Par NORAC / CHOPIN / JACQUOT. Carl Norac redonne vie avec son talent de poête à  la correspondance de Chopin, enfant, avec son ami Titus. Les lettres du jeune musicien débordent de fantaisie et de tendresse, elles confient ses amours, ses peurs et sa passion pour la musique. Jacques Bonnaffé nous envoûte par sa voix chaude et douce et la jeune pianiste Shani Diluka par son jeu aérien d'une Grâce c…

(Four Slavonic Characters). Par KERNEN ROLAND. C'est lors d'un séjour en Slavonie que le compositeur fut subjugué par la beauté de cette région. Il rassemble ses impressions dans quatre caractères : une danse lente exprimant l'élégance calme et mesurée, les fêtes quise déroulent le long de la Save, la rêverie qu'exhale la respectueuse passion de la nature tandis que le dernier caractère développe …

Weihnachtskantate. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX / LUTHER MARTIN. During Mendelssohns years of study with Zelter, the arrangement of chorales already played an important role, and he continued to be occupied with the protestant chorale throughout his symphonic and oratorical work. The break Bach’s works in connection with the reperformance of the St. Matthew Passion led to a series of cantatas b…

Choralkantate. Par CRUGER JOHANN / MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. also contains an arrangemet for organ During Mendelssohns years of study with Zelter, the arrangement of chorales already played an important role, and he continued to be occupied with the protestant chorale throughout his symphonic and oratorical work. The break Bach’s works in connection with the reperformance of the St. Matthew Pas…

Dvo?ák worked longer and more intensively on this Trio than on just about any other chamber music work. After his first successes with pieces inspired by Czech folk music, namely the popular Slavonic Dances (HN 757 and 918), he now wanted to prove himself as a composer of the highest order. This is why in the following summer, he thoroughly reworked the Trio that he had written within eight weeks …

Oratorium. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn composed his first oratorio Paulus under the impression of his own revival of J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in 1829. He integrated chorale settings into St. Paul, for which he was accused by his contemporaries of making a stylistic break, using an element unsuitable to church music. In spite of these reservations, during Mendelssohn’s life…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. Il pourrait paraître surprenant qu’un ensemble japonais puisse commander une pièce pour orchestre de fanfare, puisque l’on rencontre surtout ce type de formation en Belgique, aux Pays-Bas et au Luxembourg, ainsi qu’en France et en Suisse. Senzoku Gakuen, l’une des plus grandes et plus prestigieuses académies de musique du Japon, compte une grande variété d’ensembles et d’orc…

Par GORDON ANDREW D.. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew's, he has written this instructional book '100 Ultimate Soul, Funk and R and B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk, Soul and R and B artists such as: James Brown, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders, Average White Band, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Parliament, Ramsey Lewis, Booker T and The MG's, MFSB, Billy P…

LE BEST OF DES GIPSY KINGS : PARTITIONS POUR PIANO, CHANT ET GUITARE (GRILLES D'ACCORDS). TITRES : A MI MANERA ALLEGRIA BAILA ME BAMBOLEO BEM, BEM, MARIA CAMINANDO POR LA CALLE CAMINO DJOBI DJOBA HABLA ME HOTEL CALIFORNIA INSPIRATION LA DONA NO VOLVARE OY PASSION QUIERO SABER SOY TERNURAS TRISTA PENA TU QUIERES VOLVER UN AMOR VAMOS A BAILAR VIENTO DEL A…

Arr. Peter Kleine Schaars. Par JACKSON / GERALD JACKSON. In the nineties, the Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan recorded a sparkling version of Vicki Sue Robinson’s disco classic Turn the Beat Around. She gave the song a catchy Latin beat, and with this new impulse, it was a worldwide hit. With the sentence from the song text “Love to hear percussion” in mind, Peter Kleine Schaars incorporated …