Par VOIGT THOMAS. „Der begehrteste Tenor der Welt', „the greatest tenor of today', „der neue König der Tenöre' - unter den Topstars der Opernwelt nimmt Jonas Kaufmann seit Jahren eine Sonderstellung ein. 2010, zu seinem Bayreuther Debüt in Hans Neuenfels' legendärer „Lohengrin'-Inszenierung, erschien erstmals sein Buch-Porträt, in dem er ausführlich über die Licht- und Schattenseiten seines Berufe…

Par STAHL FREDRIKA. Son précédent album, Sweep me away, avait été accueilli comme la plus belle révélation de l'automne 2010. Vint ensuite le vif succès de Twinkle Twinkle, délicate contine enregistrée pour une publicité et qui comptabilise plus d'1.5 millions de vues sur youtube. Le 11 mars prochain, Fredrika Stahl - auteur, compositeur, interprète et musicienne - sort son nouvel album Off to Dan…

The latest addition to the Novello Handel Edition. A stage work of 1745 based on John Milton's classical masque Comus created from a compilation of songs by Handel and Thomas Arne, both pre-existing and original, with the text adapted by John Dalton. This is the first ever complete publication of the work and is edited by Handel scholar Colin Timms.This work is for three or four Sopranos, Mezzo-So…

Cuban Rhythms For Percussion And Drumset. This book helps to overcome the various obstacles and difficulties drummers and multipercussionists from the four corners of the earth have had to face in view of their lack of knowledge about Cuban rhythms: Step by step, it offers - in a very skillful and up-to-date manner - a compilation of polyrhythmic transcriptions of pieces performed by most of the e…

Alireza Mashayekhi a composé les 'Points' opus 173 en 2006,Ces oeuvres se distinguent par leur caractère pédagogique tout en permettant aux jeunes musiciens de jouer en public, L'une des principales qualités de cette série de pièces est d'aborder la notation contemporaine de façon claire et méthodique, Les 'Points? constituent une approche originale de la musique des XXèmes et XXIèmes siècles, en …

Written in 1979 after seeing an exhibition of Rothko's paintings in Cologne, Ø is one of Barry's earliest published works. Both piano parts are the same and the composer describes the work as 'an exploration of ornamentation (the bending of an existing melody) and an etude in co-ordination (the challenge of playing exactly together)'. / 2 Pianos

Par LE BERRE ANNE. Michelle Poncet, de son nom de scène la « Destouches-Lobreau », directrice de troupe de théâtre et d’opéra, s’installe à l’Académie royale de musique de Lyon en 1752. Par sa remarquable habileté politique et artistique, elle se maintient plus de 25 années à la direction de l’institution, véritable phare des spectacles de la seconde ville du royaume. Elle s’occupe à la fois de l’…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. This piece depicts the refined beauty of the Grand Canyon at sunrise and sunset. These are the best times to view the Canyon with the sun low in the sky casting shadows that give depth and form to the vast panorama. Angel’s Gate is one of the many named rock formations in the canyon. The composer has tried to depict the sights and sounds of dawn, birdsong in the early morning sk…

A handy, accessible, thorough and convenient guide for saxophonists who want to get the most of out of their instrument. This Tipbook offers you a load of information, delivered at the right pace, including topics such as selecting and play-testing saxophones, buying mouthpieces, necks and reeds, maintenance and tuning as well as the history and the family of the instrument and a sax player's glos…

100 Years Of Popular Music chronicles the greatest music of the last century. This songbook contains more than 70 songs from the 1930s arranged for piano, voice and guitar, providing a fascinating insight into the music of the era. A listing of new inventions first seen during the 1930s is also included. / Pop, Popular / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series this comprehensive and thorough collection of fingerpicking guitar lessons contains invaluable tips and instruction implemented throughout the arrangements in this book. The three audio CDs give 3 full hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction. Lesson One: Basic fingerpicking patterns, bass runs, intermediate fingerpicking pattern…

Pour la Musique de la guitare, quelle qu'elle soit, la main qui joue les cordes en les pinçant - la main droite pour les droitiers - est celle responsable du caractère de cette Musique, du Son de l'instrument. Toutes les techniques de jeu imaginées : le pincé avec un médiator, les pincés avec la pulpe ou l'ongle des doigts, la combinaison des deux, utilisant éventuellement des onglets, se distingu…

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah caused a sensation at its world première performance, sung in English, in Birmingham UK in August 1846. The huge forces marshalled for the occasion delighted the audience, who demanded no fewer than eight encores and loudly acclaimed the composer despite an injunction to observe the solemnity of the occasion by refraining from ap…

In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is Ravel's virtuoso classic 'Tzigane?. Written origin…

Par WHIBLEY DANIEL. A traditional Irish tune (The Twisting of the Rope) arranged by Dan Whibley for Eb saxophone and harp (lever or pedal)./ Répertoire / Saxophone en Eb et Harpe