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In the autumn of 1819, refreshed from a three-month stay in the Austrian countryside, Franz Schubert returned to Vienna to begin one of his major choral works, the great Mass in A-fiat Major. Completed three years later, this work has been praised as a grand harmonic adventure with deeply affecting moments of rare poignance. Along with the Mass No. 6 in E-flat Maior, it is the most performed of Schubert's masses. The latter work--composed in 1828, the year of his death was among the final musical achievements of Schubert's brief life. It is especially memorable for its touching commemoration of the birth of Christ in a haunting lullaby, and its powerful evocation of the cruel spectacle of the crucifixion. Both masterworks of church music have been reprinted from the definitive Breitkopf & Hartel Critical Edition of 1884-1897. Separate English translations of the Latin texts are provided.

Fumihiko Maki's many buildings are characterized by a commitment to the ongoing project of Modernism as well as a humanist concern for the experience of the people who inhabit them. Both a thoughtful writer and a prolific builder, Maki was a founding member of the Metabolists, a highly influential group of Japanese architects in the 1960s who redefined how designers thought about large-scale urban planning. His own work, while sometimes vast in scale, is consistently responsive to the individual user. His 50-year exploration and expansion of the Modernist vocabulary has resulted in buildings that are technologically inventive, deceptively simple, and which carefully balance lightness and dignity. This book contains over 40 projects, extensively illustrated with drawings, photos, models, sketches, diagrams and computer renderings. These include the Spiral Building in Tokyo, the Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium, the Kaze-No-Oka Crematorium in Nakatsu, and a tower currently under construction for the World Trade Cen

"As they watched on television as airliners controlled by terrorists flew into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the American and international public at large became suddenly aware of the symbolic, political, economic and social importance of architecture." 作者简介： MAX PROTETCH opened his first gallery in 1969 at the age of twenty-three.Since 1978 he has estaboished himself as the world's premier dealer in architectural drawings and objects.He has shown the work of some of the most important architects of the twentieth century,including Frank Lloyd Wright,Mies van der Rohe,Louis Kahn,Aldo Rossi,and Eliel and Eero Saarinen,and proemiered the work of some of the most influential figures in contemporary architecture,in cluding Frank Gehry,Michalel Graves ,Zaha Hadid,John Hejduk,Rem Koolhaas,and Samuel Mockee. The photograph above,by Richard Pare,shows Protetch in 1998 at architect Tadao Ando's Chikatsu-Asuka Hisorical Museum,where ht was preparing for a show of work by Ando and

Frederic Chopin's four ballades, four ilnpromptus and three sonatas are among the composer s most mature works, riwdled only by his scherzos and polonaases for extended thematic development and formal structure. In their broader scope and more dramatic impact, these important compositions show us Chopin's other face,balancing those brief,wonderfully melodious pieces--the waltzes, preludes and mazurkas--that make up his most popular repertoire.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) first wrote Ariadne auf Naxos as an interlude to be performed with Moli~re's play Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, and it was presented in Stuttgart in that form in 1912. Several years later, with his collaborator Hugo von Hoffmansthal, Strauss expanded the work into the full-length opera we know today. This glorious new Ariadne auf Naxos was first presented at the Vienna State Opera in October 1916. The story artfully intermingles backstage comedy, the lofty emotions of Greek mythology and the merry pranks of a troupe of commedia dell'arte players. Strauss endowed these antic proceedings with a luminous score that combines music of great satiric wit with breathtaking flights of lyricism. Today Ariadne auf Naxos is one of Richard Strauss's most highly regarded operas, and is frequently performed on the world's stages. It is reprinted here from the definitive full-score edition published in Berlin by Adolph Fiirstner following the opera's 1916 premiere.

Written early in Beethoven's career on a commission from the Viennese court's ballet-master, The Creatures of Prometheus draws upon a creation myth for its inspiration. The ballet recounts the ancient story of the demigod Prometheus, who molds humans both literally, from clay, and intellectually, by endowing them with gifts of art and science--an irresistible scenario for Beethoven's Enlightenment sensibilities. The theme for the ballet's finale reappeared later in the composer's "Eroica" Symphony, as well as in the Eroica Variations for piano solo. Other aspects of this work, starting with a thunderstorm portraying Zeus's wrath, demonstrate the sudden key changes, tonal shifts, and unexpected tense episodes characteristic of Beethoven's style. Musicians and music lovers will want to add this authoritative score to their libraries. Noted scholar Stanley Appelbaum has provided comprehensive notes to this edition, clarifying the historical and musical background of this unusual work. Unabridged republication of

Aston martin plays a very special role in the exclusive world ofthe luxury sports car.the name of the noble marque from NewportPagnell has a fine ring to it,and it is not only for its dedicatedcircle of devotees that the British Racing Green of as Astonprovides the perfect answer to the racing red of its illustriousItalian rivals

Famed for his modern art and rendering of human, animal and still life compositions, this is a celebration of the works of Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero.

