day, one whose performances of Beethoven's concerti are still prized today. At great odds with his choice in performance, Schnabel's own compositions were wholly different. "Schnabel's compositional method has not yet been analyzed, but it is clear that he paid keen attention not only to the development of the individual voice, but also to the complex interpenetration of chromatic harmony among voices." (Schnabel Music Foundation) Further, a 1955 review suggests that Schnabel was well ahead of his time!
Peermusic Classical 62137-756 • $29.95 Add to Cart
David Felder stuck-stücke Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello
By commission of the Siemens Foundation for Irvine Arditti and the Arditti String Quartet, Felder has created a work of dynamic contrasts. From the outset, he asks much of the strings ("Fiery - very aggressive!") through a sustained fortissimo passage, shifting quickly to alternate states ("suddenly subdued") and effects ("effervescent"). "Afire," "intense," "perky," even "mechanically!—incessant" are instructions throughout. For advanced performers. Duration: 19'
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Miguel del Aguila Tango Trio, Op. 71 Violin, Cello, and Piano
The composer writes, “Written in 2002 in New York, Tango Trio was premiered at the Chautauqua Music Festival that summer by the New Arts Trio. The work evokes Argentine-Uruguayan tango idioms, and the musical language is intense, dramatic and direct, becoming at times melodramatic and humorous. Though written in homage to the tango tradition, Tango Trio also plays with that tradition. The piano often provides the sharp rhythmic beat characteristic of this dance, but occasionally blurs the beat with turbulent, virtuosic arpeggios. The tango rhythmic pattern is present through the entire work, but undergoes several tempo meter transformations, becoming at times highly syncopated and varied through asymmetrical groupings within the measure. The melodic material, usually given to strings and bandoneons in the typical tango ensemble, is here given to the violin and cello.”
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David Felder Third Face Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello
Featured on the Bridge Records CD Music of David Felder, as recorded by the Arditti String Quartet. "Felder's Third Face was given its first performance by the Arditti, at the 1988 Buffalo new music festival. I was struck by it then; after further hearings of it I admire it even more. It is lucid, but with a controlled wildness in its making. Written for virtuosi, it challenges them by presenting its fierce, fertile ideas with almost reckless rhythmic and dynamic exuberance." (Andrew Porter, The New Yorker) For advanced performers. Duration: 11'
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Lowell Liebermann Trio No. 2, Op. 77 Violin, Cello, and Piano
Your better piano trios will exult in Liebermann's second foray into the field. This 16-minute work was co-commissioned by the Lied Center for the Performing Arts (Lawrence, Kansas), where the Perlman/Nikkanen/Bailey Trio performed the world premiere.
Theodore Presser Co. 114-41256 • $39.95 Add to Cart
