edizione critica a cura di Eleonora Di Cintio. Par DONIZETTI GAETANO. In the spring of 1842, Gaetano Donizetti signed two contracts with the theaters of Vienna and Naples, making arrangements with Salvadore Cammarano for the writing of the librettos. However, Cammarano withdrew, leaving the task to Giacomo Sacchero, who worked on an opera for Vienna dedicated to Caterina Cornaro, the last queen of…

Béla Bartók composed his 44 Violin Duos in 1931, at the urging of the German violin pedagogue Erich Doflein. With two exceptions, all the pieces are based on original folk music themes, most of which the composer himself collected in the course of his numerous collecting trips to the Carpathian Basin and in Algeria. Although conceived as parts of a pedagogically motivated set, these little pieces …

Depicting stunning points of interest, the history, and the geology from southern Orange County, California, this piece takes the listener on a musical tour of three of the composer's favorite places. Students and audiences will enjoy the strong, confident themes, and lush colorful writing in this original work. (3:10) / Orchestre

A superb collection of twenty chart hits, showstoppers and film themes, all arranged for Alto Saxophone Paul Honey and Jack Long. With a specially recorded CD featuring high quality backing tracks. / Saxophone

Giulio Briccialdi (1818-1881) has been one of the major European flutists of the Nineteenth Century. Praised by coeval critics as 'the first among the living flutists? in a period when virtuosos were reaching extraordinary levels, Briccialdi was a unique artist with a quintessentially Romantic personality. His refined activity as a composer is nowadays mostly known thanks to his paraphrases on ope…

Par WARBECK STEPHEN. Stephen Warbeck's Oscar-winning music from the hit film 'Shakespeare in Love' has been skillfully arranged by Tony Osbourne into a four-movement suite for intermediate string ensemble. The suite perfectly encapsulates all the passion, romance and wit of this delightful love story, which traces the footsteps of the young Shakespeare. With an exciting opening, sighing love-theme…

The surviving second and third acts of Catone in Utica, one of Metastasio's most dramatic libretti, premiered in Verona in the spring of 1737 in a setting by Vivaldi, contain some of his finest, most mature, and most original arias, and are published here for the first time. They evince a potential dramatic intensity that makes us regret all the more the loss of the first act. Only one aria of Act…

A special double-CD bumper compilation. Twenty-one chart hits, ballads, film themes and classic songs in melody line arrangements for Flute with specially recorded backing tracks. Includes music by Moby, Destiny's Child, Abba and tunes from the films Ocean's 11 , Moulin Rouge! and Chocolat . / Flûte Traversière

Tonalité : F-Moll - Op.: 146 -. Par LACHNER FRANZ. In 1856, the year in which Mozart's one-hundredth birthday was elaborately celebrated, Franz Lachner composed the Requiem in F minor op. 146. It became his most well-known and most important work. Lachner's intensive study of Mozart's music on the occasion of the commemorative year lends credence to that fact that it was not inspired by a personal…

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. For several years following composition of his first piano quartet, Dvorák?s publisher Simrock pushed him to compose a follow-up piece in the genre. The work, written during a few short weeks in summer 1889, fulfilled Simrock?s wishes. With his op. 87, Dvorák delivered a challenging and mature work in which a mastery of form is combined with memorable themes and surprising harm…

Par HOSAY JAMES L.. Soaring themes intertwine with compelling rhythms and inventive harmonies to render an unforgettable musical experience through acclaimed composer James L. Hosay’s impressive new overture. This one may well be the “signature” piece for your band this year. Every section will be challenging and rewarding as you prepare this magnificent offering. The expressive Andante Cantabile …

Filled with fun subject matter, fanciful lyrics and happy illustrations, Sight Reading and Rhythm Every Day will motivate students to practice their sight reading.Fun in the Sun, At the Farm and Weather Watching are some of the engaging themes presented in the seven units. Interval recognition includes 2nds, 3rds, 4ths and 5ths from Guide Notes Middle C, Treble C and Bass C.These carefully crafted…

Par ROKEACH MARTIN. Going Up? was commissioned in 2007 by the New York trio Eight Strings and a Whistle and completed in 2008. The material and energy of the piece continually pulls the listener upward, hence the title. There are three themes, all ascending, introduced in the first moments respectively by the flute as the piece opens, the pizzicato cello in measure 4, and the pizzicato cello again…

Par DE HAAN JACOB. Jacob de Haan especially composed this piece for the by now well-known C. D. Soli Brass. Not just a C. D. opener, this piece is an excellent concert starter. The title is a combination of the words Introduction and Disco. The composition is made up of a majestic opening, following in a section in disco style based on the same themes. / Niveau : 5 / Musique légère originale / …

This new collection of folk songs - 'Laula kultani' (Finnish for 'Sing, my sweetheart') - offers choirs attractive literature to expand their repertoires and to perform concerts for many different occasions. The creative choral director has many possibilities for performing this music: thus instruments can be added, or - if there are difficulties due to pronouncing a foreign language - a small ens…