Par TYLER BONNIE. Choir Rocks! Total Eclipse of the Heart presents Bonnie Tyler's number 1 hit from the album Faster Than The Speed of Light, arranged for upper voices with piano accompaniment. This arrangement is taken from the popular Choir Rocks! series which offers flexible arrangements of contemporary pop hits. All pieces are written for soprano and alto, with an optional third part of limite…

a cura di Simone Gramaglia. Par PAGANINI NICOLO. Paganini?s Sei Sonate op. 2 (M.S. 26), his Cantabile (M.S. 109) and his Sonata concertata (M.S. 2) bring out all of the timbral and sonic possibilities of both the viola and the guitar. In these pieces, the two voices blend together in a natural way, creating a compelling and well-balanced duo. These three transcriptions make up a perfect introducti…

Par SMITH PAUL. The text of Let’s Walk Together, by Daniel Simpson, neatly sums up the character of its composer Paul Smith and the vocal ensemble he founded, VOCES8. Connection, interaction and movement are all characteristics. Composed for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir with baritone solo, this three-minute piece has sonorous hymn-like chords which introduce cascading faster voices in its middle. …

Par SCHLEE THOMAS DANIEL. For composer Thomas Daniel Schlee, the 'intimate sound possibilities of the string quartet” have the potential 'to formulate an, albeit 'only' individual, solution to the somewhat forlorn condition of new art music within society that we are unfortunately experiencing today.” Schlee's Fourth String Quartet opens with a pure C major sound, out of which he develops a harmo…

Using a text taken from Emily Dickinson's Complete Poems: Part Two---Nature, this intricate choral for treble voices weaves multiple melodies together in a stunning texture. Excellent for contest and concert events. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

Tarik O'Regan's Mass Observation was commissioned for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir, Jerry Blackstone, conductor, thanks to support from the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Choral Commissioning Fund and the Barbara Abramoff Levy Fund. Composer's note: Mass Observation is a meditation on the histories of our varied ambivalent relationships with surveillance in its myriad guises. The use …

This work, composed for Children's Voices and String Quartet, was commissioned by the Young People's Chorus of New York City. / Quatuor A Cordes

Par PURCELL HENRY. Matching skilfully contrived music with topical and often scabrous texts, Purcell’s Catches offer vivid glimpses of 17th-century life which also appeal to a more modern sense of humour. Reissued to celebrate the tercentenary of the composer’s death, this complete collection is edited by Michael Nyman, who provides an extensive preface that tells the history of the genre. For 3-p…

Par GOODALL HOWARD. The Spring of the Water of Life is Howard Goodall’s jubilant anthem for SATB voices and organ. The music sets the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins and George Herbert (God’s Grandeur and The Flower respectively), as well as words from Revelation, culminating in a triumphant finale. A trumpet part is also available for download from fabermusicstore.com. The piece was commissioned …

Par WOLF HUGO. The sophisticated choral arrangements by Clytus Gottwald have found a place in concert life throughout the world. He has made four Lieder by Hugo Wolf available for the choral repertoire: His transcriptions for 7–16 voices under the title “Vier Lieder” include the opening Lied from the Italienisches Liederbuch [“Und willst du deinen Liebsten sehen“] as well as three settings of Möri…