Arr. Peter Kleine Schaars. Par JACKSON / GERALD JACKSON. In the nineties, the Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan recorded a sparkling version of Vicki Sue Robinson’s disco classic Turn the Beat Around. She gave the song a catchy Latin beat, and with this new impulse, it was a worldwide hit. With the sentence from the song text “Love to hear percussion” in mind, Peter Kleine Schaars incorporated …

Motets is a set of intimate and spiritually uplifting a cappella choral works by Karl Jenkins, featuring new pieces and arrangements of a selection of movements from his most popular works, including The Armed Man, Requiem, Adiemus and The Peacemakers. Although scored for mixed choir a cappella, most pieces include an optional accompaniment for piano or organ. Next to the complete vocal score (BH …

Charlotte Church is one of a small number of artists who successfully crosses freely back and forth over musical dividing lines. The Welsh starlet has performed some of the greatest works in front of some of the world's most important audiences, including the Pope and U.S. President. Her Prelude Album is made up of selections of her finest recordings from her varied repertoire, with highlights tha…

Piano Vocal Score and CD with instrumental and vocal versions. Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. Cantolopera is an exceptional new series of book/CD packs from Ricordi that offers a fresh approach to great opera repertoire. The books include versions for voice and piano of the worlds most famous arias. The CDs feature two versions of each aria:one with a 130-piece orchestra providing accompaniments to allow the…

Taken from their debut album, Talking Dreams, 'Cool Kids' is Echosmith's catchy yet poignant expression of adolescent alienation. This easy piano arrangement by Dan Coates captures the feeling of the recording and includes lyrics and chord symbols. / Piano

Flexible arrangements for multiple combinations of wind instruments. Adaptable and flexible to your unique needs, Solos, Duets and Trios for Winds is a versatile series that encourages playing in a variety of combinations. Featuring three written parts for every song, the arrangements are designed so that the top line is the melody (Part 1), the second line (Part 2) creates a duet, and the third l…

Following the birth of her first child, violinist Rachel Barton Pine went looking for a collection of lullabies written for violin and piano. After finding nothing in existence, she set about gathering sheet music and recording her own versions with pianist Matthew Hagle. This new collection celebrates the beauty of new life and parenthood with familiar tunes and new discoveries by composers such …

Kantate Zum Epiphaniasfest. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. This six-movement cantata uses the hymn of the same name by Ahasverus Fritsch, first recorded in 1698 in the Darmstädter Liederbuch. This places it amongst those chorale cantatas which use a hymn from the repertoire associated with Pietism. As was customary, the hymn text is retained in the outer movements, whereas the text for the inner movem…

For String Quartet Volume 1. 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 string q…

This pack includes 19 of the best R and B audition songs, featuring songs made famous by artists including Justin Timberlake, Mary J. Blige and Lauryn Hill. Sing solo or with a partner to the 'soundalike' CD backing tracks, or choose a pre-recorded singing partner from the two CDs! / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)