These free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues—which grewout of the acclaimed Carnegie Hall Talks—are an exchange betweentwo of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: DanielBarenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, andEdward W. Said, eminent literary critic and impassioned commentatoron the Middle East. Barenboim is an Argentinian-Israeli and Said aPalestinian-American; they are also close friends. As they range across music, literature, and society, they openup many fields of inquiry: the importance of a sense of place;music as a defiance of silence; the legacies of artists from Mozartand Beethoven to Dickens and Adorno; Wagner’s anti-Semitism; andthe need for “artistic solutions” to the predicament of the MiddleEast—something they both witnessed when they brought young Arab andIsraeli musicians together. Erudite, intimate, thoughtful andspontaneous, Parallels and Paradoxes is a virtuosiccollaboration.

The wonderful array of exotic dishes that can be found throughout Asia，from northern Chica and Korea to the Philippines，rely on fresh，regionalingredients，simple preparation and traditional cooking methods。 This in valuable book opens with a guide to the key ingredients used in the Asian kitchen，describing their appearance，flavor and aroma，and offers advice on buying，storing and cooking。 作者简介 Sallie Morris and Deh-Ta Hsiung have combined their knowledge of Chinese and Asian food with their talents as cooks to create more than200 authentic and inspirational recipes。 Each recipe is written with step-by -step instructions to help you achieve perfect results every time。Find out how easy it is to make Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls，Crispy Wonton Sonton Soup。Red Chicken Chicken Curry with Bamboo Shoots，and Malaysian Coconut Ice Cream。

Clubs by their definition offer 'exclusivity': to be a member ofa club you have to meet the selected criteria, whatever that mightbe. The image of a club becomes the key to how its members identifywith it - be it the relaxed wholesome logos of health clubs; or thesleek aerodynamic images found in business-class airline lounges.This issue of AD sets out to examine how architects and interiordesigners effectively use the physical spaces of clubs to enforceimages of exclusivity and collective belonging. Traditionalgentlemen's clubs are looked at alongside a new generation ofsports, media, commercial and night clubs that are springing upacross the world. It also features interviews with Nigel Coates andDavid Adjaye.

Jean-Jacques Sempé is one of the most successful and best-loved cartoonists in the world, best known from his cartoons that have graced the covers and pages of the New Yorker for decades. Sempé has published numerous collections of his work in his native France, but never before have they been translated into English. Phaidon Press is delighted to present the first English translated publication of MIXED MESSAGES by Jean-Jacques Sempé, one of four witty and beautifully illustrated collections from this notorious and widely adored cartoonist. The most recent collection of Sempé's work, MIXED MESSAGES was originally published in France in 2003. Here Sempé turns his attention to the trappings of modern life, from cell phones to designer water, and revisits some of his favorite subjects, such as struggling artists, a look psychiatrists and unhappy couples. One image portrays two business men in conversation, traveling down a cit street aboard personal scooters, ironically wondering about the kin

Every year, creative design studios around the world design acalendar as a gift for clients and friends. Traditionally, oursociety use to hang calendars annually on the walls of our housesand even now have been replaced by digital calendars on our mobilephones and computers, some still harbor the ancestral spiritraising its profit to a mere object of design. 365 Days of Design is a collection of the best ideas and. designcalendar solutions by some of the best designers, illustrators andartists worldwide. We selected the most creative designs, originaland visually interesting, making this title an amazing book ofinspiration for designers and creatives of all kinds..

One of Victorian Englands most charismatic characters, DanteGabriel Rossetti painted and wrote with equal passion. He wassimilarly passionate in his personal life: his etherealartist-wife, his earthy blond mistress, and the ravishing JaneMorris are al

The logo bible, this book provides graphic designers with an indispensable reference source for contemporary logo design. More than 1300 logos are grouped according to their focal form, symbol, and graphic associations into 75 categories such as crosses, stars, crowns, animals, people, handwritten, illustrative type, etc. To emphasize the visual form of the logos, they are shown predominantly in black and white. By sorting a vast, international array of current logotypes ranging from those of small, design-led businesses to global brands the book offers design consultancies a ready resource to draw on in the research phase of identity projects. Logos are also indexed alphabetically by name of company/designer and by industrial sector, making it easy to piece together a picture of the state of the identity art in any client's marketplace.

"Contemporary Asian Living Rooms" takes you into the stunningliving rooms in 50 of Southeast Asia's most interesting homes andhotels. Shown on these pages are dozens of beautiful interiors,shown in more than 150 full-colour photographs from internationallyrenowned photographer Luca Invernizzi Tettoni. Created by some ofthe leading talents in contemporary Asian design today, theseinteriors feature creative shapes, contours, materials, and newways of working with the space where family and friends spend mostof their time together in the house.

Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPDhomicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But hisfirst case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the body of a Hollywood producer in the trunk of aRolls-Royce, shot twice in the head at close range - what lookslike "trunk music," a Mafia hit. But the LAPD's organized crimeunit is curiously uninterested, and when Harry follows a trail ofgambling debts to Las Vegas, the case suddenly becomes more complex- and much more personal. A rekindled romance with an old girlfriend opens new perspectiveson the murder, and he begins to glimpse a shocking triangle ofcorruption and collusion. Yanked off the case, Harry himself issoon the one being investigated. But only a bullet can stop Harrywhen he's searching for the truth . . .