Critical Complete Edition Of The Works Of Miloslav Kabelác V/13. Par KABELAC MILOSLAV. The four small-scale preludes of Miloslav Kabelác's op. 48 were commissioned in 1966 by the second 'Prague Spring International Music Competition” in the category organ. They are written in proportional notation, which the composer preferred ever since his Symphony No. VI of 1961. For practical reasons one of t…

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…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. The four tunes used in this suite have been made universally popular in Sir Henry Wood?s Fantasia on British Sea Songs, which is an ever-present ingredient in The Last Night of the Proms. He introduced this colourful suite into the Proms in 1905, to celebrate the centenary of Nelson?s brilliant victory at Trafalgar, when ?Britannia? really did ?rule the waves?. Bring the excitem…

Par TOMASI HENRI. French composer and conductor, Henri Tomasi (1901-1971) published Evocations 1969. As with his other wind compositions, Evocations for Solo Saxophone was well-received by audiences. Tomasi was born in Marseille, but his Father and Mother were originally from La Casinca in Corsica. Despite being pressured in to musical studies by his parents, Tomasi dreamed of becoming a sailor, a…

Après Excalibur et Stonehenge, Albion est la troisième oeuvre majeure pour Brass Band de Jan Van der Roost inspirée par l’Angleterre du Moyen Âge. Bien que l’oeuvre ne soit pas construite autour d’une histoire précise, ce poème symphonique a toute l’ampleur d’une épopée. L’ouverture de l’oeuvre semble dépeindre la conquête d’Albion (premier nom connu de l’Angleterre), transportant l’auditeur à l’é…

Studie Zu 'Tristan Und Isolde'. Par WAGNER RICHARD. The sophisticated choral arrangements by Clytus Gottwald have found a place in concert life throughout the world. Now Gottwald has arranged two of Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, “Im Treibhaus” and “Träume”, for 16-voice choir a cappella. In his choral transcriptions Gottwald has transferred to traditional music the compositional techniques f…

Par PURCELL HENRY / BRITTEN. Benjamin Britten's performances and realisations of the songs and other music by Henry Purcell extended over at least thirty years, from the early nineteen forties onwards. In Purcell he found a kindred spirit: a composer of opera and dramatic music who knew how to write for the voice, and who handled the English language with sensitivity and daring. / Niveau : Assez F…

Arr. Philip Sparke. Par FRANCK CESAR. Although Cesar Franck won many prizes during his student days his music was generally unrecognised by his contemporaries. His pieces were written in the romantic style whilst retaining a classical structure and his later compositions were referred to as 'cathedrals of sound'. Panis Angelicus is poetic and almost serene and this arrangement by Philip Sparke ret…

Intermediate Series. Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. In partnership with Oxford University Press and authorized by the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, this major new initiative brings the incredible catalog of Ralph Vaughan Williams to the wind band community, with scholarly transcriptions by leaders in wind band composition. Titles in the Symphonic Series come from treasured major orchestral works…

12 songs for solo guitar in DADGAD tuning, arranged by Wings lead guitarist and two-time Grammy-winning fingerstylist, Laurence Juber. Extensively fingered in notation and tablature, the songs include: As Time Goes By - Come Rain or Come Shine - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Over the Rainbow - Runaway - (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Yesterday - and more. 'The melodies, textures and harmonie…