' Ave verum was commissioned early in 2011 by Edward Rowntree for the birthday of his father, John Rowntree, director of music at Douai Abbey in the UK. My aim was to write a piece both short and simple, suitable for regular liturgical use. There are, of course, many wonderful settings of this text already, not least those by William Byrd and Edward Elgar, both of which I sang as a boy. In this in…

The matching folio to Aled Jones' stunning 2006 'Best of' album. This is a diverse selection that includes a superb mix of classical and contemporary songs, such as his wonderful reprise of Walking in the Air and his fantastic rendition of Silent Night . All 18 terrific songs from the album are arranged here for Piano, Vocal and Guitar. / Piano, Voix Et Guitare

Pas de partitions / Layla - Badge - Hoochie coochie man - I shot the sheriff - It hurts me too - Wonderful tonight - Five long years - Tearnin'us apart - Old love - I'm tore down - Have you ever loved a woman - White room - Every day i have the blues - Holy mother

Kantate Zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung). Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach’s cantata BWV 151, whose wonderfully heartfelt opening aria has been rightly numbered among Bach’s “most inspired ideas” [Alfred Dürr], was composed for the 3rd day of Christmas 1725. Flute and oboe d’amore lend pastoral coloring to the chamber music sound picture. The oboe d’amore was not originally included in Bach’s s…

Autumn is the choral version of Ola Gjeilo's solo piano track of the same name. Inspired by the tranquility of Norwegian nature, the work is a peaceful meditation on the wonder of the earth's changing seasons. / Choeur et ensemble vocal / Hal Leonard

11 Popular Songs Arranged on Harmonica for Beginners. Par . The Hal Leonard Harmonica for Kids Songbook includes arrangements of eleven classic songs and can be used on its own or as a supplement to the Hal Leonard Harmonica for Kids Method Book. This wonderful collection of popular songs reinforces important beginning concepts, and beginners will enjoy putting their developing skills to use with …

Wonderful string writing from Monteverdi's successor. / Ensemble A Cordes

Par CULLUM JAMIE. The Pursuit is Jamie Cullum 's first solo album in four years, his fifth record in a genre defying career that has entertained an ever-growing fanbase across the world. The songs are wonderfully eclectic as always, mixing modern influences with his love of jazz and timeless standards. This book contains all the songs from the special edition album arranged for Piano and Voice wit…

Par . Accompaniment: John Wustman, piano The mezzo-soprano is a rich vocal range and this album sets out to prove it with a wonderful selection of classics. Magnificent! Includes a high-quality printed vocal score and a CD+G graphics-encoded compact disc with stereo accompaniments to each piece. CD+G lyric display requires a CD+G-capable compact disc player and a television set (audio content is p…

Instrumentation of Schubert‘s Song Cycle with 7 New Songs after Emily Dickinson. Par STAUD JOHANNES MARIA. At the suggestion of the great Schubert interpreter Christoph Prégardien, I have orchestrated Schubert’s large-scale song cycle “Die Schöne Müllerin” [The Lovely Maid of the Mill] (1823) for a 19-piece ensemble and combined it with seven of my own songs set to poems by Emily Dickinson (1830–1…

La nouvelle collection Vocal Sheet Music de Hal Leonard est idéale pour les chanteurs. Elle comprend les accompagnements de piano authentiques et les diagrammes d'accords pour guitare, adaptés aux progressions harmoniques propres à chaque chanson, afin d'apporter le soutien nécessaire. 33 ballades contemporaines sont rassemblées dans ce volume. Sommaire : Angel · Bridge over Troubled Water · Carel…

Serenade. Par KREISLER FRITZ. Apart from the collection of Classical Manuscripts composed by the violin virtuoso Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) which he had passed off as transcriptions of settings of old masters, the violinist published original works early on as well. Kreisler himself liked to play them as encore pieces, thus sweetening many a concert with this 'musical confectionery'. Famous tunes …

14 Selected Pieces. Par . Following her successful soprano recorder volume, Sarah Jeffery now presents ‘My Favourite Melodies’ for treble recorder. This unique collection includes a wide range of pieces, from medieval melodies and Renaissance pieces with their own diminutions to famous baroque works and classical and romantic arrangements. In addition, the volume contains two contemporary composit…

Par SCULTHORPE PETER. 'Tailitnama' is an Aboriginal totemic centre in Central Australia. The text for this work consists of four verses, in the Aranda language, from a rock wallaby song associated with the area. The verses concern the glowing of the mountains, the coming of dawn and the singing of the Ilbirbia bluebirds as they soar to the sky. Roger Covell describes the piece as borrowing 'from a…

for String Orchestra Score and Parts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. In the key of G Major, the work begins with a Moderato where dotted rhythms are abundant. A brief Adagio intervenes and we continue with a slightly fugal, crisply rhythmic Allegro, with 16th note passage work for the upper strings. After another brief Adagio, Handel finishes with a lyric Minuet. All sections are active throughout. …