Partitions difficile pour Violon

Like Holliger's standard work Trema (a piece made up of theme, tremolo and breathing), Souvenirs tremaësques too can be played by various instruments of the string family. After the original version f...

Deep Slavic emotion and riveting virtuosity - this is what characterises many compositions by Rodion Shchedrin. Even though he has been a cosmopolitan for a long time, the Moscow-born Shchedrin has re...

Ces compositions, dont c'est la première publication, sont particulièrement intéressantes car elles représentent deux périodes de création : Poème lyrique fut écrit dans les années 1910 et montre la r...

Schott présente ici en première publication les pièces que Hans Werner Henze a écrites en l'honneur d'anniversaires ou en hommage à des amis et compagnons de route. Chacune d'elles est un véritable jo...

'Vox amoris', apart from 'Tala gaisma' (Distant Light), is Vasks' second violin concerto with string orchestra accompaniment. The world premiere of this Fantasia per violino ed archi, as Vasks calls t...

I wrote the first movement of my Sommersonate in the summer of 2010, and though a self-contained work, it called out for continuation or a companion piece. I imagine the first movement, marked moderat...

This work, composed in 1990 at the suggestion of the violinist Saschko Gawriloff, is in the tradition of great virtuoso violin concertos. Originally consisting of three movements, the work was revised...

In this sonata, calm passages alternate with extremely lively ones in traditional style. The piano plays in chordal style most of the time as real accompaniment, with polyphonic ensemble playing not b...

En prenant pour titre La Follia, Krzysztof Penderecki se place dans la tradition vivante remontant à l'époque baroque de la variation artistiquement virtuose d'un thème de sarabande. Il en livre neuf...

On se souvient de Stanley Weiner (1925-1991) surtout comme violoniste soliste, prédéterminé musicalement par son père qui fut, entre autres, premier violon solo suppléant de l'Orchestre symphonique de...

Der auf Sylt geborene und in Marburg verstorbene Gustav Jenner komponierte drei Violinsonaten, darunter diese 1893 komponierte Sonate in B-Dur. Jenner wurde 1888 Schüler Johannes Brahms' und übernahm...

Johann Senfter (1879 -1961) wrote three sonatas for Viola solo; modelled on the Solo Sonatas of Max Reger, who was Senfter's teacher of composition in 1908/09 in Leipzig.

Thema der hintersinnig-virtuosen Variationen ist das Andante aus Leopold Mozarts Sinfonie D-Dur (Eisen D 26).

The Violin Concerto, written in 1928, is one of Egk's most significant instrumental works. It is indicative of the contemporary climate of innovation as reflected in the development of new genres for...

The work is dedicated to Her Majesty Maria Christina and appeared in 1899. The Zortzico is a Basque time signature in the basic 5/8 rhythm. Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) proved in this composition onc...

Tor Aulins 3. Violinkonzert c-Moll zählt bis heute zu den bedeutendsten nordischen Stücken dieser Gattung um 1900. Es ist harmonisch interessant, klanglich wirkungsvoll und durchweg sehr geschickt ges...

Berwalds Violinkonzert in cis-Moll wurde bei seiner Uraufführung am 3. März 1821 von seinen Zeitgenossen nicht verstanden. Es verging beinahe ein ganzes Jahrhundert, bis die Musikwelt das geniale Konz...

This new Kalmus edition will be welcome repertoire for all violin students.