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It is with great sadness that Bärenreiter · Alkor bids farewell to Piero Ostali, owner and managing director of the music publishing house Casa Musicale Sonzogno, who died unexpectedly in Milan on 21 December 2025 at the age of 63.
Piero Ostali was born in Milan on 21 June 1962. After studying philosophy, he joined the long-established family business, which was founded in 1874 by Edoardo Sonzogno and taken over in 1923 by his grandfather, Piero Ostali Sr. »more«
Miroslav Srnka's “Superorganisms” for orchestra has already experienced an impressive journey around the world: originally composed for Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker, the world premiere had to be postponed and took place in Tokyo in June 2023 with the NHK Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yoichi Sugiyama. This was followed a year later by the Paris premiere under Klaus Mäkelä. Now this impressive orchestral work will be performed for the first time in Germany on 13, 14 and 15 February 2025 in »more«
Dieter Ammann's compositional principle is succinctly summarised in the title of his new viola concerto “no templates”: What is meant is “an openness of thought in dealing with the genre” and equally “an openness with regard to the variety of techniques used and different textures”, a risk at all times, a walk into the open, and thus also a tribute to the dedicatee Wolfgang Rihm. »more«
Jean-Philippe Rameau recounted the story of the brothers Castor and Pollux with dramatic force in two versions. His tragédie from 1737 shone with contrasts and expressiveness as well as an impressive underworld scene, but it was only in the later, revised version from 1754 that it achieved complete success. The early version is now being staged at the Opéra Garnier in Paris by a prominent artistic team led by Peter Sellars (photo) and Teodor Currentzis with Jeanine de Bique and Reinoud Van Mechelen. »more«
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As an agency for stage and orchestral works, Bärenreiter · Alkor represents furthermore renowned German and foreign music publishers worldwide or in selected sales territories, including Faber Music London, DILIA Prague, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag Wien, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim, Casa Musicale Sonzogno Milan, Editions Henry Lemoine Paris and Rai Com Rome.
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Ut Orpheus, now distributed by Alkor
The rental material of the renowned music publisher Ut Orpheus Edizioni will now be distributed worldwide by Alkor-Edition, with the exception of Italy. The attractive catalogue, dedicated primarily to early music, includes the complete editions of Francesco Geminiani, Luigi Boccherini and Muzio Clementi.
Ut Orpheus Edizioni is a music publishing house which was founded in 1993 in Bologna, its headquarters being situated in the historic centre of this city where also its own specialized music bookshop – the Libreria Musicale Ut Orpheus – is to be found. The catalogue comprises over 2,000 titles, including scores of early, classical and contemporary music, books and journals.
A large part of its publications consists of formerly unpublished works by known or unknown composers issued in meticulous scholarly-critical Urtext editions.
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Pietro Mascagni
Zanetto
Yajie Zhang, Narine Yeghiyan, Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe, Conductor: Felix Krieger
Oehms
Jean Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux
Judith van Wanroij, Veronique Gens, Reinoud van Mechelen, Tassis Christoyannis, Olivia Doray, Hasnaa Bennani, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, Conductor: György Vashegyi
Alpha
Miloslav Kabelac
Symphony No.2, Overtures for Orchestra Nos. 1 & 2
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Jakub Hrusa
Capriccio
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Haffner-Akademie
Anna Prohaska, Herbert Schuch, Ensemble Resonanz, Conductor: Riccardo Minasi
Dieter Ammann
Orchestral works "music for orchestra"
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Conductor: Jonathan Nott
Schweizer Fonogramm
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orpheus & Eurydike
Reinoud van Mechelen, Ana Vieira Leite, Julie Roset, Les Arts Florissants, Conductor: Paul Agnew
Les Arts Florissants
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