David Bevan's Sonata for Oboe and Piano. David Bevan was educated at Westminster Cathedral Choir School Downside School (where he was a music scholar) and Queen’s College Oxford on an OpenHastings Scholarship. In 1973 he was awarded an organ scholarship by the French Government to study with Jean Langlais and Gaston Litaize. From 1972-1976 he was Assistant Master of the Music at Westminster…
Michael Regan's Desert Winds provides an interesting and challenging suite of movements for Flute and Piano depicting three of the different types of desert wind: Harmattan Santa Ana and Brickfielder.
Kleztet was premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival on 22nd May 2008 for the occasion of Ennio Moricone's 80th birthday celebrations. It's a challenging work for the performers but it's an incredible performance piece and fizzes along at breathtaking speed!The piece is dedicated to ArteCombo Wind Quintet whose stunning performance of the first movement is seen in the YouTube clip.Con…
These are a charming collection of pieces for horn (in E-flat or F) and piano by Victor Brightmore. The individual horn in E-flat and horn in F parts are also included on separate inserts.
Carnovale is a well known 19th Century melody popularised by variations on the theme by Paganini and then later by Italian clarinettist and composer Ernsesto Cavallini who wrote his own set of variations. This is aterrific arrangement by Pamela Weston re-scored for Clarinet in A accompanied by a String Quartet to form a wonderful encore for use in concerts.
'The genesis of Aubade is a piece for Piano which I wrote in the spring of 2015 and which I afterwards thought might go rather well on the Oboe. As I warmed to this idea and a piece for Oboe began to develop Irealised that I was constantly thinking about Oboist friends with whom I had had such pleasure when playing in various wind ensembles. Aubade is therefore in a way a celebration of those fri…
Trumpet In Church is a wonderful collection of popular trumpet pieces for the accomplished performer. The pieces have been arranged for trumpet and organ/piano by Shirley Denwood. The individual trumpet part is also included on aseparate insert.
