This book contains both exercises and songs for performance. Intonation, articulation, phrasing, and rhythm are strengthened in the exercises, and the conditioning is extended so that the playing of the songs and the recital pieces will be a pleasure for players as well as for listeners. The first and second parts are of the same degree of difficulty, so that the parts can be exchanged in the repe…

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…

The work was composed in 1992 for the 85th birthday of Kurtág's teacher, Sándor Veress. The ensemble of instruments is unusual: two basset horns and two quarter-tone pianos (the well-known predecessor of the latter is Charles Ives' Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for two pianos). The special tuning in this case is not that the tonality moves in an ultra-chromatic direction, rather that it makes the cont…

Par ARNOLD MALCOLM. Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcolm Arnold?s melodic gifts.  The work unfolds over three elegant movements, always engaging and directly communicative. / Ensemble Music / Répertoire / Hautbois, Violon, Alto et Vio…

Par BREL JACQUES. Les chansons de Brel ne sont pas particulièrement bien connus dans le monde de langue anglaise sauf en traduction et par le biais de l'interprétation des autres chanteurs, le plus célèbre de Scott Walker. D'autres personnes qui ont chanté son travail en anglais notamment Marc Almond, Dave Van Ronk, David Bowie, Dusty Springfield, The Dresden Dolls, Frank Sinatra, Terry Jacks, Nin…

Par COLETTI / SPIRO. The first serious study of the masters of Latin percussion. The Language of the Masters will help percussionists find their own voice as they become more fluent in the language of Latin Percussion improvisation. Perfect for intermediate to advanced level players to learn Afro-Cuban music by studying the work of the originators of the genre, including Armando Peraza, Ray Barret…

Kantate Zum 2. Osterfesttag. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. The composition of this parody was begun in 1718 and completed with the final version in 1731. The original work [the basis of the parody] was 'Der Himmel lacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück', which was a cantata for the birthday of Count Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen [1718, BWV 66a], with a text by Christian Friedrich Hunold, alias Menantes./ Réper…

Par CAMPO REGIS. (...) Le Bestiaire est (...) né de la rencontre avec Felicity Lott : en 2003, la soprano a créé Happy Birthday, accompagnée par l'Ensemble Orchestral de Paris dirigé par John Nelson (pour célébrer les 25 ans de la formation). Séduite par la pièce, elle a manifesté le désir de poursuivre l'aventure. Dix-huit ans après avoir écrit L'Adieu pour choeur d'hommes, Régis Campo revient à …

25 Years of Band Composition. Par DE HAAN JACOB. “Twenty-fi ve years Jacob de Haan”: twenty-five years of music by a passionate and talented composer. A composer of great versatility with an extraordinary knowledge of his craft. A composer who is always looking for a new challenge and a new way to expand his art. New ideas, new themes and new points of departure are his soup du jour, but he also p…

' 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…