Par RAE JAMES. 'This book was written in the same format as 40 Modern Studies. Again, the pieces are of moderate length and cover a wide variety of styles. As the studies are technically demanding, they are all written in comfortable clarinet-orientated keys to allow the student to focus on interpretation. Each study is designed to improve the student's musical as well as technical abilities.' Jam…

Cantus Missae. Par RHEINBERGER JOSEF GABRIEL. According to Otto Ursprung, Cantus missae is the “most beautiful, pure vocal music of the 19th century”. This is Rheinberger’s only Mass written for double choir. It obtains its special character through the use of compositional techniques of ancient classical vocal polyphony, which are combined with functional harmony and expressive, songlike voice-le…

The Works for one Instrument and PianoJohannes Brahms' compositions for one instrument and piano have been standards in chamber music literature ever since their inception. These works were written with specific performers in mind and Brahms worked closely with them when refining the final texts. Nevertheless, we rarely approach the music taking into consideration the possibilities of the instrume…

Album per la gioventù Op. 68. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. The volume brings together two of Robert Schumann’s most famous collections of piano pieces for the young. Scenes from the Childhood (Kinderszenen), op. 15, contains a series of short pieces for piano written by Schumann in February 1838. These form the German composer’s poetic cycles, together with the Kreisleriana. As their titles suggest, Schum…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…

Par DELISE LOUIS ANTHONY. Louis Anthony deLise's Seminare for Flute and Harp was written for flutist Joan Sparks and harpist Anne Sullivan. The compositions included in this suite are arrangements of solo piano pieces by deLise which began as improvisations, including 'Natural Light,” 'Mosaic II,” and 'Little Lydian.” Though originally composed for flute and pedal harp, included in this edition ar…

Offertorium Zum Ostersonntag. Par EBERLIN JOHANN ERNST. Eberlin’s programmatic setting of the offertory “Terra tremuit” was written for the festive liturgy of Easter Sunday at Salzburg Cathedral, which in the 17th and 18th centuries was a center of the cultivation of the polyphonic offertory. Verses 9 and 10 of Psalm 76 [Vulgata 75], with their vivid description of the earth trembling and falling …

Legendary drummer Billy Cobham made his name by playing with jazz icons like Miles Davis, George Benson, and Horace Silver and the Mahavishnu Orchestra in addition to his own band Dreams and a fruitful solo career. This Real Book includes 16 Cobham original compositions in detailed lead sheet arrangements written by Cobham himself! Includes: AC/DC - Crosswind - The Dancer - Desiccated Coconuts - H…

'The farewell / Vienna, May 4, 1809 / on the departure of his Imperial Highness the revered Archduke Rudolph? - Beethoven added this inscription to the manuscript of this sonata. It is today known by its French title 'les Adieux? and numbers amongst the composer's best-loved piano works. The first movement of the sonata was presumably written directly before the archduke hurriedly left Vienna. Rud…

A great jazz standard, this swing chart plays well at 176 BPM. Features of Adderley's 'Work Song' include a lead trumpet range to written A above the staff, written alto and trumpet solos, a great shout chorus, and cool development section. You'll love it. (4:49) / Ensemble De Jazz