Solos with Ensemble Arrangements for Two or More Players. This release from the Sounds of Series is indispensible to fill plenty of solo and ensemble needs! Whether it's a soloist using a book (accompanied by piano or fully-orchestrated accompaniment track) or two, three, fourplayers...or a full orchestra, Sound of Christmas is a uniquely flexible idea for church instrumentalists! Each book includ…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. A spectacular dive via an extended chromatic scale immediately submerges us in a charged and somewhat archaic-feeling atmosphere. Trumpets, horns and trombones resound in rhythmic patterns, buttressed by restless motifs in the percussion. A second theme, in the woodwinds, begins much calmer but is quickly pushed aside by that same brass offensive. This introduction is the mu…

Par CURNOW JAMES. A major work that’s truly a joy to play! It has taken a lot of hard work to bring your ensemble to this level of performance. Now set them free! High-flying melodies, emotive harmonic structures and an electrifying finale combine into a beautifully crafted and ennobling musical statement. Sparkling; energetic; pensive; playful; reminiscent; heroic; there are so many shades and co…

Carrying the Britpop torch where Oasis left off, Beady Eye was formed by Liam Gallagher and other former members of the genre-defining British band following the departure of Noel Gallagher. The band's first album, Different Gear, Still Speeding , has been received with popular and critical acclaim, reaching Gold certification in the UK. Its praise in the press included a review by Simon Goddard o…

Per Oboe Solo E Banda. Par DE HAAN JACOB. Cette pièce lyrique est dédiée au grand Augusto Loppi, ex-hautbois solo de l’Orchestre de la Scala de Milan. La première a eu lieu à Monterosi dans la région du Latium, en Italie, sous la direction de Jacob de Haan avec Augusto Loppi en soliste. L’idiome sonore de cette oeuvre n’est pas sans nous rappeler l’écriture des maîtres de l’opéra italien tels que …