The present sonata dedicated to Joseph Haydn is a model of classical clarity, and Cramer exploits the full range and sonority of the fortepiano, with exact indications of pedalling and dynamics.
Une mise en scène intime et rafraîchissante des Préces et Répons en SATB facile : un ajout bienvenu au répertoire de l'Evensong. Emma écrit : "J'ai abordé le texte comme une prière, en considérant non...
Composé de deux parties, ce cycle de sept chansons constitue une sorte de portrait musical d'une poétesse américaine - très admirée par Robert Frost - dont la réputation de maître du vers, et du sonne...
Joseph Haydn's La Canterina ('The Singing Girl') was one of the composer's earliest stage works, written in 1766 soon after Prince Nikolaus Esterházy had promoted him to first Kapellmeister. The libre...
Les trois dernières symphonies de Mozart ont été composées, selon le Verzeichnüß autographe de Mozart, en l'espace de quelques semaines, de fin juin à début août 1788. Au cours de cette année-là, Humm...
L’opinion de Stanley Sadie, exprimée en 1963, selon laquelle deux des douze sonates en trio de Frederick Ernest Fisher (1711/12-1760), réparties à parts égales entre l’opus 1 (vers 1751) et l’opus 2 (...
Les sonates ordinaires pour violon constituent l'épine dorsale de la série de dix recueils que le violoniste italien Michel Mascitti (1663/4-1760), né dans le sud de l'Italie mais résidant en permanen...
En 1772, John Addison a publié à Édimbourg un volume contenant six duos sous la forme de sonates en trois ou quatre mouvements pour deux violons sans accompagnement, ses seules œuvres à avoir survécu....
Among Vienna's many composers and pianists of the time, Anton Eberl (1765-1807) was the one considered most worthy of comparison with Beethoven. His Sonata in F major, op. 49, probably the first of se...
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Op. 20 sonatas for solo violin and basso continuo (1727) are the least known of all his sets of sonatas for one or more violins and accompaniment. These very fine works a...
This set of four works, all in minor keys, is unique for the energy of the fugal writing, the passionate chromaticism of the slow movements and the playful, asymmetrical phrasing of the final Minuets....
These 50 variations are based on a Gavotte by Arcangelo Corelli. Each variation is a small étude developing an important element of violin technique.
These exceptionally beautiful quartets (HH67, HH68 and HH69) are both elegantly and skilfully written with musically interesting parts for all the players. They thus provide an essential core to the f...
The problems of ornamenting a slow movement were as apparent in the 18th century as they are to players today: even Charles Burney admitted that it was an area 'in which performers of great powers of...
Bayo's way is really a miniature tuba concerto in one movement. The composer wanted the soloist to be the provider of pulse, a protagonist, a melodist and a magician. With this in mind, I set out to u...
The title and its vast implications attracted me because it agreed with my intuition, pointing me towards music expressing extreme emotional states. I felt, when writing for the piano, it was essentia...
The Anhang of Köchel's catalogue is full of pieces that for more than a century after his death were thought to be his work; the Müller sonata, a very effective piece on both fortepiano and clavichord...
Double Act has been commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for Ensemble 10:10 to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the first concert of the ensemble. Funds towards the commission have been...
These three quintets from Mozart's Italian contemporary are a joy to play and delightful listening.
The second volume of the complete keyboard music from the reclusive Carl Fasch contains two unpublished sonatas (one unusually in the key of B flat minor) and his considerable output of 'character pie...
The third and final volume of keyboard music from the reclusive Carl Fasch contains his four sets of extended keyboard variations, including some impressive displays of virtuosity, and a variety of sh...
The title derives from the French idiom se méfier de l'eau qui dort ('be wary of the water which sleeps'), meaning: be careful, because things are seldom as they appear. The performers should embrace...
Active in Gloucester and Birmingham during the mid-18th century, Barnabas Gunn was a composer and performer of sacred and secular music. His violin sonatas of 1745, here published for the first time i...
The I Ching provides a symmetrical structural base, while Rimbaud's poem 'Barbarian', with its highly emotional imagery, evokes the spatial range and temporal pace of The Clash of Icicles against the...
This anthology celebrates the life and work of Mabel Dolmetsch (1874-1963) on the fiftieth anniversary of her death. It brings together timeless melodies such as Belle qui tiens ma vie and Heartsease,...
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A prayer addressed to Our Lady of Consolation, Memorare evokes images of flight and our basic human need for escape and protection. The subtle colours of Timothy Raymond's musical language and his fin...