World premiere recording of Stravinsky’s Les Noces in a rare version of 1919 by Ensemble Aedes and Les Siècles conducted by Mathieu Romano.

“This recording is the result of a project conceived by the choreographer Dominique Brun, director of the dance company Les Porteurs d’Ombre, who asked me to provide the music for a new programme, Nijinska / Voilà la femme, which was premiered at the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris in March 2021. It comprises two major works, Stravinsky’s Les Noces and Ravel’s Bolero, both of which were originally choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska for the Ballets Russes.” - Mathieu Romano

An old work from 1976 has been discovered in Theo Verbey's archive. It is the Sonatina for bassoon and contrabass that Verbey wrote on the occasion of the wedding of two colleagues from the Delft Symphony Orchestra, Nel and Diemer de Vries. Although Verbey's official works list only begins in 1985 with the work Aura, the Sonatina is already quite representative of his style. The characteristic humor, playfulness and use of canon as a stylistic means can already be clearly heard. The sheet music of this work is available through Theo's publisher, Deuss Music at https://www.deussmusic.com/componisten/TheoVerbey/sonatine/16697228925531 We eagerly await the world premiere of a work that Theo wrote at the age of 17!