Par WEBER CARL MARIA VON / LEFEBVRE. French clarinetist, Cyrille Rose (1830-1902) superbly arranged Carl Maria Von Weber 's (1786-1826) Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, for Clarinet and Piano. Having studied under Hyacinthe Klosé at the Paris Conservatoire, Rose won many prizes at the institution and went on to teach many prolific clarinetists. The Fantaisie Et Rondo, extracted from Weber 's orig…

The Maccabaean Revolt in the second century B.C. provided the background to the story that unfolds in Judas Maccabaeus . It is part of the history of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. This oratorio follows the story from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. up until Judas' march on Jerusalem in 164 B.C. With a libretto supplied by Thomas Morell, Handel's great work was first performed at…

Par SPARKE PHILIP. A Bandsman’s Overture was commissioned by British Bandsman magazine to celebrate its 125th anniversary in 2012. It was premiered by Black Dyke Band, conducted by Dr Nicholas Childs, at a special anniversary concert held in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, on July 1st. British Bandsman was for a period known as British Bandsman and Contest Field, following an amalgamation of two magazi…

Par ROBB GRAHAM. Jazzsteps is the perfect manual for any aspiring jazz musician. It teaches though aural based exercises starting with simple listening and rhythm games, and moving on, just one step at a time, towards copying and then responding to short jazz phrases. The corresponding cassette (available separately Catalogue Number 0571513689) is designed to be re-used as new Jazzsteps are introd…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Camille Saint-Saëns composed this Romance, Op. 51, in 1877, originally in the key of D major for cello and piano. The form of the piece is relatively simple, opening with a lyrical melody over a repetitive and somewhat rhythmic accompaniment. The middle section modulates to the key of the flattened 6th scale degree (B-flat major), using this to arrive at the dominant chord…

Op. 129. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. R. Schumann Concerto for Violoncello in A minor Op.129 (Cello and Piano) Robert Schumann’s Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra is the first major Romantic work of this genre not to have been composed by a cellist. Nevertheless, Schumann, who worked on this late composition for several years, consulted the cellist Emil Bockmühl, who regularly played chamber music i…

Vienna version 1781. Par GLUCK CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD. Gluck Iphigenie auf Tauris (Vienna version 1781) (Vocal Score) Music drama in four acts Following upon the great success of “Iphigénie en Tauride”, Gluck arranged the popular drama of human passions, guilt and unconditional friendship once again for Vienna’s Burgtheater, where it was premièred in 1781. Especially remarkable is the masterly orche…

For Fingerstyle Guitar. Par MILLER JOHN. Fingerstyle guitar provides the perfect medium for capturing the beautiful chords and unforgettable melodies of Christmas Carols and Holiday Standards. In this collection John Miller has put together arrangements of twenty such songs designed to appeal to guitarists with a wide range of fingerstyle skill and experience. What a range of expressions and moods…