After successfully effecting one of the greatest pop comebacks in history, boy band-turned-credible vocal group Take That release their fifth studio album, the second after their return. Led, as ever, by the song writing talents of Gary Barlow, this release is similarly epic and romantic to its predecessor (2006's Beautiful World , with songs such as What Is Love, How Did It Come To This and the s…

Eleanor Rigby , released in 1966 was a sure sign that The Beatles was maturing and writing more adult-themed songs. Paul McCartney's impressionistic lyric about a lonely woman of uncertain years was to become a standard. It has now been arranged by Jeremy Birchall for SSA choir with piano accompaniment. / Choeur SSA Et Piano

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Octet in F major Op. post. 166 D 803 for Clarinet (in B-flat), Bassoon, Horn, Violin (2), Viola, Violincello, Double Bass “I have done little new by way of lieder. In compensation I have tried my hand at several instrumental things, for I have composed two quartets for Violins, Viola and Violincello [A minor, D 804; D minor, D 810] and an octet [F major, D 803] and will write y…

Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. Rheinberger’s string quartets, his string quintet and his nonet for winds and strings were often performed and were very successful works during his lifetime. Their density, but also the delicateness of the scherzo movements are in the tradition of Schumann and Mendelssohn and these traits are combined with Rheinberger’s sense for the clear, defined structure of the …

Par MC GREGOR JOANNA. Everyone in PianoWorld knows that the Scherzo Sisters just love riddles, games and puzzles. This book is packed full of exciting challenges - mazes word and rhythm games, writing tunes exploring sounds at the piano, and many more - providing hours of fun from your very first lesson. So help save the piano by completing the Scherzo Sister's tasks in this book - and colour in S…

10 Fugues For String Quartet Vol. 2. Par BACH JOHANN-SEBASTIAN. The idea for these arrangements came to me whilst listening to the Hagen Quartet's beautiful recording of the fugues that form part of Haydn's 'Sun Quartets', Op. 20. The spirit and influence of J.S. Bach, in particular his Well Tempered Clavier, Book II, courses through these three miraculous Haydn fugues. Like the viol consort, the …

Par YAGISAWA SATOSHI. Satoshi Yagisawa’s Trombone Concerto is both impressive and original at the same time. It features a slow-fast-slow structure with each movement being connected to the next. The second movement, with its rich choralelike writing, is especially noteworthy, bringing out the warmest and most delicate sounds of the trombone. Yagisawa also takes extreme care in how the soloist and…

Par HAHN. Le Ruban Dénoué is one of the most important pieces by Reynaldo Hahn. This set of twelve waltzes for 2 pianos was conceived as entertainment for Hahn's friends and has a strong melodic aspect. It is one of the greatest pieces of work composed by Hahn in terms of harmony and, written at the end of his Piano writing period - it is a good transition toward his second period that is more foc…

'Sechs Gesänge? ('Six Songs?) based on poems by Maurice Maeterlinck were composed as piano songs in 1910 and 1913 and orchestrated in 1924. They show the art of song writing at its very best. The vocal part is characterised by sensitivity and simplicity, embedded in a web of sensuous instrumental voices. Alexander Zemlinsky added an introduction to the songs, which was not included in the piano ve…

Par ZELENSKI WLADYSLAW. Wladyslaw Zelenski had the Six Character Pieces for piano, op. 17 ready around 1871, although it is quite possible that he composed them earlier, even in 1864. Such is indicated by the opus number. At that time he was giving opus numbers to works in chronological order of composition. This set is dedicated to Auguste Auspitz-Kolár, a pianist whom Zelenski could have met on …

Par . Does your student have unexplained arm pain when playing violin? Does a beginner in your band complain of a sore neck and shortness of breath when playing clarinet? Or does your piano student complain of sore wrists? Expanding on the concepts of Body Mapping developed by Barbara Conable in her flagship book, What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body, licensed Andover Educator Jennifer…

The matching song folio to accompany one of the most exciting CD releases in 2004. The debut from the Scissor Sisters is an incredible mixture of accomplished song-writing, energy and enthusiasm.This matching song folio has been worked on by the band and contains all the songs from the album including the hits 'Laura', 'Comfortably numb', 'Take your mama' and Filthy/gorgeous.

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Verdi's penultimate opera and tragic masterpiece, Otello. With an inspired libretto by Arrigo Boito, this adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello is a true masterpiece! Technically and aesthetically, in the mastery of orchestration, harmony and vocal writing, this work represents a profound leap forward from earlier Verdi triumphs, an example of his brilliant compositional powers. …

Par CURNOW JAMES. An exciting adventure for bands of a moderate standard. From a brooding, fog-shrouded sand castle along the seashore in England to another on the sunny coast of France (including rainstick and spoken “wave” effects) to an exotic triple-meter “Flamenco-esque” impression of one in Spain, SANDCASTLES is a noteworthy addition to the CMP Passport Plus Series. Referring to varying loca…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…