King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company announces the publication of David Leisner's arrangement of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orpheus and Eurydice) for guitar and cello (144-40666 - Set of Two Performance Scores - $8.99).
Together with the phenomenal cellist Zuill Bailey, Leisner has recorded his own guitar and cello arrangements of classic and original works on Arpeggione (Azica Records). In particular, his arrangement of the Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits highlights a singing cello melodic line over an accompaniment which lies beautifully on the fretboard. Leisner's arrangements should be welcome additions to programs by performing duos of this unusual combination. Amateurs of advanced intermediate skills and professionals will enjoy the dynamics and haunting melody of this 18th century classic.
The Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits joins three other titles from the recording already published by Theodore Presser Company: Saint-Saëns The Swan (144-40665 - Set of Two Performance Scores - $8.99), Schubert Arpeggione Sonata (144-40627 - Set of Parts - $19.99), and an original Leisner work, Twilight Streams (144-40603 - Set of Two Performance Scores - $40.99)
The Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits is available now through Theodore Presser Company or your favorite music retailer.
David Leisner is an extraordinarily versatile musician with a distinguished career as guitarist, composer, and teacher. As composer, Leisner is noted for the emotional and dramatic power of his music, which has been performed worldwide by such eminent artists as Wolfgang Holzmair, Sanford Sylvan, Paul Sperry, Juliana Gondek, Susan Narucki, D�Anna Fortunato, Michael Kelly, Rufus Müller, William Ferguson, Patrick Mason, Robert Osborne, Zuill Bailey, Tara O�Connor, Eugenia Zukerman, David Starobin, Benjamin Verdery, Brasil Guitar Duo, St. Lawrence, Enso, and Avalon String Quartets, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Cavatina Duo, Arc Duo, as well as orchestras around the US.
Fanfare magazine describd ethe music of David Leisner as “rich in invention and melody, emotionally direct, and beautiful.” An extensive discography includes the much-praised Cedille CD, Acrobats, performed by the Cavatina Duo, and his compositions are published by several major publishers, including Theodore Presser Co. and G. Schirmer. Works and commissions include Pranayama for the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Das Wunderbare Wesen for baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and solo cello, A Timeless Procession for baritone Holzmair and string quartet, Vision of Orpheus for the St. Lawrence Quartet and Leisner, Embrace of Peace for the Fairfield Orchestra, and Battlefield Requiem for solo cellist Laurence Lesser and the New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble.
Leisner also maintains a busy career as a concert guitarist, performing in recital and as soloist with orchestras around the world. Leisner is currently the co-chair of the guitar department at the Manhattan School of Music. For more information, see our Composer Gallery or the composer's website.
Offering music by today�s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States, dedicated to carrying out the aims and goals its founder established more than a century ago: service, with integrity, to music and musicians, commitment to quality, and a vision for the future. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher that also distributes the works of more than 70 American and foreign publishers, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 titles.
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