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Patchwork, the third string quartet by Barbara Heller, with its cheerful and light character, is an enjoyable piece. Playfully flowing figures, often in pizzicato, alternate with 'still soundscapes'....

There is hardly any other lullaby in the field of classical music - apart from Brahms' 'Guten Abend, gute Nacht' - that has gained such popularity as George Gershwin's (1898-1937) 'Summertime'. It is...

Igor Stravinsky liked to use different stylistic devices or embedded them in his personal musical language: Be it that he took a Gallop by Jacques Offenbach or composed Circus Polka for a Young Elepha...

Cette 'Petite suite' se compose de cinq charmantes miniatures. Au sens du drame méridional s'opposent des passages contrapuntiques et deux mouvements rapides offrent l'occasion d'une joyeuse virtuosit...

Cette 'Petite suite' se compose de cinq charmantes miniatures. Au sens du drame méridional s'opposent des passages contrapuntiques et deux mouvements rapides offrent l'occasion d'une joyeuse virtuosit...

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

In his works, Eduard Pütz (1911-2000) sought to overcome the boundaries between different genres of music. He often mixed classical elements with stylistic features from jazz and popular music.

The oeuvre by the Brazilian composer and pianist Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934) attracts more and more aficionados in this country. After his training, he concentrated on light entertainment and played...

...called dusk II for string quartet draws its inspiration from a line in Samuel Beckett's short story Lessness: 'Figment dawn dispeller of figments and the other called dusk'.The work is a kind of do...

Demanding salon music for string quartet (with double-bass ad libitum) is provided by Wolfgang Birtel in his 'Latin Dances' with four titles which can be played individually or as a little suite. The...

A work different from 'Rhapsody in Blue', the 'Piano Concerto in F' or other concert works, yet a 'charming' piece, admitted Ira Gershwin, the brother and text writer of George Gershwin (1898-1937). I...

Alors que la musique polyphonique occidentale atteignait son apogée avec la fugue, prenait naissance à Cuba une polyphonie rythmique d'une grande complexité. M'ont inspiré surtout la ' batá ' (musique...

These two chamber music works are one of the main focuses in the oeuvre of Ulvi Cemal Erkin. Lively and spirited, they combine Western European tradition with rhythmic and melodic elements from Turkis...

Als Auftragswerk für das Kronos Quartet entstanden, schildert diese Komposition facettenreich den Glanz des alten Ägyptens: Lyrisch-fließende Motive verbinden orientalische Melismen und majestätische...

This work is among the subtropical plants series of composer Xiaogang Ye's wroks, in which include Enchanted Bamboo, Hibiscus, Datura, December Chrysanthemum, Scent of Green Mango,etc. These works sho...

This is the first edition of the Scherzo per quartetto d'archi (P191). The musical contents suggest that this is a juvenile composition of the composer while student at the Bologna Conservatory. The c...

This string quartet is in one continuous movement of fifteen sections, with each section being a 'transcription' of the music in a previous section. In these transcriptions the changes can be somewhat...

Waltzes, a cycle of twelve virtuoso waltzes for violin, viola, cello, and double bass, was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, where the first nine waltzes were premiered in 1981....