for Large Ensemble. Par BORBOUDAKIS MINAS. Z-4383 by Minas Borboudakis is a 12-minute work for large ensemble (1(=Picc).1.1(=BCl).1 – 1.1.1(=BTbn).0 – 2Perc – Acdn – Pf – Str(1.1.1.1.1 or String Orchestra) – Electronics). It describes the journey of the wagon of the same name in which the body of the politician and pacifist Grigoris Lambrakis, also called 'Z', who was murdered in 1963, was transpo…

This original concert overture is manageable by young musicians, yet it has elements that are relevant to much more challenging literature. Written in a standard overture form, the catchy melodies and rhythms will be sure to delight audiences while keeping the players fully engaged. A brief lyrical interlude adds variety and a moment of repose before returning to the more energized main theme. Thi…

Par AEBERSOLD JAMEY. See why Jamey?s concise and logical piano comping has set a standard for swinging accompaniment accessible to all musicians. Comping/chords to the changes of Impressions, Satin Doll, Maiden Voyage, Footprints, Doxy, Summertime, and many more!! See why Jamey\'s concise and logical Piano comping has set a standard for swinging accompaniment accessible to all musicians. Comping/c…

Par HAHN. Having been considered as a 'fashionable' and 'cliche' composer of his day, Hahn 's compositions are possibly not as well-known as they ought to be. Premières Valses for Piano, however, shatter these prejudices held, representing the engaging diversity of the composer's music. Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) entered the Paris Conservatoire at 10 years old. He received a high st…

Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. This compilataion of thirty-six arias from Mozart's seven theatrical masterpieces moves from the youthful exuberance of 'The abduction from the Seragli' to the complex enchanting moral allegory of 'The Magic Flute', complete shortly before the composer's death in 1791. Together with all of the great soprano arias from these works are classic pieces from 'Idomeneo', 'Th…

Par KREISLER GEORG. Small-scale art music by Georg Kreisler (lyrics and music): Kreisler, who died in 2011, wrote the 'Untergangssextet' [Sextet of Doom] shortly before his death. He finished it save for the last bars; his fellow countryman Gerhard Wimberger added the ending (23 bars) in this version. Inspired by the pianist Sherri Jones, Kreisler, as in 'Fünf Lieder für Barbara', seized on ideas …

Written in 1899 for the Cambridge Degree of Doctor of Music and prepared by Alan Tongue from the composer's manuscript, A Cambridge Mass is the largest work written by Ralph Vaughan Williams before A Sea Symphony of 1909, and amongst his most ambitious. The opening Credo is set for SATB soloists, double chorus and orchestra on the broadest and most dramatic scale. The Offertorium that follows is f…

Par HERMANSEN AGE. Gatens basuner (“The Trombones in the street”), originally entitled “Til gamle Hauge”, was written in 1958. Shortly before Norway’s National Day (May 17th), the band in which the composer played the Euphonium, purchased four trombones. At that time, trombones was not very common in Norwegian amateur bands. To honor the new instruments, and the four players who started practicing…

Hier Liegt Vor Deiner Majestät. Par HAYDN JOHANN MICHAEL. Although the music of the younger Haydn brother was highly regarded by his contemporaries, his music was forgotten in the 19th century and still waits to be rediscovered. One of his more well-known works is the central piece on the present CD, the German Mass “Hier liegt vor deiner Majestät” MH 560 [Here before thy majesty], a work which is…