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Commissioned by the government of Thailand as a memorial to the victims of the 9/11 tragedy, this study source takes its inspiration from the words of three great American poets: T.S. Eliot, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. (Music)
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French composer's perennially popular masterpiece, composed in memory of his father and first performed at La Madeleine in 1888. The work is notable for its clarity, balance, serenity and ethereal beauty, achieved with the strictest economy of means.... [ More...]
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Two standards of the Romantic repertoire for piano and orchestra are available here for the first time in a single volume. Liszt's symphonic poem "Totentanz (Dance of Death) consists of six variations on the familiar Gregorian "Dies Irae" plainchant melody.... [ More...]
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Pierre Monteux became famous at the age of 38 for conducting the riotous world premiere of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring in Paris on May 29, 1913. The composer, fearing bodily harm, escaped through a backstage window, while the imperturbable conductor... [ More...]
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Series IV of excellent G. Ricordi edition edited by Longo includes K.436-K.477.
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This outstanding volume features a rich selection of the composer's greatest overtures: Idomeneo (K366); The Abduction from the Seraglio (K384); The Marriage of Figaro (K492); Don Giovanni (K527); Cosi Fan Tutte (K588); The Magic Flute (K620); and La... [ More...]
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A study score of the spectacular new setting for wind symphony. Simpson's orchestration is the first one for winds based upon the composer's manuscript instead of the flawed 1886 edition of the piano original. Edited by the eminent American composer of wind... [ More...]
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A precocious, strikingly original piece begun when the composer was just 17 and completed three years later. Of special note: the simultaneous use of onstage and offstage orchestras during the final scene in which a wind ensemble plays festive music in the... [ More...]
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Outstanding works comprised mainly of short pieces reflecting the highly atmospheric and exotic style of the composer's maturity, among them Poeme tragique, Poeme satanique, Fragilite, Poeme aile, Danse languide, Enigme, Ironies, Desir, Caresse dansee,... [ More...]
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The eminent English composer's masterly technique is amply evident in this edition of four frequently performed and recorded works, including Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 20; Introduction and Allegro for Strings (Quartet and Orchestra), Op. 47; Elegy... [ More...]
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