Par TCHAIKOVSKY PYOTR ILYICH. The four pieces chosen here (The New Doll, Folk Song, Old French Song and Italian Song) are suitable to be arranged for a trio of instruments. These pieces are secular and a suitable contrast to the aequale and other 19th century trombone genres. The arrangements are relatively short and pitched so as not to over-tax the players lips. They also share around the themat…

The Tunes for Two series is well established, and is used in so many schools throughout the world, thanks to the fine arrangements of such well-known pieces. There are 30 duets in each book (piano books one and two contain 20 each). An excellent introduction to ensemble playing, the familiar tunes make playing-along a rewarding experience. The versatile C and B flat instruments book has one part f…

Par KASTELEIN JAAP. Play the Blues is meant for players who, depending on the instrument, have studied music for about 2 to 3 years. The pieces of music in this volume have all been written in the twelve-bar blues style and have been arranged in two parts, but it is possible to play just the treble and still sound good. The CD features accompaniments for all 9 duets and also includes tuning notes.…

Par JANACEK LEOS. One of Leos Janàcek 's last chamber music works was written in the autumn of 1926 at the suggestion of the pianist Otakar Hollmann (1894& 1967), an invalid from the First World War. Like his contemporary Paul Wittgenstein, Hollmann urged composers to write something for Piano left hand; he succeeded in winning over Bohuslav Martinu, Erwin Schulhoff and Janàcek to do this. Janàcek…

Par MIRANDA LIN-MANUEL. Play 10 favourites from the critically acclaimed musical Hamilton. This collection features carefully-crafted piano solo arrangements from the music penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Including Burn, Helpless and My Shot, all the pieces are fun to play and faithful to the original performances. The show debuted on Broadway in August 2015 to unprecedented advanced box office sal…

25 Famous Carols. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Philip Sparke?s Classic Christmas brings together 25 of the most popular Christmas carols, which can either be played with the CD accompaniments or with organ or piano using the separate accompaniment book which fits with all the instrumental books. They can be performed as solos and are all in suitable keys to accompany congregational singing. / Niveau : Facil…

Par HINDSON MATTHEW. Matthew Hindson's Rush for guitar and string quartet takes its influence from the music of Felix Mendelssohn. The fast and technically challenging passages found in the final movement of the Mendelssohn String Octet influenced Hindson's decision to compose a work for the Goldner String Quartet that is highly virtuosic in nature. Hindson remarks, 'it is much more the spirit of …

Traditional and Modern Rhythms
After the publication of his first two method books 'Brazilian Percussion' and 'Atabaque ' the Brazilian Conga', the Brazilian percussionist Gilson de Assis is now introducing 'Brazilian Pandeiro', a book which features the broad and diversified sound range of this wonderful instrument.

This method book aims at all levels of students, from beginners …

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This piece was inspired by the composer watching his young son, Benny, playing ‘soldiers’ with his collection of teddy bears - how appropriate!But it made him think of the many character pieces which take the form of a ‘toy march’, the most notable examples being by Haydn, Tchaikovsky and Leon Jessel. Parade of the Clockwork Soldiers is in the form of a ‘patrol’ (starting and en…

'Something quite curious, I believe? - it was thus that Robert Schumann described the Concert Piece for four Horns and large orchestra in a letter, and he did indeed break new ground with this work as far as the scoring and treatment of the instruments was concerned. When it was composed in 1849, the French horn was still fairly new, enabling players to play previously unheard-of runs and free mod…

Par HEIMBUCHER CHRISTOPH. / Livre / Divers