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The seven short pieces in this work for solo guitar are arrangements of abstracts from operas by Rossini. However; with the exception of the last piece; these pieces cannot be identified as originatin...

Orphée presents another 'new discovery' from the works of François de Fossa. A recently re-discovered treasure of Fossa's works provides the impetus for this new edition of Opus 15; not seen since the...

Thme Varié is a two-part work from the early 19th century. The first uses the familiar tune Sul margine d'un Rio in a set of eight variations. There follows a series of eight short waltzes in various...

Yekutieli successfully traverses classical and jazz in performance; and his compositions express his uique voice for guitar. The middle movement expresses his personal loss; not being able to perform...

The origin of this Concertante Duet is in question; it may have been arranged by the composer from elements of his two Serenades (Opp. 63 and 66); or it may well have been created by a publisher of th...

A Theoretical-Practical Method - Book Three

Pachelbel's famous canon in a delightful, easy piano arrangement. The canon, or at least its melody, is always present, often in the bass as a kind of cantus firmus. Above the canon, three distinctive...

Enfin ! Le célèbre Canon de Pachelbel dans une édition nationale - à un prix national - qui préserve l'essence canonique de la version originale. Pour les studios, la maison. Facile à moyen.

Concert Transcription from Humperdinck's Haensel und Gretel, for Piano Opus 37

In the middle of a lake sits a solitary house on an island. The water ripples around it, the surroundings are beautiful, geese and a pair of swans fly and swim, toads croak at night. It is evocative a...

Inspired by the energies apparent in every city, this five movement suite has everything from hectic textural romp, to dreamy, quasi-minimalistic reverie, to statuesque drama, and more. A substantive...

This intriguing 11-minute work builds on alternations between declamatory unmetered phrases (beginning as 'sonorous; rubato; with great aplomb and resonance') and strictly motoric rhythmic sections; d...

Three snapshots of 1930’s American modernism intermingle with lyrical charm in this set of miniatures. Still finding his path as both a novelist and a composer, Bowles composed SONATINA FRAGMENTARIA a...

Chen Yi's exquisite PLUM BLOSSOM is a fantasy on the Cantonese children's song 'Moonlight.' The evocative title is inspired by plum blossoms which in Chinese culture symbolize nobility, elegance, pers...

Richard Wernick's third piano sonata begins as a musical outgrowth of his first; what functioned as the fading away of the earlier work is now the impetus for a whole new piece, with its first movemen...

Wernick's music often exhibits subtle wit underlying a serious exterior, sometimes with warming references to past musical heritage. The title SONATINA evokes works of Clementi and Kuhlau, typically c...

Although TOCCATA was originally conceived for harpsichord, the 6½-minute showpiece is notably pianistic. It is full of pedaling, surging and swelling hairpin dynamics, and dramatic effects in the extr...

Composed as an organ solo by the 17-year-old Ives for his own performance purposes, the beloved Variations on 'America' is a treat for any occasion, whether a holiday concert, a serious recital, or ot...

Three Fantasies is a fantastical escape from reality. The first fantasy ("Prelude") features a luscious and expressive melody accompanied by dark, romantic harmonies. The following fantasy ("Cosmic Lu...

Romantique et rhapsodique à souhait, ROMANCE, ETUDE, AND CHORALE est un ajout bienvenu au répertoire pour piano à quatre mains. Bien que le compositeur ait écrit de nombreuses pièces pour plusieurs pi...

African Sketches is a four-movement suite inspired by the composer's childhood years in Nigeria, her father's homeland. "The Village Children at Play," captures the children's joyful energy, "Dusk" is...

Le magnifique poème sonore de Chen Yi, très texturé, s'inspire de la poésie chinoise ancienne ; ses idées mélodiques ont été développées à partir de phrases musicales caractéristiques de l'opéra chino...