Everyone has their own personal list of the greatest guitar solos of all time, and this special edition of the Play Guitar With... series has the very best! The two accompanying CDs feature specially recorded backing tracks for each song, the first being a full demonstration performance, and the second intended for you to take the place of the lead guitarist as you play along. From the silky smoot…

for solo cello. Par LARCHER THOMAS. I do not compose my pieces for a certain voice range or orchestration, but for musicians, for people. It is almost impossible for me to produce a piece without having a particular person in mind or to hear him/her inwardly. No matter how standardized the interpretation of classical music is, and no matter how many coordinates have been fixed and defined, I do …

Quoting Burgon: My first thought on receiving this commission was what sort of text would suit. Something on the general idea of growth - starting very small and blossoming was the obvious way to go but it wasn’t until I foundthe Andrew Marvell poem Music’s Empire that I really got going. The poem is about the invention and development of music; this might sound a bit dry but in fact it is…

Playalong 50/50: Flute includes 50 pop hits arranged for flute. Step into the spotlight and play these 50 pop hits with specially recorded backing tracks (available online). Includes full performance versions of all the songs- the instrumental part is then omitted so you can play along with the recorded accompaniments. / Flûte

Have you ever wanted to play in a full orchestra' Surrounded by top class musicians and the awesome sound of all the instruments together' With the Carl Fischer Playing With the Orchestra Series you can and in style! This unique series presents the kind of pieces that String players want to play with a fabulous Play-along CD of a real orchestra popular pieces which will become a valuable part o…

A Wedding Bouquet was the idea of Lord Berners who wanted Frederick Ashton to make a ballet pantomime out of one of Gertrude Stein's plays and who both wrote the music and designed the 'decor' and costumes. The name ofthe play was 'They must be Wedded to Their Wife' but this was thought too long for advertising and was changed to A Wedding Bouquet. Lord Berners went to visit Gertrude Stein in Bi…

Contest March. Par SPARKE PHILIP. This fantastic contest march was composed for the Alexander Brass Band from Stavanger, Norway, who wanted a brand new march to play when they took part in the world-renowned Whit Friday March Contest. In the march Philip Sparke has followed the traditional brass band contest march format and it is named as a tribute to Alexander the Great, rather than the Alexande…

Grand Nordic Tune. Par OLSEN VADSTEN OYSTEIN. 'Storslått' or in English ?Grand Nordic Tune? is one of many original pieces written by composer Øystein Olsen Vadsten. 'Slått' is a general term for music played to traditional Norwegian dances. ?Grand Nordic Tune? was a commissioned work for the Rælingen Musikklag's 70-year anniversary concert in 2022, where the piece was premiered. They wanted somet…

The Skálholt Suite - The Black Forest Suite. Par O'RHYS DANIEL . Piano music that seems to be written for nature. These pieces are miniatures of a calm world, fragile and beautiful. Daniel O'Rhys thinks of his music in suites. Each of these suites is about a special place. ''The music makes a solid connection. With the places, the people, the stories and the journey itself. The music would not ha…

My youngest son Leif was learning the piano part. We wanted tosurprise his teacher Graeme Humphrey with a private performance. Itwas during piano practise that I started thinking 'why not!' why notcompose my own swan! The idea is not a new one. There is a beautiful- and difficult! - Swan by Finnish composer Selim Palmgren (1878-1951) and a variante on Saint-Saëns' original by his student Leop…