Par SPARKE PHILIP. « La plupart des traditions de Noël en Angleterre sont relativement récentes. Montée sur le trône en 1837, la reine Victoria (née de Hanovre) régnera jusqu?à sa mort en 1901. En 1840, elle épousa son cousin, le prince Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Leprince consort, originaire d?Allemagne, importa bon nombre de traditions de Noël allemandes au Royaume-Uni. Ainsi, il fit découvrir…

The classic 'As With Gladness Men of Old' has been set with great care and creativity to Bizet's 'March of the Kings' tune, resulting in an anthem filled with energy and pure fun. 'We Three Kings' is also beautifully incorporated. Jubilant! / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Tours ont toujours été très populaires surtout en Angleterre et tout le monde doit savoir Frère Jaques, Three Blind Mice et l'incendie de Londres. Cependant, il existe des centaines de plus et peut-être la forme était à son plus populaire sur le XVIIe siècle quand Purcell a ses plus célèbre exposant. Dans les siècles suivants, certains des plus grands compositeurs de l'époque, Mozart, Haydn, Beeth…

Opera in three acts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Also available full score for sale (BA4061) and performance matetial for hire. Opera in 3 Acts. The Halle Handel Edition is a complete critical edition which serves the needs of scholars and performers by drawing on all available sources and the latest musicological findings. Within each volume the works appear, wherever possible, in chronological …

Par WEBBER WILLIAM LLOYD. Complementing the Lyric Suite, a much loved title in our cello list, these three pieces are delightful miniatures from the pen of William Lloyd Webber. Air Varie, Slumber Song and In the Half-Light can be played as individual concert items or as suite of contrasting musical moods. Air Varie and In the Half-Light are recorded on ASV CD DCA 961, and Slumber Song is availabl…

Aulos to a certain degree continues Orbán's easy piano pieces for children, which he composed for Ágnes Lakos's piano tutor and which Editio Musica Budapest published in a separate volume entitled Enchanted Forest in 2011 (Z. 14742). Yet on this occasion the composer took on something which was both significantly different and more than his earlier pieces for children. On the one hand, he did not …

'Wee Willie Winkie? is a well known Scottish nursery rhyme which has been sung to Scottish children from the 1840's to the present day. It tells the story of a wee boy running through the dark streets in his night gown, visiting all of the houses to tell the children to go to bed and get to sleep.This fun and simple setting employs the Scottish folk song 'Coulter's Candy? and 'Three Blind Mice? in…

The renowned pianist Hans-Günter Heumann has arranged these 30 contemporary Piano classics which are some of the greatest hits of modern composers, inspired by minimalism and drawing on many other genres. Including arrangements of Einaudi, Yiruma and Yann Tiersen among many others, Piano Pur features many songs to soothe the soul. The most acclaimed composers of the genre like Dustin O'Halloran, …