Martinu: Échec au Roi, Jazz-Ballet in One Act H.186 1930 $189.99 - $995.00 The scenario of Martinu’s 1930 “Echec du Roi” (Checkmate) anticipates that of Stravinsky’s “Jeu de Cartes” (1937), with dancing chessmen taking the place of dancing poker chips. The score mixes Stravinskyan...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto in G minor Op.72 $189.95 - $1,049.95 Inspired by the personality, prodigious technique and musicality of the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Cello Concerto in G minor is a work of imposing scale and demanding virtuosity, but also with a rare beauty and warmth of...
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concerto No.2 Op.66 "I Profeti" $189.95 - $995.00 Among Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s important, large-scale Judaically incited concert works is his second violin concerto (Op. 66), which he subtitled I profeti (The Prophets). Its three movements are further subtitled with reference to two biblical...
Villa-Lobos: Amazonas for Orchestra W118 $185.00 - $1,095.99 The tone poem/ballet Amazonas, composed originally for orchestra and published in 1917, was transcribed for piano by Villa-Lobos himself and published in a new version in 1932. Like Uirapuru, Amazonas subtitled “Brazilian Indian ballet” first...
