On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time Reinhard Febel introduces Gérard Grisey’s Quatre chants pour franchir le seuil.

Younghi Pagh-Paan is the winner of the European Church Music prize 2015. The award is founded by the German city of Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka, Prokofiev, Glazunov and many more – few people know that Ricordi Berlin owns one of the most important repertoires of Russian music: the Forberg catalogue. Click here to see 10 highlights and to download the catalogue.

The Gewandhausorchester will present the world premiere of Fabio Vacchi’s Der Walddämon under the baton of Riccardo Chailly on January 29, 2015 (additional performances on 30 and 31).

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time: Hans-Jürgen von Bose introduces György Kurtág‘s …quasi una fantasia….

In November 2014 the German collecting society GEMA conducted a survey for its magazine Virtuos. They asked selected musicians about their childhood memories regarding Christmas. Here is Sergej Newski’s comment.

Edgard Varèse died on November 6, 1965 in New York at the age of 81. To honour the 50th anniversary of his death, the Filarmonica della Scala, conducted by Fabio Luisi, will perform Ameriques on January 12 in its first concert for 2015. January will also see several other performances of works by Varèse, including Tuning up in Paris with the Orchestre de Paris. Get more information about Varèse in this text.

On our blog, our contemporary composers present their favorite work from our catalogs. This time: Robert HP Platz introduces Klaus Huber‘s Erniedrigt – Geknechtet – Verlassen – Verachtet... .

As part of the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I, the Orchestre National de Belgique and the music department of the Palais des Beaux-Arts have commissioned Matteo Franceschini to write A memoria d’eco. The world premiere will be performed on 5 December 2014 in Brussels under the direction of Dima Slobodeniouk.

From our Repertoire is a blog category featuring knowledgeable commentary on works from our diverse catalogues. We will introduce you on a regular basis to not only the best-known compositions but also to niche works that we think deserve a little more attention.

This time: Gérard Grisey’s Les Espaces Acoustiques.