The Concerto No. 1 in A minor by Jean Baptiste Accolay (1833-1900) is one of the most popular concertos for pupils and a rewarding performance piece with its combination of great musical expressiveness and brilliant virtuosity which is suitable for concerts and competitions.This piece requires good position playing up to the fifth position, mastery of passage work and simple double stops, as well …

Par NUORVALA JUHANI. Juhani Nuorvala, described as an “electro-acoustic urban minimalist”, seeks inspiration from widely varied sources. With the enthusiasm of an explorer, he has delved into microtonality, French spectral music, techno and rock. It all becomes organically fused into his own idiom, often characterised by a frenzied rhythmic drive. Prélude non retouché (2012) for organ in ¼ comma m…

Couverture Rigide. Par GADE NIELS WILHELM. The four works presented in this volume – 'Frühlings-Phantasie” op. 23, 'Frühlings-Botschaft” op. 35, 'Die heilige Nacht' op. 40 and „ Beim Sonnenuntergang' op. 46 – were composed between 1852 and 1870. All of these works belong to the 'concert piece” genre, as the title pages of the respective first editions suggest. The works' instrumentation is varied…

Jehan Alain (1911-1940) was a French organist and composer. The second volume of Alain 's Organ Works is comprised of Variations on a Theme by Clément Jannequin, The Suspended Garden and Aria, as well as other favourites from the composer. Alain studied with Organ virtuosos, Guilmant and Vierne and was primarily an organist and composer of religious music. Whilst at the Paris Conservatoire, Alain …

Written by Gabriel Yared, composer to the scores for The English Patient, Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley, this folio of 22 original Cello pieces has been designed to inspire and encourage duettists, especially teacher/pupil collaborations.The idea grew out of composer Gabriel Yared's own learning experience which suggested a need for one part to be written for the experienced teacher and…

This portrait of celebrated German film composer Dirk Reichardt contains 13 easy Piano arrangements of scores from seven cinema greats.From his beginnings as a session musician working with diverse artists like Bonnie Tyler and Dionne Warwick, composer Dirk Reichardt has gone on to collaborate closely with successful film director Til Schweiger on a number of his films. Reichardt has scored works …

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. This book is perfect for those looking for something to bridge the gap between grades 2 and 3. 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…

Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This short opening music was composed on commission of the symphonic band of Jan Van der Roost's village (= Kontich near Antwerp / Belgium). In 1991, this community band celebrated its 100th anniversary. After composing commissioned pieces from different countries (even from Japan), this was the most 'near' commission he ever received indeed!It is a short but varied piece, f…

op. 147 - C minor. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. jeu de parties séparées, matériel d'orchestre complet . A mass setting by Robert Schumann? This is still likely to cause surprise among audiences – after all, Schumann is not generally viewed as a sacred composer. Indeed, his little-known late work, the Missa sacra, Op. 147, is a discovery not just for listeners but often for the performers themselves. The m…

This exciting new teaching method, by the renowned piano pedagogue, Hans-Gunter Heumann is ideal for adults and young people looking to learn the piano from scratch, or for those returning to the piano after a break from playing. Using classical music as a basis for learning, this method introduces outset interesting, varied and well-known pieces from the right. The two method books have been care…