Chamber Music Scores from bookarrest

New York: International Music Co., 1950. Folio Cover with Parts. Fine. 9" x 12. International No. 1218. A delightful Divertimento by the gifted Austrian violinist-composer, here edited by Pierre Pasquier of the Pasquier Trio. MOVEMENTS: Andante, Menuetto, Finale - Presto. 7+3+3 pages. CONDITION: A bright unmarked, uncreased set with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective… Read more about this item

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA: Norkinshot Press, 2003. Plastic Comb with Card Covers. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Franz Kamin was a composer creating in the outer fringes of the global Avant Garde. Concerning this work, he stated: "Behavioral Drift II is a 'mass sound' continuum for twenty-one performers divided into three Performing ensembles and a Controlling Ensemble (which is… Read more about this item

Hamburg, Germany: Deutsche Grammophon, 2000. CDs/Booklet/Slipcase. Fine/Fine Minus (overall). 5.5" x 5" x 1. DGG 289 463 284-2. Persuasive, vitally present "live" performances (at the Aspen Music Festival - in 1994, 1998, and 1999) by the Emerson String Quartet CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Disc Timings: 75:26, 76:57, 77:56, 68:32, and… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 1996. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. cps-8632 / SCI CD No. 8. Engaging vocal chamber music and a one-act opera by five USA-based composers. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. (As with all SCI CDs, there is an informative booklet inside, giving brief biographies of… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 1994. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CPS-8615 / SCI CD No. 4. Engaging, well-creafted chamber works by USA-based composers. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. (As with all SCI CDs, there is an informative booklet inside, giving brief biographies of the composers and program notes… Read more about this item

Composer-Produced, 1990. Plastic Comb/Transparent Cover. Fine. 8.5" x 11. This work, scored for string quartet, is the gifted American composer's response to the 1989-90 freedom struggles in Eastern Europe and their similarities and differences with those of Native Americans in 1889. The work is inspired by the poetry of K'os Naahaabii, and is structured as follows: Prologue; Stanza… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 1998. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CPS-8641. The brilliant New York City-based clarinetist and champion of "new music" here offers seven stylistically diverse works featuring her artistry. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the track List. Total Time: 52:01. CONDITION: A Fine CD (having some tiny ultra-faint scratches… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 2008. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CPS-8803. Engaging contemporary vocal and instrumental chamber works by the gifted American composer. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the track List. Total Time: 66:32. CONDITION: A Fine unscratched CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. The CD was played twice… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, New York: Capstone Records, 1999. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CPS-8660. Five provocative, well-crafted works by American composer members of SCI. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. (As with all SCI CDs, there is an informative booklet inside, giving brief biographies of the composers and program notes about the… Read more about this item

Dordrecht, Netherlands: Etcetera, 2000. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. KTC 1234. This CD offers a fascinating overview of the Dutch composer Jo Sporck. Here are seven works written between 1988 and 1999. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 70:49. CONDITION: A Fine uncompromised CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet,… Read more about this item

Germany: Deutsche Grammophon, 1982. CDs in Triple Jewelcase. Fine Minus/Fine. 5.5" x 5" x 1. DGG 415 883-2. All of Mendelssohn's music for string quartet, here persuasively performed by the Stuttgart-based Melos Quartett. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track Lists. Disc Timings: 71:48 + 57:07 + 69:44. CONDITION: Three Fine Minus CDs (CD 2… Read more about this item

Germany: Composer-Published, 1994. Plastic Comb/Transparent Cover. Fine. 8.5" x 11.75. A fascinating avant-garde work by the gifted Japanese composer, in which the acoustic sounds of a trumpet and piano are - in a "live" concert - altered by a computer, the sounds picked up by microphones and reproduced by four speakers with a digital mixer. (Over 50… Read more about this item

Holland: Cantus Komitee-Productie. CD in Jewel Case. Near Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. # MH 049001. This CD offers a fascinating mid-career overview of the Dutch composer Jo Sporck. Here are six works written in the 1980s: Hymne to the Night (1985; piano/violin/cello), Three Nocturnes (1987; piano), String Quartet #1 (1988), Seven Lodeizen Songs (1989; soprano/piano), Capriccio (1988; violin/cello),… Read more about this item

Germany: Berlin Classics, 1993. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine Minus. 5.5" x 5. BC 1065-2. Three masterworks from the Second Viennese School, insightfully perfpormed by the Gewandhaus-Quartett. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 51:03. CONDITION: A FINE CD (one ultra-faint scratch not affecting playback), jewel-case, and booklet, its tray insert showing… Read more about this item

Stockholm, Sweden: Nosag Records, 2006. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. Nosag CD 128. The gifted cellist-composer here performs five of his exceptional solo cello compositions. CONTENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 72:25. CONDITION: A Fine unscratched CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. The CD was played… Read more about this item

England: EMI Records Limited, 1983. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. CDC 7 47018 2. Schubert's profoundly beautiful String Quintet, one of the last works he composed before his tragic early death, here performed by the Alban Berg Quartet plus cellist Heinrich Schiff. MOVEMENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. CONDITION: A… Read more about this item

New York: DGG - Polygram - BMG, 1986. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. D 115030. Two magnificent Russian string quartets, here performed by the Emerson String Quartet. CONTENTS: See my accompanying scan image of the Track List. CONDITION: A Fine unscratched CD with Fine jewelcase, booklet, and tray insert. The CD was played twice and… Read more about this item

New York: Sony Classical, 1992. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. Sony SK 52 524. Rossini, best known for his operas, created many chamber works, including these engaging wind quartets, here performed by Ensemble Wien-Berlin. CONTENTS: See my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 72:54. CONDITION: A Fine unscratched CD with Fine jewelcase,… Read more about this item

New York: Philips - Polygram - BMG, 1991. CD in Jewel Case. Fine/Fine. 5.5" x 5. Philips D 100191. Masterful, insightful performances by the Beaux Arts Trio [Menahem Pressler, Isidore Cohen, and Peter Wiley], with guests Eugene Drucker and Lawrence Dutton in the Quintet. MOVEMENTS: Please see my accompanying scan image of the Track List. Total Time: 57:22.… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California: Composer-Produced, 1976. First Edition Thus . Staple-Bound. Very Good. 9.5" X 13. A challenging avant-garde trio in variation form - by the gifted American composer who taught for many years at California State University-Northridge. 23 pages. [NOTE: Due to the work's rhythmic complexity, I conclude that all players would read from a full score.] CONDITION:… Read more about this item