The All Music Guide regards trumpet virtuoso Louis Armstrong as ?the most important musician in (jazz's) history.? This great songbook features note-for-note transcriptions of this legend's trumpet playing on 16 songs he's famous for: Basin Street Blues ? Cornet Chop Suey ? Gut Bucket Blues ? Hotter Than Hot ? Shine ? Tiger Rag ? When the Saints Go Marching In ? and more. Includes a bio and discog…

Les légendaires Delta d'inspiration blues-rockers lors du Fillmore, San Francisco, en 1994, avec tout l'atmosphère et d'électricité d'un show de véritables homecoming. Tandis que Elvis et Buddy Holly étaient poupe dans le hit parade, jeune Jorma Kaukonen et Jack Casady attend Lightnin' Hopkins et Chuck Berry pour trouver l'inspiration, creusant profondément dans le patrimoine du blues rural et à f…

Par MATTHEW MARTIN. O Rex Gentium sets the Magnificat antiphon for December 22 - one of the great 'O' antiphons traditionally sung at Vespers in the week before Christmas. These texts are all invocations of the coming of Christ, each one offering praise to him using titles taken from the prophet Isaiah. This piece was commissioned in 2011 to form part of a complete set of the seven O Antiphons for…

Concerto for Brass Band. Par SPARKE PHILIP. Perihelion was commissioned by the Cory Band as their own-choice piece for the 2013 European Brass Band Championships, held in Oslo, Norway. Winning the set piece section of the contest and coming second to Eikanger-Bjorsvik Musikklag with their own choice selection, Cory went on to become European Champions for the fifth time. Cory MD Philip Harper had …

Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Some of Felix Mendelssohn's earliest compositions include a set of 12 string symphonies which he composed between the ages of 12 and 14. Coming from a wealthy family, a private orchestra often premiered his works at chamber concerts held in his home. The Sinfonia No. 4, arranged for flute orchestra by Shaul Ben-Meir, is originally in the key of C minor but has been…

Par COUPERIN FRANCOIS / GILBERT. Harpsichord work - Volume 4, LP. 24 by Francois Couperin is the fourth in a series of 4 volumes of suites for Harpsichord. Published in 1930, three years before Couperin 's death, when he was very ill, this volume initially presented some small mistakes and some white pages. It features seven Ordres, from the 20th to the 27th, with a total of 43 pieces. For upper-i…

for Flute Orchestra. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Some of Felix Mendelssohn's earliest compositions include a set of 12 string symphonies which he composed between the ages of 12 and 14. Coming from a wealthy family, a private orchestra often premiered his works at chamber concerts held in his home. This arrangement by Shaul Ben-Meir consists of the first movement of Sinfonia No. 9, the Grave-…

Par STRAUSS RICHARD. The 'Serenade' for 13 wind instruments enjoys a special position among the works of Richard Strauss's youth (and suggests that this period was coming to an end): it is the work that brought recognition to Strauss as a composer outside his native environment./ Répertoire / 13 Instruments à Vent