Par PART ARVO. The Berlin Mass is intended to be sung liturgically during Pentecost, and includes the Veni Sancte Spiritus specific to that service. The gently unfolding repetition deliberately avoids dramatic and pictorial elements, exuding quiet dignity and a profound sense of joy. The vocal scores have almost no interpretive markings. Dynamics and tempi are left to the performers; it is their t…

Par PIAZZOLLA ASTOR. Arrangement pour piano 4 mains de Kyoko Yamamoto. Bordel 1900: Le tango naît à Buenos-Aires en 1882. Les premiers instruments à le jouer sont la guitare et la flûte. Par la suite, s'y ajoutent le piano puis le bandonéon. C'est une musique pleine de grâce et de vivacité: elle donne l'image de la bonne humeur, de la faconde des Françaises, des Italiennes et des Espagnoles qui v…

Arr. Mike Hannickel. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Everyone loves the NUTCRACKER! The immense and unprecedented popularity of this ballet seems to be without limit. Now your Grade 1 band can experience the joy of playing the themes they know so well. This extremely flexible arrangement can be used in so many ways!! Play it all, or leave out selected movements. Use the optional 'tag' ending, or ski…

Line Playing · Voice-Leading · Chromaticism · Bebop Scales
A clear and practical step-by-step approach to chromaticism, line playing and voice leading. The CD contains 23 play-along tracks (most of them played in two tempos), based on standard chord progressions, performed by a professional rhythm section, featuring Renato Chicco on piano, Dave Santoro on bass, and Adam Nussbaum on drums. In …

Par CAVALLI FRANCESCO. In 1662, Cavalli’s career was at its zenith. The two dozen operas he had written for Venice had helped establish Venice as the world’s first operatic superpower. “Scipione Affricano” (Venice 1664), Cavalli’s first opera after returning from France, was one of his most successful compositions. In a period that valued new works over familiar ones, “Scipione” was one of a handf…

in Full score. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Richard Wagner put his supreme effort, as well as his earnings, into constructing the perfect festival theater in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth where his masterpiece, the four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, could be performed in a manner which would conform to his vision of how the drama should unfold. Wagner's own perception was that the unique and revolut…

The autograph of a composition always makes fascinating reading - and this is particularly true of Schubert's Trio in Eb major op. 100, as it underwent many changes during its composition. The manuscript, parts of which were greatly revised, bears eloquent witness to this and offers an opportunity to trace the intricacies of Schubert's phrasing and articulation. This source is in a private collect…

Julian Anderson's new Violin Concerto - his first ever concerto - extends the conventional exploration of relationships to the spacial. Beginning off stage, the soloist's physical location changes throughout the work, altering the dynamic between soloist, orchestra, and conductor. The work was written especially for Carolin Widmann. / Violon Et Orchestre

Great musical ideas need a solid foundation of strong chops to back them up. Fill the gaps in your technique with this unique approach to jazz guitar. Build your finger strength, and flexibility with exercises and examples written especially for jazz players. This book covers the finger independence needed for smooth, rapid changes between complex jazz chords in the context of important progressio…

One of Strayhorns finest works, Billy's original score of 'Pentonsilic' has been edited by Jeff Lindberg. The tempo is bright at 208 BPM and there is clarinet on the tenor 1 part to include solo space. Add a very nice written bari sax solo, a few meter changes, and you've got an a meaty arrangement at a high level. A brilliant and creative orchestration. / Ensemble De Jazz