Par WILLIAMS ANTHONY. This is a collection of original piano pieces written by real, living composers who eat breakfast, get tired and irritable, laugh at jokes and have favourite things. Using their imagination and with a love for piano music, they have captured a little bit of what makes them who they are within some inspired pieces and left these as a set of musical fingerprints for you to play…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès’s second work for string quartet, The Four Quarters was written for the Emerson Quartet and was premiered by them at Carnegie Hall in 2011. The winner of the 2012 British Composer Award for Chamber Composition, the 20-minute work charts the progress of a day. Glassy harmonics typify the opening movement Nightfalls, whilst playful pizzicati abound in Serenade – Morning …

In E-Flat Major / In C-Sharp Minor. Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. At the dawn of the 19th century Beethoven struck out on new paths with his two opus 27 sonatas, each of which he called a 'sonata quasi una fantasia”. Both of them, in particular Sonata no. 2 which was later nicknamed the 'Moonlight Sonata”, were destined for immortality. Jonathan Del Mar, second to none in his knowledge of Beethoven's…

Rockschool is about playing the styles of music you enjoy. The specially written tunes develop the key skills, styles and techniques you need so you can play the hits of yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Rockschool packs include full notation and TAB plus backing tracks on a CD featuring top musicians. Students are encouraged to be creative with the Rockschool tunes - so feel free to improvise a…

Vous n'avez pas pleuvoir est le deuxième album studio de Hugh Laurie, après son impressionnante première incursion dans la musique enregistrée, Let Them Talk.Dans n'avons pas de pluie, Laurie élargit sa recette originale du blues pur et simple, en ajoutant cette fois des traits de R and B, Jazz et Tango, encore une fois joué avec un niveau de finesse et de se sentir presque inconvenant pour quelqu…

Par BEATLES THE. Play along with thirty songs from the early years of The Beatles. Specially arranged from actual recordings. Includes chord symbols, chord boxes and lyrics. A playing guide to show you how to play like the Beatles as well as just sound like them. Two magnificant, specially recorded soundalike CDs by a live band. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Rép International / Recueil / Chant et Gu…

Arr. Don Campbell. Don Campbell has taken four songs which reflect the period of Flower Power and made a swingin' groovin' medley out of them. Put on your flares and sunglasses and enjoy the sound of the 60's. / Niveau : 3 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Brass Band

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 COURT DOUGLAS. Imaginative thematic interplay threads its way throughout this dynamic new concert piece. Your Grade 2 ensemble will enjoy finding several traditional armed forces songs hiding in the fabric of this piece as neatly as if Betsy Ross herself had stitched them together. The parade-like atmosphere is uplifting and energizing. The stars and stripes fly high with Yankee Doodle Salute!…

for piano quartet. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. The two nocturnes were composed immediately after major surgery, against a deadline, and, despite the music sounding unlike anything I have written before, I decided to keep them exactly as they turned out. 2010 is a Chopin year, and I made this pair of nocturnes into a little tribute, after playing through and listening to most of his output. Never bef…