After composing the unconventional but highly successful Night Piece (Notturno) for the inaugural Leeds International Piano Competition, Marion Harewood, the competition's co-founder along with Dame Fanny Waterman, asked Britten to write a further piece for the 1966 contest. He began a set of variations in the autumn of 1965, but the manuscript breaks off just before the end of the sixth of what a…

Lieder der Vergänglichkeit for three soloists (SMezBar), mixed choir and orchestra. Par PENDERECKI KRZYSZTOF. The form of this work is not so much based on the classical symphony, but is closer to a song cycle structure which has now grown to include 13 movements for choir and orchestra. The Romantic characteristics and form of the 8th Symphony are both reminiscent of Gustav Mahler’s choral sympho…

Par MAROON 5. Schoolmates since Junior High and now based in Los Angeles, Maroon 5 blend elements of R and B, soul and funk influences into their rock and roll songs. All 12 songs from Maroon 5's debut album, arranged for piano and voice with full lyrics and guitar chord boxes. Includes their hit singles Harder To Breathe and This Love . / Niveau : Elémentaire / Rép International / Recueil / Pi…

Par ORFF CARL. Orff-Schulwerk has been translated and adapted for use in many countries and there are editions in numerous languages, with a comprehensive range of supplementary material. Those teachers using the various English editions will find here a rich and exciting source of traditional folk songs, dance melodies and original material from other countries, which will enlarge and enrich the …

Modern Piano Nocturnes. Par METELKA JAKUB. The album ?The Secret Garden? by Jakub Metelka (b. 1986) contains fifteen recital pieces in simple song form, thus tying in with his successful, technically less demanding piano cycle ?Little Virtuoso? (BA11569). The individual compositions in the collection are characterized by Metelka?s unmistakable, tonally anchored melodic style, enriched with many un…

Ease away the stresses of the day with two collections of beautiful, tranquil music. Put your feet up and enjoy the best-selling Adagio Chillout CD from Naxos, containing the most relaxing and soothing orchestral music of the last 300 years. Then explore the complementary collection of Piano music, with a hand-picked selection of your favourite slow movements and gentle themes for Piano. / Niveau …

Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. Richer than ever – Rameau’s “Zoroastre” in the version of 1756. Opera in five acts. Rameau’s revised version of his opera “Zoroastre”, which could be heard and seen between 20 January 1756 and 26 March 1757 at the Académie royale de musique, was favourably received. Also from today’s point of view the work profits dramaturgically from many of the changes and seems altoget…

The Schott Violin Library contains eleven varied Baroque sonatas for violin and basso continuo. Including both popular sonatas by Corelli, Vivaldi, Handel and Telemann and lesser known, charming compositions by Dall? Abaco, Pepusch and Finger. Suitable for violinists of intermediate standard. Some of these works can be played entirely in first position, others require only a few position changes a…

Par PIGA DARIO. Sardinian flamenco guitar virtuoso, Dario Piga, delivers 18 intermediate to advanced exercises in this progressively arranged book addressing: arpegio, pulgar, picado, rasgueo, alzapua, and trémolo techniques. Dario himself studied in Spain with several prominent guitarists and singers, so is fluent with the authentic rhythms and techniques essential to effective flamenco guitar so…

Over 20 of the composer's best-loved, most often performed compositions, including the Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582. the Fugue in B minor on a theme of Corelli, BWV 579, and many more. Content :
Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 537
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor ( Dorian ), BWV 538
Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540
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Par SPARKE PHILIP. Flying the Breeze opens with three repeated B's (representing the initials of the Breeze Brass Band from Japan who commissioned this work). A short introduction leads to a robust theme from the baritones and euphoniums which is taken up by cornets and trombones. A restless bridge passage leads to a syncopated tune from the solo cornet and then to a third theme from a solo trombo…