It was unmistakably Liszt’s piano piece “Les jeux d’eau à la Villa d’Este” that inspired Ravel to compose one of his most famous works in 1901: “Jeux ..
Originally composed by Ravel for piano solo in 1899 and published by Demets, this work achieved immediate success and has been one of the most beloved..
- The first modern piano reduction of Berlioz’ central work for orchestra and viola
- Designed with additional music from the orchestral tutti for th..
The second half of the 19th century represented something of a “Golden Age” of the violin sonata in France: influential violin sonatas such as those b..
In his symphonic poem “Danse macabre” Saint-Saëns takes up a poem by Henri Cazalis that he had already set as an art song. Here the Devil brings the d..
Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie is one of only two concertante works completed, premiered and published during his lifetime. He was commissioned to write..
Alongside the violin, the transverse flute is one of the preferred solo instruments in Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music, even if the circumstance..
Alongside the violin, the transverse flute is one of the preferred solo instruments in Johann Sebastian Bach's chamber music, even if the circumstance..
Images for solo Flute, Op. 38 by Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) is one of Bozza ’s most famous pieces. Technically challenging, it includes flutter tonguing..
Volume 10 of the new Urtext edition of Schubert’s lieder contains works composed between September 1816 and August 1817. Above all, the collaboration ..
Maurice Ravel broke new personal ground with his only piano trio, yet in a stroke of genius he created a work of the early 20th century that is outsta..