Op. 38. Par ELGAR EDWARD. This is the best of me, wrote Edward Elgar after the final measure of his Dream of Gerontius. Premiered in 1900, in Great Britain the work has long been a standard work in the repertoire of large oratorio choirs. Elgar’s moving, poetic setting of the eponymous poem by Cardinal John Henry Newman is about a dying man and his journey beyond death to God. Before the eyes of t…

La collection de blues définitive ! Plus de 150 pages couvrant 40 ans de l'histoire du blues avec les techniques des plus grands guitaristes de tous les temps, y compris les t-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, B.B. King, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughan et beaucoup d'autres blues. Comprend instruction et exemples musicaux - un volume essenti…

Dubbed to be 'the first choral boyband', The Choirboys present their unique take on popular and classical favourites, all arranged here for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Like all boys their age, these three youngsters enjoy football, computer games and rock music. More unusually, Ben, Patrick and CJ also enjoy centuries-old choral music by the greatest classical composers. This junior version of the Th…

From the Paramount and DreamWorks Motion Picture S. Par WILLIAMS JOHN. Quand on pense à Steven Spielberg, on évoque facilement ses films à grand spectacle. Mais c'est occulter l'homme engagé qui a signé plusieurs chef-d'oeuvres dont Saving Private Ryan (Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan) couronné par 5 Oscars. Avec Hymn To The Fallen, le générique de fin, John Williams nous offre un puissant hymne en …

for soprano and piano. Par CASKEN JOHN. Chansons de Verlaine were completed in 2006. The third song, Colloque sentimental, was written in 2003 for Alison Smart and Katharine Durran’s New French Song project. It was as a result of having written one short song to words by Verlaine that I subsequently decided to set two further poems to make a group of three. All three were also set by Debussy: L’…

Par BLANKEN JOHN. John Blanken has created a swinging arrangement of the famous Scottish traditional tune Scotland the Brave. The usual version with bagpipes is the best known and there is a similarity in Swingin’ Kilts owing to its long, drone-like tones in the accompaniment. The theme has been rhythmically adapted but it is still easily recognisable. Swingin’ Kilts holds a challenge for every br…

From the Paramount and DreamWorks Motion Picture S. Par WILLIAMS JOHN. Quand on pense à Steven Spielberg, on évoque facilement ses films à grand spectacle. Mais c'est occulter l'homme engagé qui a signé plusieurs chef-d'oeuvres dont Saving Private Ryan (Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan) couronné par 5 Oscars. Avec Hymn To The Fallen, le générique de fin, John Williams nous offre un puissant hymne en …

Patykula John (Trans.). Par PATYKULA JOHN. Cette collection de petite mais colorée comprend cinq pièces par trois compositeurs arrangés pour flûte et guitare. Le XVIIIe siècle est représenté par une Gavotte de l'un des compositeurs les plus connus de la période, Padre Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784). Deux mouvements sont prises par le célèbre cycle piano de Tchaïkovski, un Album pour les jeu…