Par RAVEL MAURICE. This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…

Par LORENZ RICARDO. Since 2015, approximately 1.9 million Venezuelans have fled their collapsing nation, with the most desparate escaping on foot as they cannot afford a bus or plane ticket. CAMINANTES, meaning “hikers” or “walkers” in Spanish, explores the different emotional stages undergone by any one of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who decide to walk to the border between Venezuela…

Oratorio, edition of selected works, Urtext edition. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Composed around 1760, Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu is one of Telemann ’s last large-scale vocal works. The libretto, by Karl Wilhelm Ramler, recounts the Biblical events from the Resurrection to the Ascension in seven sections. Alternating between recitative, da capo arias and festive choruses, Telemann succe…

Par BRIDGE FRANK. These four pieces for Cello and Piano accompaniment, were composed separately between the years 1901 and 1910 and appeared in print in several different versions, ranging from piano solo to full orchestra. They were all primarily written, however, for cello and piano so appear here in their original form. The editor - Julian Lloyd Webber - has been responsible for the addition of…

Par BUSONI FERRUCCIO. Busoni was just sixteen years old when he wrote the extraordinary Serenata, and the quality of the music is exceptional. The work draws inspiration from the serenade as love song, and the interplay between the warm, lyrical cello line countered by its bright and lively piano partner is highly effective. In preparing this new addition, cellist Lowrii Blake has consulted the or…

In 1922 Maurice Ravel heard the young Hungarian violin virtuoso and niece of Joseph Joachim, Jelly D'Aranyi, in concert in London. Following the performance, Ravel spent the remainder of the evening requesting D'Aranyi to play numerous gypsy tunes on her violin, probing her on the technical limits of the instrument. The result of this encounter is Ravel's virtuoso classic 'Tzigane?. Written origin…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. With final chorus 'An die Freude' (Ode to Joy) Between 1996 and 2000 Bärenreiter published scholarly-critical editions of Beethoven 's Nine Symphonies edited by the first class musicologist Jonathan Del Mar. The editorial process was a huge undertaking because of the complex source situation regarding Beethoven 's Symphonies culminating in the Choral Symphony (No. 9) whic…

My Violin Concerto is scored for a Classical-sized orchestra, with the addition of a harp and celeste, and lasts around 17 minutes. Although the work sets out to explore the lyrical characteristics of the solo instrument, it is only gradually that the violin finds its full, lyric voice, and thence, as the work progresses, a more dominant role. This, in one sense, is the 'journey' of the piece.The …

Thelonious Monk ? Omnibook for Piano
Transcribed Exactly from His Recorded Solos
All Alone
April In Paris
Ask Me Now
Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Bolivar Blues)
Bemsha Swing
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Blue Monk
Body And Soul
Bright Mississippi
Bye-Ya
Darn That Dream
Dinah

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between grades 1 and 2. Pam Wedgwood's inimitable style is guaranteed to breathe new life into your piano playing - the varied pieces in this bright new collection range from toe-tapping jazzy numbers to more classical styles, all designed to ease you gently on towards the next grade. So lighten up and move o…