Par MCCARTHY JAMES. The words of Peaceful was the Night are taken from John Milton?s ode On the Morning of Christ?s Nativity, written in 1629. Milton describes the universe halting in utter stillness at the moment of Christ?s appearing on the earth. (As the poet wrote: ?His reign of peace upon the Earth began. ?) In James McCarthy?s carol, the voices play a dual role, as narrator, and by evoking t…

Par . Play along with the pros in this exciting collection of 10 hit tunes for piano, meticulously arranged by Ned Bennett and George Double for Grade 3 (Late Elementary) players. Take centre stage as you play with live backings recorded by professional musicians plus live demo tracks to check your progress, all available to download. With this fresh selection of tunes from pop to musicals, jazz a…

Combining the 'Ubi Caritas? text with two dramatically different 'Holy Thursday? texts of the same name by William Blake, James Lavino has created a work for SATB divisi choir, SATB semi-chorus and organ that is both thrilling and thought provoking. Chosen by Philip Brunelle for the Cathedral series and performed by his world renowned 'Vocal Essence? choir, this work requires both advanced singers…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. The series of symphonies in the New Schubert Edition is a milestone of modern scholarly-critical editing, lending these works a transparency lacking in earlier editions of a more romantic bent. The eight symphonies trace Schubert 's artistic evolution from the First Symphony, which develops a theme from Beethoven's Eroica, to the Mozartean Fifth and the romanticism of the 'Grea…

'It is, aside from two passages, one of Beethoven's easiest - but as far as the performance of individual passages and its whole spirit is concerned, requires every kind of care?, thus wrote a contemporary critic. And it is for this reason that Beethoven's Sonata op. 90 is extremely popular today, both with piano students and also with professional pianists. It provides enough challenges: for exam…

Igor Stravinsky 's masterpiece, Renard, in a newly engraved and corrected study score format, edited by Millan Sachania, taking account of all available sources for the first time. / Orchestre

In this beginning autoharp DVD, Evo Bluestein demonstrates the main steps that make up his style of playing: Pinch strum (for rhythm accompaniment), Pinch strum (for melody picking) and Full Rhythm strum (for melody picking). Start at the beginning of the DVD. Repeat each segment, playing along with Evo, until you can duplicate what Evo is doing. / Harpe

Opera in three acts. Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. ; Almira, Handel's first opera, was well received when premiered in 1705 at the Theater am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. The director was Reinhard Keiser, who, remarkably, had himself already set Friedrich Christian Feustking's text to music. The role of Fernando was sung by Johann Mattheson. The translation used by Handel leaves several Italian arias in …

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven 's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony (No. 9) which came down to us in nearly 20 different sources…

Franz Schubert's Impromptus and Moments musicaux are among the milestones of piano music and are a reuglar feature in music lessons and concert performances. This new edition brings all Impromptus and Moments musicaux together in one volume in a practice-focused manner. The musical text of the 'Impromptus' is based primarily on the composer's autographs as well as on a copy of the Witteczek-Spaun …