A classic from the golden age of the show tune, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is a soulful and sophisticated number originally written by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach for the musical Roberta. Over the years the song has been covered by Bryan Ferry, Jerry Garcia, and was a 1958 chart topping hit on both sides of the Atlantic for doo wop group, The Platters . With a deep dynamic range and rich, floating h…

Par WALTERS EDMUND. Three playful Christmas songs originally written for the Duncombe Road School Choir of Liverpool in 1977. The three carols are suitable for children's voices and a delightfully unusual selection that will add sparkle to your Yuletide concerts./ Recueil / Choeur d'Enfants et Piano

Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Unusual instrumentations were by no means the exception in the chamber music works of Bohuslav Martinu, most notably the works he wrote in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s being characterised by his experimentation with sound and form. It is from this period that four short serenades also originate (1932), each with a different instrumentation. The serenades were issued by the Pr…

Voici réunies sur un livre et un CD 30 comptines, berceuses, danses et chansons créoles, aux textes d'une grande poésie, collectées par Chantal Grosléziat et traduites en français par Hector Poullet et Janick Tamachia. En annexe, une mine d'informations sur les origines et les gestuelles de ce répertoire traditionnel. Le CD audio, réalisé sous la direction de Paul Mindy et arrangé par Jean-Christo…

As the printing press brought literature to the world, the piano helped bring music out of the exclusive domain of the aristocracy and disseminated all types of music to the general public. Beyond the Romantic Spirit Book 2 presents 16 piano pieces from this exciting period, with music originating in Russia, England, France, Finland, Hungary, and North and South America. Intermediate to early-adv…

Par ESENVALDS ERIKS. O Salutaris Hostia is one of Eriks E?envalds? most popular pieces. Originally written for female voices, the composer later created a version for full choir on which this arrangement is based. It has a gentle meditation with the two soloists drifting across the soft band accompaniment, alternately echoing and imitating each other or joining together in thirds. The effect is qu…

Par BASTIEN JAMES. The Bastiens created this time-tested, rich piano course designed specifically for adult beginners. Bastien Piano for Adults remains an important addition to the best-selling library of Bastien methods and supplementary materials. Lessons, theory, technic, and sight reading are combined into one easy-to-use book. The series is gradually paced to ensure student confidence and suc…

Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. One of the best-loved and most endearing works of the late Baroque, Vivaldi's set of Violin Concertos The Four Seasons Op. 8 are presented here in an authoritative Barenreiter Urtext edition. This publication of Vivaldi’s masterpiece is a critical performing edition of the Manchester manuscript source, which originates from Vivaldi’s circle and represents an alternative (in ma…

Par HESS NIGEL. Voyage musical de 10 minutes qui suit la Tamise depuis ses origines, comme quelques dAvailables de l'eau dans le Wiltshire, au point où il rencontre la mer à Greenwich. En chemin, Hess s'inspire beaucoup de liens musicaux le long de la Tamise, comme une vieux mélodie Wiltshire, morris dansant dans l'Oxfordshire, nautique des chansons de Berkshire et chansons rues à Londres. Avec ce…