Par GARDEL CARLOS. Love, fire, passion - as one of the most emotionally-charged dances, the tango is an ideal match for the flute and its duo partner, the piano, as all three join in for a charming musical experience. Argentine tango expert Diego Collatti has arranged five popular tangos originally composed by Carlos Gardel, who greatly influenced the genre with his interpretations and composition…

One must look long and hard to find a piano pupil who hasn't studied Beethoven's two 'sonate facile? op. 49. They are not only relatively easy to play but highly lyrical and effective, ideally combining joy in music-making with a mastery of early classical literature. The two works were composed much earlier than the opus number suggests. Beethoven wrote them around 1797/98, during a time when he …

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…

A ballet in four actsInstrument : pianoNombre de Pages : 32The series 'Get to Know Classical Masterpieces' presents popular compositions in easy piano arrangements by Hans-Günter Heumann, the latest edition in this series being Tchaikovsky's famous ballet opera Swan Lake.The present edition, with explanatory texts and fully coloured illustrations, is aimed at young and adult pianists alike. The ea…

Hardly any cycle of piano pieces can match the magnetic attraction of Chopin's '24 Préludes?, published in 1839. Schumann called them 'sketches, beginnings of études, [...] ruins, stray eagles pinions, all disorder and wild confusion?. Christoph Flamm has critically reevaluated the sources, bringing to light new readings of this well-known musical text. Hardy Rittner, a hammerklavier specialist an…

This method by Tim Kliphuis is the first book to teach Gypsy Jazz Violin in the style of Stephane Grappelli. Have you ever listened to Stephane Grappellis' solos thinking 'I wish I could do that, but it is way over my head'' Here is the answer. Simple theory, licks and stylistic lessons point you towards your first authentic Gypsy Jazz improvisations, which you can try out with the swinging…

The composer, pianist and musicologist Antonio Ruiz-Pipó (1934-1997) wrote works of various genres which follow Albéniz and de Falla: Written in a neo-classical style with a strong personal influence, they show a strong attachment to his Spanish roots. One of them is the piece Endecha for harp which was created in 1975 for the soloist David Watkins, premiered and recorded on LP in the following ye…

Par AFSHAR LILY. Interprétation soulful de Lily caractéristiques de DVD de Koyunbaba, opus 19 avec son mini-cadenza dans le mouvement final, la folk turque rarement entendue tune, Kara Toprak Black Earth, ses arrangements de la célèbre cinq Perse ballades populaires, Gozaar, musique du compositeur iranien Reza Vali, basé sur le système d'échelle persane traditionnelle de Nava, à l'aide de micro-to…

Nr. 4 G-Dur/Nr. 5 D-Dur/Nr. 6 B-DurInstrument : orchestraType : study score CDSeries : Eulenburg Audio ScoreNombre de Pages : 172The more you read, the more you hear!The Eulenburg Audio Score Series contains the orchestral world's treasures from the baroque, classical and romantic repertoire. Each of the 50 volumes consists of a clearly-presented and authoritative score, an informative preface d…