Scriabin's 7th Piano Sonata is amongst the late sonatas nos. 6-10, conceived as preliminary studies for a Gesamtkunstwerk of enormous proportions, the 'Mysterium?. The mystic aura of the 7th Sonata is communicated to the player not least through the ecstatic performance directions contained in the autograph and the first edition. This and a great deal more can be seen in Scriabin's manuscript for …

for baritone and piano. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. Opening simply with a solo voice, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies' Italian settings of eight poems by Renaissance artist Michelangelo for baritone and piano take both the performers and audience on a striking journey through Michelangelo’s tortured and knotty Tuscan poetry. The piano is introduced in the second of the eight settings punctuating the vocal …

Clarinet. Look, Listen & Learn sets the bar for brass and woodwind teaching nowadays. These exciting method book/CD packs for beginners contain songs, music puzzles and games to increase the pupils’ understanding of music, information about their instrument, and lots of fun pieces to play. The three volumes of the method that form the basis of this series are enhanced by several books with supplem…

Based on the Critical Edition- Orchestra material on hire. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The large-scale form of 'Symphony No. 9' is unusual in a number of ways. It reminds in no way of the ninth symphonies of famous predecessors. Two slow movements, an Andante comodo at the beginning and an Adagio at the end, form the frame for two of the most parodistic and embittered inner movements that Mahler ever wrote…

Passions-Oratorium. Par BACH JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH. “An unknown work from the so-called Bückeburger Bach, which at first was ascribed unjustly to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. The story of the Suffering of the Lord is examined from a different perspective. Pilgrims have undertaken a journey to the Holy Land and when they arrive they are informed by a hermit of the suffering and death of Christ. …

New to the Schott Saxophone Lounge, this latest edition, arranged by Dirko Juchem, takes us on a musical journey through the decades of pop music. With his usual mastery, he adds a surprisingly 'saxy' touch to 14 immortal hits like Hotel California, Angie, Wind Of Change and Layla. All of these accessible arrangements are included on the audio CD as play-along and full performance versions, record…

Ever since the brilliant swing album of Robbie Williams, swing has resounded throughout the land. In the spin-off series of the popular Schott Saxophone Lounge series, the successful author Dirko Juchem (Saxophon spielen - mein schönstes Hobby) skilfully spans a Bridge from real swing classics like 'Mack The Knife' and 'Mood Indigo' to ''Tequila' or 'Body and Soul'. This collection contains some…

A Fun and Comprehensive Overview of Flamenco Guitar Playing By Jonathan Juanito Pascual The Total Flamenco Guitarist is an exciting journey into the world of flamenco guitar playing, a style loved by the world for its explosive techniques and depth of emotion. This book and CD kit is a complete curriculum for beginning to advanced flamenco guitarists. The lessons are based on a three-pronged app…

Piano Quartet No. 1. Par JOST CHRISTIAN. Christian Jost spent the summer of 1987 in an Indian reservation in Arizona. Impressed by the foreign culture and deeply moved by the visit of a Native American burial site, he composed - apart from other works - the piano quartet 'Ritual Returning' in which Indian influences can be heard. Like many of his works, this vibrant work resembles a journey in whi…

Par DICKBAUER KLAUS / GASSELSBERGER MARTIN. To play, learn and immerse yourself in – My Song Diary contains twelve easy to moderately difficult songs for trumpet, which capture atmospheric moments as solos with a play-along CD or as duets with piano. With pictorial titles, the two authors take you on a musical journey between reality and fantasy, sometimes mysterious and fragile, sometimes joyful …