Par WUORINEN CHARLES. Charles Wuorinen\'s Second Piano Trio was found on his desk at the time of his passing in March 2020. A single, nine-minute movement, it is characterized by a complex, lively rhythmic interplay between the three instruments, in particular a wittily repeated figure of sixteenth-note quintuplets. Upon reviewing Wuorinen\'s third and final draft for this piece posthumously, thre…

The latest volume of the popular series extends the repertoire of beginner and intermediate cello students with excellent transcriptions of works by music historys three great Bs. Árpád Pejtsik, the editor of the series, has transcribed for three cellos the Trio Sonata in G Major for Flute, Violin and Continuo by Bach, a witty bagatelle by Beethoven and two works originally written for the piano (…

Amantis zweite Jazz-Sonate zeigt eine moderne Seele in Sonatenhauptsatzform: Eckuinox beginnt mit einer schnellen Kadenz des Solocellos und geht über in einen groovigen Ritt bis zum Ende. Rhythmische und 'kantable' Teile sind in der Klavier- und Cellostimme zu identifizieren, die wiederholten Elemente zu variieren und dabei mit verschiedenen Strichen und Akzenten zu experimentieren. Pulcinellas Ge…

Showcase your cellos! This piece, arranged by Bob Phillips, will make them sound great! Featuring 'What Child Is This',' 'Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel,' and 'Angels We Have Heard on High.' A perfect training exercise for third and fourth positions for the cellos, this lovely medley also includes a bit of easy third position for the first violins. The melody for the cellos is mostly on the A-string. (…

Cette école de violoncelle nouvelle jette les bases d'une solide formation technique et musicale. Il est simplement conçu et destiné à des enfants plus âgés, les adolescents et les adultes. Mais il est également pionnier, celui qui concerne la sélection de la littérature, car en plus de pièces baroques et classiques pour la première fois de nombreuses pièces dans le style populaire offert que le v…

Editor: Gerhart Darmstadt These duets for cello by Jacob Klein, now published complete for the first time, are among the most beautiful duets of their kind from the Baroque. Their melodic and harmonic richness coupled with a dazzling and idiomatic technique places the sonatas (or better suites) firmly in the company of such works as Bach's violoncello suites or Vivaldi's sonatas. Our edition is b…

Par MARTINU BOHUSLAV. Bohuslav Martin (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer, writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in a variety of composition styles. His String Trio was published in 1951. Martin himself was a violinist and many of his experiments in composing for solo instruments and small ensembles saw him write for his own instrume…

The studies by Friedrich August Kummer are perfect for music lessons, particularly because of their accompaniment of a second violoncello. They are characterized by a very systematic arrangement, cleverly introduce the circle of fifths and offer exercises at all levels of difficulty. The studies originally come from the appendix to Kummer's Celloschule für den ersten Unterricht Op. 60. In this ne…

De quoi s'agit-il ? D'une énième méthode arrivant sur un marché bien garni ? D'un livre traitant de l'histoire d'un instrument de musique ? Nous avons plutôt cherché à formuler quelques réflexions intéressant tous ceux qui sont concernés, de près ou de loin, par l'étude du violoncelle : élèves, professeurs, ou simples violoncellophiles, si nous pouvons nous permettre ce néologisme. De nombreux ren…

I Can Read Music is a beginning note-reading book for violincello students who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method, or for those traditionally taught students who need extra note-reading practise. Rhythm and pitch are taught separately, so that the student can work on one thing at a time. When the aspects of reading are established, they can be combined successfu…