22 fiddle tunes from the golden age of sail, featuring dance tunes, shanties (work songs), recreational 'forebitters' and composed melodies which give the landlubber's take on the romance of the sea. Edward Huws Jones explains that 'during the heyday of sail, the busiest sea-routes of all were the North Atlantic crossings, especially between Liverpool and the American cotton ports- it was the head…

Par AHO KALEVI. Kalevi Aho's (b. 1949) concerto no. 2 for cello and orchestra (2013) is in five movements performed without a break. It begins with a swinging Berceuse, followed by a very quick, virtuosic Presto in 5/8 time. The heart of the concerto is the cadenza-like third movement, Adagio, dominated throughout by the soloist. A fairly short Allegretto is followed by the closing Epilogue. This …

Par . Both volumes of Easier Together - Recorders contain short and easy duos that can be performed by beginners either with their teachers or with more advanced learners. The pieces progress gradually from easier ones to more difficult works. This collection of recorder duos can also, with some supplementary material, be used as a recorder method. In these volumes, the musical experience of two-p…

11e album du blues rocker en transcriptions guitare solfège et tablatures. Titres : Different Shades Of Blue - Get Back My Tomorrow - Heartache Follows Wherever I Go - Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) - I Gave Up Everything For You, 'Cept The - Blues - Living On The Moon - Love Ain't A Love Song - Never Give All Your Heart - Oh Beautiful! - So, What Would I Do - Trouble Town / Guitare

Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. With the exception of his opera sinfonia, the present first edition of the Six Violin Sonatas by Johann Adolf Hasse is the only instrumental work by this composer whose authorship can be verified through his handwritten entries in a manuscript copy. The composer gave these pieces a profile completely tailored to the instrument, a fact which places them in sharp contrast to …

Fassung Iv. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. with the unfinished revision [1739] an an appendix. The St. John Passion ranks among the great vocal works from Bach’s Leipzig years. In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he made numerous changes. All previous editions of the St. John Passion have combined …

Often recalled as a decade defined by hippies, free love and social revolution - the 1960s had all that and more besides. As well as Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin and The Lovin' Spoonful, this was the era that gave us The Beatles, Van Morrison, Harry Nilsson and The Righteous Brothers. The charts of the 1960s found room for The Monkees and The Beach Boys, with El…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Jacob de Haan was commissioned to write Choral Music a concert band from Dinxperlo (Netherlands). This band gave the work its premiere in 1997 during the World Music Contest in Kerkrade. Choral Music is based on the chorale Sollt ich meinem Gott nicht singen by the seventeenth century German composer Johann Schop. Contrary to the title, Choral Music has nothing in common with a …

Collection Le Pupitre (LP22) The second volume of Couperin's Pieces for Harpsichord does not contain a date of publication, however, it is thought to have been composed during 1716-1717, due to the address which the composer gave on his other Harpsichord compositions. Yet, the compilation remains a favourite. François Couperin (1668-1733) is often nicknamed 'Couperin the Great' to distinguish hi…

Piano Reduction Of The Early 1844 Version. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn' s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer d…

Joseph Horovitz. Suite of five pieces for brass quintet: two trumpets, horn, trombone and tuba. Full Score. This work was composed in 1964 at the request of the well known American tuba player Roger Bobo. It was soon taken into the repertoire of the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, who gave the first BBC broadcast. The first recording was on Pye records, by the Hallé Brass Ensemble. Since then it has …

'Virtuoso piece in the style of a Hungarian rhapsody? - thus reads Ravel's entry on 'Tzigane? in the so-called 'Autobiographical Sketch?. Composed in 1924, there are three versions of this work: with piano, with orchestra and with luthéal, a device for keyboard instruments to extend the timbre. 'Tzigane? was inspired by the Hungarian-English violinist Jelly d'Aranyi, to whom Ravel had already prom…

E Minor Op. 64. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn?s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer during its composition and pl…

The 1970s were a rich time for music. The charts were dominated by Abba, with their distinctive dress sense and catchy pop hits. Blondie brought some New York punk energy to a clutch of lively numbers and Dylan gave us his anthemic Knockin' On Heaven's Door .The 1970s also saw the release of John Lennon's eternally relevant piece Imagine , and the arrival of new kid Elvis Costello with his hit Oli…