Molenaar Edition

1) 'Jour de Fête.* A quiet sunday atmosphere on the Avenue Foch, a residental area for the well-to-do in Paris. It begins with full-soun­ding chords, with a wealth of added tones. It seems as if many...

Our man in Paris is a flaneur. Polished, elegant, and a little wordly-wise, he spends much of the day in the glossy boulevard cafes, sipping his drink and chatting with friends as he watches the fashi...

Summer in the City is a song recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful, written by John Sebastian, Mark Sebastian and Steve Boone. It appeared on their album Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful, and reached number one...

The immortal French song 'Les Feuilles Mortes' (Autumn Leaves) was composed by Joseph Kosma on a text by Jacques Prévert. Kosma worked with Berthold Brecht, Kurt Weil and Hans Eisler in Berlin before...

The Japanese composer Kamioka Youichi is a newcomer in our European band world. His composition 'In Autumn Skies' is a traditional march, however characterised by quite original ornaments, especially...

Ce concertino en 2 mouvements était écrit pour Omar Tomasoni, trompette solo au Concertgebouw Orkest. Dans le premier mouvement, Frozen Night, le coté lyrique de la trompette est mis en valeur dans de...

The popular American composer and conductor Henry Mancini studied the piano and conducting at the famous Julliard School of Music. He started his career in film music as arranger for the legendary mov...

Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing) was a hit from 1936. The original title was Sing, Bing, Sing, with a nod to Bing Crosby. It's an oldie but a goodie, and still quite popular. Expertly arranged by B. C....

This swinging piece used to be very popular in the sixties. It is a composition in which you can recognise the typical big band sound.

Here is a kind of matrial hymn, composed in honour of the Olympics. Pieter Goemans wrote this work fort he Dutch Radio Orchestra 'Metropole Orkest' and here you have a skilful arrangement by Marcel Pe...

French composer and singer Charles Aznavour, born in an Armenian family in Paris in 1924, is also known as travelling Armenian ambassador to the UNESCO. He wrote and sang many popular songs that have...