Italian composer Franceso Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) wrote more than 350 songs, among which were favorites of famous singers, from Caruso and Tetrazzini in his day to Pavarotti and Carreras in ours. With a direct and simple grace and sensual Italianate vocal lines, his works were in some ways an art music reply to the Neapolitan folk tradition. Featuring 30 Tosti songs available for the first time in…

Par NAOUMOFF EMILE. These songs by Emile Naoumoff are squarely in the tradition of French lied composition such as by Gabriel Fauré. Here, Naoumoff chose texts by late 19th-century French lyricists: Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Emile Verhaeren, Charles Baudelaire and René-François Sully-Prudhomme. In their elegance and suppleness, the four songs sound typically French. As they are all easy to …

Continuing the tradition of the fantastic Bass Along series, this Play-Along edition features 10 of the best Classic Rock songs. Combinable with BOE7804 and BOE7811, contains same songs. / Guitare Basse

A Suite of British and Irish Folk Songs. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Songs from Across the Water est une commande du Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds et de Phil Evans, fondateur et directeur. Phil Evans est originaire du Royaume-Uni où il a joué dans l’orchestre des HM Royal Marines pendant 25 ans. Vivant désormais aux Etats-Unis, il y a fondé le Pennsylvania Symphonic Winds en 2008 et lui a donné le slogan « …

A proven source of graded duets for both the student and teacher of brass and woodwind instruments. Each volume contains works from the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical periods, folk songs and traditional tunes, and a selection of original compositions by Keith Snell in a variety of styles. A useful source of repertoire. Contains: Andante (Fesch) * Evening Song (Snell) * The Filial Crow (Tradi…

Here is a book of tunes from the Elizabethan era - the great period of English song - set in tablature for the clawhammer banjo. At first glance, it is true, the songs of Shakespeare's day and the mountain banjo seem to be worlds apart. But the musical traditions are, in fact, related, as Elizabethan songs are the old world cousins of mountain tunes. As a result, Elizabethan tunes are a natural wa…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Ralph Vaughan Williams a contribué au renouveau de la musique traditionnelle anglaise. Lors de ses nombreux voyages à travers le pays et plus particulièrement à travers les campagnes du Norfolk, il recueille des chansons de tradition orale auprès de tous les corps de métiers. Il en intègre les plus belles dans sa propre musique, notamment dans A Norfolk Rhapsody et dans la Symph…

Par KNORR IWAN. Dans les Ukrainian Love Songs d'Ivan Knorr, le chant à quatre voix avec piano correspondent aux Liebeslieder-Walzern op. 65 de Johannes Brahms. On peut les comparer en termes de qualité de composition. Inspiré par la tradition des Cosaques ukrainiens, ce cycle en neuf parties séduit par la combinaison attrayante de voix dirigées par des paroles lyriques et romantiques et par un acc…