Album Leaf (for Howard Klein)

Consolations And Liebestraume

Franz Liszt: Consolations S.172 und Liebesträume S.541, for Solo Piano, edited by Leslie Howard.This is the new critical edition by Leslie Howard which emends the original engraving of the edition by Liszt'sstudent, Emil von Sauer.

A New Heaven : 16 Contemporary Works For Mixed Voices

16 contemporary sacred works for mixed voices. Exciting new choral works by some of the most highly regarded British choral composers of our time - from Jonathan Dove and Howard Goodall to Judith Bingham and Jonathan Harvey.Contemporary settings of key sacred texts such as Agnus Dei, Gloria and The Lord is my shepherd, for use in concerts, church services and choral evensongs throughout the year. Includes accompanied and unaccompanied works formixed-voice choirs (four to eight parts), from intermediate to more advanced level. Introduction and commentary with valuable rehearsal and performance tips by internationally acclaimed British choral conductor Simon Halsey.Allworks also available as individual choral leaflets.

Liszt: Années de pèlerinage : Deuxième année - Italie (S161) / Venezia e Napoli (S162)

While the first volume of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage (‘Pilgrim Years’) was inspired primarily by the landscape of Switzerland, the creative impetus for the second volume was the art and literature of Italy. Edition Peters is proud to continue its acclaimed series of Liszt critical editions from world-renowned Liszt expert and concert pianist Leslie Howard with this new urtext edition of Années de pèlerinage, Deuxième Année – Italie. Containing an extensive critical commentary and introductory notes, the edition (like its predecessor Suisse (EP72782)) also contains reproductions of the half-tint illustrations by Robert Kretschmer that appeared in the first edition. Also included in this prestige volume, a must-have for any serious Liszt pianist, is the supplementary volume Venezia e Napoli, beautiful and ingenious revisions of earlier works based on Italian street music.

Death : for Mezzo Soprano and Piano

Death av Tyshawn Sorey beställdes av L. A. Opera för en streamingpremiär av mezzosopranen Amanda Lynn Bottoms i februari 2021, med pianisten Howard Watkins. Dess text, av den store svarta poeten Paul Laurence Dunbar, föreställer sig bara en glimt av ljus som går upp över ett dystert, mardrömslikt landskap, hemsökt av döden, som kompositören uttryckligen kopplar till "de nuvarande förhållandena och osäkerheten i det svarta livet i Amerika under den 20:e och 2000-talet". (Dunbar själv dog 1906 vid 33 års ålder). Denna långsamma och melankoliska inställning utökar dikten till en femminuters klagan. Detta piano-/sångpartitur innehåller hela diktens text samt en kort programanteckning från kompositören. För att förtydliga de rasmässiga sammanhangen kring stycket, begär Sorey att rollerna som både sångare och pianist uteslutande ska spelas av svarta amerikanska artister.