As one of the best-selling artists of all time, Taylor Swift (b. 1989) needs no introduction. Since her debut album in 2006, she has been firmly established as one of the most popular artists working today. Her fifth studio album, 1989, released in October 2014, was the fastest-selling album in the United States in over a decade. As the title suggests, it is heavily influenced by 1980's pop and ma…

The Books of 1726-7 and 1741. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This is the first complete edition of the keyboard works of Jean-Philippe Rameau to incorporate all the printed collections of harpsichord music published under his supervision as well as his clavier arrangement of Les Indes Galantes. It also includes many new insights into performance practice (e. g. the handling of repeat signs in the origi…

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Mahler’s Ninth sings of beauty, love and impermanence “World! Farewell!” noted Mahler above the final measures. His last completed symphony embraces the world of yesterday, while pushing the door wide open to the modern age. The composition, created in a “mad urgency and haste,” had already posed puzzles for his copyists. While Mahler was able to clarify some of them already in …

Par GOODALL HOWARD. Every Purpose under the Heaven is a musical tribute to one of the most important cultural landmarks of the Western civilisation - the 1611 King James Bible . Written in celebration of the Bible's 400- year anniversary, Goodall has brought together ten of the most expressive passages, from Genesis to Revelation, to create an oratorio that is at once steeped in historic grandeur …

Major - Bordun. Par ORFF CARL / KEETMAN GUNILD. Carl Orff devoted much of his life to the development of a philosophy of Music for Children, based on his belief that music is the natural outcome of speech, rhythm and movement. His ideas and pioneering work have had a major influence on music and dance education throughout the world and today that work continues under the guidance of leading teache…

Pentatonig. Par ORFF CARL / KEETMAN GUNILD. Carl Orff devoted much of his life to the development of a philosophy of Music for Children, based on his belief that music is the natural outcome of speech, rhythm and movement. His ideas and pioneering work have had a major influence on music and dance education throughout the world and today that work continues under the guidance of leading teachers a…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. All of Bach ’s six authenticated motets were written between 1723 and 1727 for St Thomas’ Church, Leipzig, where Bach was appointed as director of music in 1723. During this period, Bach composed most of his cantatas, and it seems likely that for ordinary Sunday services he used existing motets from the seventeenth century tradition, reserving his own motet compositions …

Chestnuts Roasting on an open Fire. Par TORME MEL / WELLS ROBERT. Full divisi choral textures and rich harmonies are the hallmark of this a cappella edition of this Christmas classic arranged by Jerry Rubino. This setting will enhance any holiday program! / Date parution : 2007-04-20/ Feuillet / Voix Mixtes

Poursuivant sur le premier volume, plus de chansons et ballades de l'Irlande est un autre volume fabuleux de musique traditionnelle de l'île d'émeraude! Il englobe tous les styles et le type de chanson irlandaise pour former une sélection bien équilibrée et polyvalente pour animer toute chantante, hooley ou une séance traditionnelle. Ce deuxième recueil de chansons forty contient les mots complets…

Cela fait 100 ans qu'Ortofon existe, et c'est bien l'une des rares companies internationales à pouvoir le fêter ! Pour cette occasion spéciale, la marque originaire du Danemark a décidé de publier son livre « collector » à destination du grand public qui retrace l'histoire d'ortofon depuis son lancement en 1918 jusqu'à aujourd'hui, et qui met en lumière son savoir-faire. A CENTURY OF ACCURACY …

Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten. Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten was composed by Georg Neumark in about 1641 and was subtitled ‘Trostlied’ literally meaning consolation song. Songbooks at the time showed the popularity of this song and it is still well-known today partly due to Johann Sebastian Bach’s use of the melody for one of his own chorals. In Jan de Haan’s arrangement the choral i…

fa mineur. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven's Sonata in F minor op. 57, the so-called Appassionata, was long considered by its creator to be the greatest of his piano sonatas. Even today, it is considered one of the milestones of the entire piano literature. Although its epithet did not appear until more than ten years after Beethoven's death, its tonal language is dominated by an incomparable …

Brahms had already announced his ?retirement' from composition when in the spring of 1894 he played chamber music with the cellist Robert Hausmann and the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. This encounter apparently renewed his enthusiasm for Mühlfeld's much admired playing and inspired him to write two clarinet sonatas in the summer of the same year. It remains unclear when exactly Brahms drafted vio…