Intermediate-level arrangements of well-known Classical and Romantic works. Par AUTEURS DIVERS / BROOKER DAVID (Arr.). In his preface to 'Piano Trios on Stage”, the arranger, David Brooker, reminds us that, just as the string quartet, the piano trio has always been one of the pillars of chamber music. In the 19th and early 20th century, it was almost like the later invention of the gramophone reco…

The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant-The Martin Ukulele is a detailed look at the ukuleles built by the C. F. Martin Co. of Nazareth, PA, and at how the instruments' success forever changed the company that made them. Martin's ukulele-making led the small,respected builder of fine guitars and mandolins into an era of unprecedented growth in the 1920s and helped it become one of …

Violin Part. Par COBB CELIA. Top Banana is a collection of 20 performance pieces for young string players (Grades 1–2+), for solo or group playing, composed by Celia Cobb and Naomi Yandell. Drawing on a wide range of moods and styles, the pieces are intended to inspire communicative and committed performances in any concert or exam situation. Each piece aims to capture the musical imagination and …

Book 1 of Recital Music's ongoing Heritage Series featuring long-forgotten music primarily by bassist-composers of the late 19th and early 20th-century. Lyrical and accessible music mainly in the orchestral register providing useful and interesting recital repertoire in the salon style. Ideal as early recital repertoire. Evocative music with effective musical and technical challenges for the in…

Have fun, study and jam all at the same time with this unique tutorial DVD featuring renowned session guitarist Michael Casswell.Jam With Michael Casswell contains three top quality backing tracks and can be approached in two ways, first you can 'jam' with the tracks alone, experimenting with different ideas, licks and solos. Alternatively you can trade solos with Casswell, drawing inspiration fro…

10 imaginative arrangements that move seamlessly between chord melody and single notes drawing from a sophisticated mix of jazz and classical styles. Gene Bertoncini is one of the pre-eminent jazz guitarists active today. Hiselegant blend of jazz and classical styles has won him international accolades as the ?Segovia of jazz.? The arrangements in this book/CD are selections from his acclaimed al…

Lennon and McCartney: 1957-1965-This independent documentary film reviews the partnership music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers. From the day they met in 1957 until the release of the Rubber Soul album at the end of 1965 the filmdissects and contrasts reassesses and ultimately provides one of the finest films made about the band during this period. Drawing on rare footage class…

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn's contemporaries frequently mentioned his 'Hymn of Praise” in the same breath as Beethoven's Ninth - and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper, in his extensive Introduction to this new Urtext edition, shows that the comparison is completely unfounded: with this work Mendelssohn created a new genre to which he…

Fauré?s piano works are of central importance within his compositional oeuvre. He dedicated his ?Ballade?, composed in 1879, to his teacher Camille Saint-Saëns. Structurally and in terms of its lyrical character the work breaks from the genre?s epic form and takes on the traits of the sonata form. In 1881 Fauré arranged his ?Ballade? for piano and orchestra and the work was premiered in this new s…

Version for solo Alto Saxophone. Wings for solo clarinet (1981) typifies those works of Tower's that bear evocative symbolic titles drawing on abstract action-filled imagery. One of her most frequently performed works Wingsuses fluid melodic contours and musical contrasts to evoke the soaring flight of falcons who can glide effortlessly on thermal currents or dive at breakneck speeds. The work…