Dvorák's 'Requiem?, for soloists, choir and orchestra, is one of the highlights within the international choral repertoire. Now Bärenreiter is presenting this work in an arrangement by Joachim Linckelmann with chamber orchestra based on the full score from the 'Complete Edition of the Works by Antonín Dvorák?.The arrangement dispenses with all the brass instruments except for a single horn- all th…

Par KATSKI ANTONI. Souvenir de Cracovie, published circa 1870 with the subtitle Improvisation sur les krakowiak nationaux (an improvisation on the themes of national Krakowiaks), dedicated to Countess Franciszka Komorowska (Madame la Comtesse Françoise de Komorowska) is a very pretty composition which upgrades the folklore to the level of salon music. After several bars of mysterious introduction …

Arch Gwyn (Arranger). Par ARCH GWYN. In this volume one of the world's most alluring and popular songs, The Girl From Ipanema , is beautifully arranged for young voices along with the stirring Banana Boat Song and the breathtaking finale to the collection, the Argentinian tango La Cumparsita . These fun, yet manageable, arrangements will delight young choirs time and again. An optional Baritone pa…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven completed his String Quartet Op.135 at Wasserdorf Castle in Gneixenhof, where he sought to recuperate with his nephew Karl after the latter?s failed suicide attempt in summer 1826. It stands out among his late quartets owing to the often cheerful, almost pastoral character of its four movements. Since Beethoven?s death it has often been interpreted as an attempt…

A Tone Poem, Op. 62. Par CESARINI FRANCO. Franco Cesarini was commissioned to write The Light of Resistance by the Filarmonica di Villadossola APS (Piedmont, Italy) for its 125th anniversary. The Villadossola revolt was an uprising that took place in November 1943 in the homonymous municipality during World War II. The partisans, with the support of local workers, managed to temporarily liberate …

Ricordi, the well-known printer of classical opera, presents the works of the great opera composers in its CRITICAL EDITION · PRACTICAL SERIES. These revised definitive scores are produced by using all the currently available sources ranging from the original autographs to printed editions, in line with strict philological and critical criteria. Each edition has a brief introduction providing the …

Perfect for the student of Jazz. --Michael Brecker 'I encourage the jazz guitar students at the University of North Texas to emulate tenor saxophonists. Greg Fishman's book, Jazz Guitar Etudes, contains idiomatic bebop lines and will be a great tool for any guitar teacher with aspiring jazz guitarists. Thanks, Greg!' Fred Hamilton, professor of jazz guitar, University of North Texas 'These are gre…

Dip into this stockingful of easy Christmas music for violin! With words to sing along, chords for guitar or keyboard, and a fantastic play-along CD, Fiddle Time Christmas is the perfect gift for any young violinist. 1. Andrew Mine, Jasper Mine 2. Auld lang Syne 3. Away in A Manger 4. Bethl'em Lay A-sleeping 5. Child In A Manger 6. Children, Go! 7. Christmas Calypso 8. Danc…

The composer says: Several musical threads led to my writing this piece of music to celebrate my friend Matanya Ophee's (AKA MO) 80th birthday - a life lived with the guitar. Jelly Roll Morton once asserted: 'In fact, if you can't manage to put tinges of Spanish in your tunes, you will never be able to get the right seasoning; I call it, for jazz.' Over the last couple of years I moved back to Je…

Light And Matter was jointly commissioned by the Library of Congress, Britten Sinfonia, Norrbotten NEO and the Aeolian Chamber Players in honour of the 50th anniversary of the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Composed in 2014 by Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, the piece is for Violin, Cello and Piano.Saariaho states that her inspiration for this work came from looking out of her window in Ne…

Opus 13 - Grande Sonate Pathetique. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. In a span of only eight years, between 1794–1802, Beethoven composed twenty Piano sonatas, among them his so-called “Grande Sonate Pathétique” op. 13. It marks the consummation of his Classical style, yet also already alludes to his Heroic Period with its intensely Romantic characteristics. Composed in the “tragic” key of C minor, it fo…

Par ELBOW. The official album-matching songbook to Elbow's Asleep in the Back, arranged for guitar and voice. With this Mercury Music Prize-nominated album, Guy Garvey and his band have managed to make progressive rock fashionable again. This folio contains accurate transcriptions of all the songs from the album, in guitar tablature and standard notation. / Pop & rock / Tablatures / Guitare Tabla…

Jazz Play-Along Vol.26. Tous les niveaux pour tous les niveaux, instrumentistes et chanteurs. Entendre David Liebman en solo sur chaque échelle figurant dans le programme de l'échelle. David solos sur les deux versions de chaque écaille. Tout d'abord est lente/simple et le second est plus complexe et rapide. Séparation stéréo vous permet de ttice et improvisent, trop ! Piano et guitare, trop. Davi…