Another tremendous compilation of fabulous Violin Sonatas from the Eighteenth Century. Featuring three works by Francesco Geminiani Antonio Vivaldi and Richard Jones set for Violin and Keyboard instrument accompaniment. Ideal for intermediate level repertoire these are wonderful examples all from the golden age of Violin music.

a cura di Cesare Fertonani-The series Eighteenth Century Italian Music includes compositions of special historical and musical significance. Each edition is based on the original sources to offer performers works that satisfy clear critical and musicological criteria.This anthology includes ten sonatas carefully selected from among those written by ten of the most important eighteenth-century Ital…

of Jean-Baptiste Miroglio. Eighteenth century France was the center of mandolin composition in Europe, especially of mandolin music for amateurs. Jean-Baptiste Miroglio's Suites des Amusemens des Dames are typical of mandolin duets of this timeâ'challenging, but not too difficult, while rich in feeling and musicality. Intended for mandolin, violin or pardessus de viol, these pieces provide a delig…

Composed during the early 1700s Emanuele d'Astorga's nine-movement Stabat Mater was to become one of the most frequently performed choral works of the eighteenth century. Tinged with melancholy it features ornate solos duets and trios interspersed between beautiful imitative moments for full chorus. Robert King has consulted eighteenth-century sources for this edition which includes an organ …

A cura di Cesare Fertonani-The series Eighteenth Century Italian Music includes compositions of special historical and musical significance. Each edition is based on the original sources to offer performers works that satisfy clear critical and musicological criteria. This anthology includes twelve harpsichord sonatas carefully selected from among those written by ten of the most important eightee…

Written in 1747 while C P E Bach was in Berlin probably for his then employer Frederick the Great or for Frederick's teacher J J Quantz this work was not printed until 1763. Like his father J S Bach C P E Bach chose the key of A minor for his only compositon for solo Flute but it's structure is quite different to that of Bach senior. Like J. S. Bach's Partita in A minor (BWV 1013) the sonata …

During the eighteenth century a person called 'the Dance Master' made his appearance in Ireland. He was a travelling dance-teacher who moved from one village to another to teach the people there how to dance. They were often flamboyant personalities gorgeously dressed and holding a staff in one hand. In order to teach their pupils the difference between their right and left leg the dance mas…

Tonalité : D-Dur - Tvwv 52:D3. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. The D-major Concerto for Two Violins belongs to a group of concertos that Telemann wrote between 1707-8 and 1712 while serving as concert master and later as Kapellmeister of the court musicians in Eisenach. Telemanns double conertos for Eisenach are music-histroical documents of the first order on the early eighteenth-century concerto in …

The fifth book of Baroque Flute Pieces offers another selection of wonderful early and mid-eighteenth century flute music. It represents some of the finest works for the flute and demonstrates the changing vogue and technology of that period when a new instrument required new music. This series is part of the ABRSM repertory and has been superbly edited by Richard Jones. There is a substantial an…

The libretto for this work by playwright Henri Meilhac and journalist Philippe Gille is based on L'histoire du Chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by Abbé Prévost. Retaining the novel's eighteenth-century setting Massenet's opera offers noisy crowd scenes passionate duets and tense melodramas which certainly pleased the Opera-Comique's patrons - it was an instant popular success. This i…

as performed by Ed Sheeran. Par SHEERAN ED / SKELLY SEB (Arr.). L'artiste pop britannique Ed Sheeran a écrit Shivers à la fin de son Divide Tour. Notons que cette chanson a été écrite en trois jours, ce qui est exceptionnellement long pour lui. Il estimait qu'elle était « trop spéciale pour se tromper » et voulait la peaufiner jusqu'à en être satisfait. Cette attitude a inspiré Seb Skelly à releve…

Dai primi passi alle Alternative Tunings, uno studio indispensabile per tutti i chitarristi acustici ed elettrici per scoprire nuove possibilità espressive.Pare che l'arte dello scordare la chitarra venga praticata da ?sempre! Prima ancora della nasi ciò che definiamo accordatura standard, la moltitudine degli strumenti a corda esistenti adottava le più svariate sequenze. E non è certo mistero che…

This arrangement of the well-loved hymn stays true to the jubilation and reverence of Easter. Wesley's words and the eighteenth-century melody shine through in a sensitive reharmonization and a recurring instrumental passage smoothly connects the verses. Reflecting common hymn-singing practice the first verse is in unison the second in four-part harmony and the third returns to unison with a s…