Cette courte pièce aux évidentes couleurs du sud surgit comme cadeau d'anniversaire pour une amie espagnole du compositeur. Lui même étant de la même nationalité, mais résidant loin de son pays, 'Helena' lui permet de se rapprocher à ses origines. La pièce est construite sur un schéma ABA' et sur une rythmique typique d'habanera, voire de tango lent. Les éléments mélodiques ont une forte charge ry…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. Three Klezmer Miniatures is Philip Sparke’s third work based on traditional Jewish klezmer melodies, after Shalom! and A Klezmer Karnival. Klezmer music originated in the ’shtetl‘ (villages) and the ghettos of Eastern Europe, where itinerant Jewish troubadours, known as ’klezmorim‘, had performed at celebrations, particularly weddings, since the early Middle Ages. In Three Klezm…

Par NISHIMURA YUKIKO. The title Luna is the Latin word for moon, which is the subject of this lyrical work by composer Yukiko Nishimura, originally composed for string orchestra. In a lilting waltz style, the composer has described the inspiration as imagining the sky with the moon at daytime. Nishimura\'s gift for melody shines throughout, especially in the middle section which includes lush pass…

Rachmaninoff's set of variations, originally composed in 1931 for piano solo, are here arranged by the Rumanian conductor Corneliu Dumbraveanu for chamber orchestra. This arrangement has been programmed regularly by Neeme Järvi, including in 2012 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra in an all-Rachmaninoff programme, and can be heard on his 1994 Chandos recording with the Detroit Symphony Orchest…

Description 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.…

'Come with me, and you'll be in a world of pure imagination.' It's pure joy to sing this hauntingly lovely and inspirational song, originally performed by Gene Wilder in the musical Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Featured in season 2 of Glee. / Choeur TTBB

(Extended Edition). Par BULLA STEPHEN. Frontier Vision est une oeuvre de concert ou de concours basée sur deux éléments : la commémoration du 500e anniversaire de la Fête de la Réforme et la mélodie de Martin Luther « C’est un rempart que notre Dieu » (Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott»). La composition repose sur cette mélodie connue et est aussi inspirée du mouvement évangélique qui s’est propagé à …

Originally made famous by Duke Ellington, this jazz standard has been sung by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Harry Connick, Jr. Enjoy this swinging setting from Mark Brymer. / Choeur (Unisson), Voix Hautes Et Voix Egales

A Must-Have Collection of Well-Known Songs, Including Oboe Features!. If you've been taking oboe lessons for a little while, you are probably eager to learn some familiar songs. The First 50 Songs You Should Play on Oboe includes a wide variety of favorites, from pop hits and movie themes to classical melodies and folk songs, many of which originally featured oboe! / Pop and rock / Date parution…

Par RAVEL MAURICE. In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is Ravel's virtuoso classic 'Tziga…