Par AONZO CARLO. Collaborating with mandolinist, guitarist, and musicologist Franco Di Biase, a native of Archi in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy, world-renowned mandolinist Carlo Aonzo presents a new chapter of the Italian folk repertoire with 22 field-collected lively traditional dances and tunes still used in local festivals and serenades.The book is enhanced by vintage photos and evocati…

Par VINE CARL. Lyrical, direct and exhibiting a masterful understanding of vocal writing, Carl Vine's secular cantata for soprano and strings, The Tree of Man, is a gift to audience and musicians alike. The 11-minute work, written in 2012 for the Australian Chamber Orchestra and soprano Daniele de Niese, is based on a passage from a novel of the same name by the Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick …

The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. Text and music introductions written by experts are combined with carefully chosen selections of newly-engraved music to give a concise but informed overview of the life and work of each composer. The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. This edition focu…

Par CELTIC WOMAN. Celtic Woman built a massive global following by delivering authentic Celtic music via spectacular live concerts and gorgeous, platinum-certified recordings. Musicians will delight in the vibrant, uniquely celtic rhythms and tonal embellishments detailed in this volume. From contemporary hits to classical favourites, this edition boasts some of Celtic Woman's most popular songs a…

Arrangements for string quartet of 'Romance for string orchestra, op 11' (1928), 'Elegy for violin and piano, op 22' (1940), and 'Prelude for string orchestra, op 25' (1940s). 'Romance' (8 mins) was first performed in 2009 by the Finzi Quartet at London's Wigmore Hall, and has been recorded by them on Resonus Classics RES 10109. 'Elegy' (9 mins) and 'Prelude' (5 mins) were first performed in 2014 …