Harmoniemusik – Music for Wind Instruments arranged for Saxophone Quartet in Four Volumes. Dating back to circa 1770, “Harmoniemusik” – music for wind instruments –was originally conceived for wind orchestras. Scored for wood and brass instruments, it was mainly performed at open-air concerts and as “Tafelmusik” (table music). The standard instrumentation used to include pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons forming a wind octet; the ensemble was often complemented by additional bass instruments such as a double bassoon, a double bass or further wind instruments. Mostly, it was the composers themselves who arranged their works for wind instruments. This does not hold true for the original Barber of Seville “Harmoniemusik”. It was written by the clarinetist Wenzel Sedlák. The version on hand takes up “Harmoniemusik” tradition and transposes the magnificent melodies of this opera into a contemporary musical setting via saxophone quartet. Instrumentation: 4 saxophones (SATBar)

Featuring the themes of Rossini’s most famous overture, this adaptation begins with a slow introduction, followed by a fast section featuring two contrasting themes, a key change, and another increase in tempo leading to an effective close. Instrumentation: 4 clarinets (2 clarinets in Bb, basset horn (or clarinet in Bb or alto-clarinet in Eb) and bass clarinet in Bb)

- Für Musikliebhaber - Studienpartitur zu Rossinis Spätwerk - Im handlichen Format Rossinis „kleine feierliche Messe“, die er im hohen Alter von 71 Jahren verfasste, ist neben dem Stabat Mater seine zweite große Kirchenmusik-Komposition. Der gefeierte Opernkomponist des 19. Jahrhunderts setzte sich hier intensiv und kreativ mit Bachs und Palestrinas Kontrapunkt auseinander. Die Ausgabe basiert auf einem revidierten Nachdrucks des Pariser Original-Verlages. Besetzung: Soli, Chor, Harmonium und Klavier

Dating back to ca. 1770, Harmoniemusik was originally conceived for wind orchestras and was mainly played at open-air concerts as Tafelmusik (table music). Though the composers themselves typically adapted their own music for such purposes, this Rossini masterpiece was not and is beautifully rendered here for saxophone quartet. Instrumentation: 4 saxophones (SATBar)