Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. A suite whose movements always deliver something other than what they seem to promise. But throughout, the two instruments and respectively their players act like two people in very specific situations: I.: The opening movement is reserved for the piano; the initially earnest, solitary cantilena intensifies creating expectation. Suddenly II.: the violin sounds. Its movin…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Morning Song features the horn quartet mostly in a soloistic role - indeed there is an accompanied cadenza towards the end of the piece - but there are moments where the horns assume their conventional concert band role as harmonic support or playing the counter melody. This expressive composition shows all the versatility of the horn quartet and gives them the chance to be in t…

Par MANTOVANI BRUNO. After Eclair de lune for three principal snare drums, three ensembles and electronics, and after my Concerto for two violas written for Tabea Zimmermann and Antoine Tamestit, I felt compelled to compose a new work for double soloist, and ended up choosing the piano. First of all from a desire to write for Varduhi Yeritsyan and François-Frédéric Guy, but also because the confro…

Soloist: Humberto Araújo, tenor saxophone
Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Jazz Conception is the new exciting series of play-along books by award-winning Brazilian flutist and composer Fernando Brandão and features fifteen original tunes in various Brazilian and Afro-Cuban styles. This edition clearly aims at being more than a simple play-along collection. For each of the tunes a thorough analysis a…

An original, flowing ballad with a text about life, 'moving forward like a river running free'. Simple part writing in all voicings. The haunting opening and closing may be sung by a soloist or soloists of any voice part. Add two flutes (included in the publication) for a sensitive accompaniment. Great melody...lovely to sing for any age choir. / 2 Parties Mixtes

Jean Baptiste Arban was amongst the first of the great soloists of the then newly invented cornet, and his post as first soloist in the Paris Opera Orchestra gave great respectability to the instrument.The Amazing Mr Arban celebrates his melodic gift by grouping together and integrating several of the best known studies.The piano arrangement is by Nicholas Hare. / Cornet Et Piano

for pianist(s). Par TAKEMITSU TORU. Corona for pianist(s) premiered by Yuji Takahashi andToshi Ichiyanagi in Tokyo on February 1962. It is an experimental classical composition and the player is requested to play the music though he is at liberty to repeat the same piece if necessaryand not to follow the numerical order. Toru Takemitsu tends to the universal through the large range of forms and in…