For Solo Cello-'Gordon Wright was the friend of a lifetime. For thirty years Gordonand I shared our two greatest passions: music and Alaska. Gordonwas my musical collaborator my next-door neighbor my fellowenvironmentalistand my camping buddy. These miniatures aremusical sketches of three moments and places in our friendship.Like Alaska Gordon was larger than life. He always lived his ownway. And he died just as he would havewanted. We found himlying on the deck of his cabin in the Chugach Mountains curled upagainst his favorite birch tree looking across the waters of Turnagain Arm toward the Resurrection Valley and the tiny settlementof Hope.' - John Luther Adams This music contains no normal stopped tones. All the sounds areproduced as natural harmonics or on open strings. There are noharmonics higher than the sixth. So thesesounds should be clearand resonant. Even so balancing the harmonics with the openstrings requires careful attention. The durations of the individual pieces are given at the end of each.The totalduration of the set is about ten minutes.

A highly respected Cello teacher and performer Alfred Earnshaw counted among his peers such notable twentieth-century composers of music for young cellists as Adam Carse and W. H. Squire. His Tarantella for Cello and Piano features on Children's Cello the delightful collection of cello miniatures recorded by Steven Isserlis and pianist Stephen Hough on a recent BIS recording. Earnshaw commanded a fluent graceful idiom ideally suited to inspire beginners with real musical values and the piece combines open-string and first-position playing with the flair and character of an impressive recital item.

The play-along book ?Playing with the Orchestra VOL. I? has been designed for flute, Bb clarinet, oboe, Bb trumpet, F horn, violin and cello. The original symphony orchestra part for each instrument is printed in its own edition. The orchestral recordings were performed by an 80-strong professional orchestra, the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Hernando Rico. The series includes many successful works by the composer Otto M. Schwarz, such as ?Around the World in 80 Days?, ?Nostradamus?, ?Dragon Fight?, ?The Story of Anne Frank? and most recently ?The White Tower?, compositions that also feature in the Top 40 of the world-wide Classic New Releases on Spotify.

Cello part and Piano part A favourite with violinists for nearly 80 years The Fiddler's Nursery is now available for cellists as well. Wendy Max one of Britain's most highly respected specialist teachers of young players has edited the transposed solo part with bowings and fingerings to reflect contemporary approaches to early-stage learning for the instrument but leaving the music unaltered. No less suited to the cello than to the violin the results offer ideal material for individual or group tuition of players at pre-grade 1 and elementary level.

Le recueil All Time Klezmers s?inspire des danses et des chants juifs joués par les klezmorim : de la beauté lyrique de la Hora à l?exubérance du Freilach. L?accompagnement a été confié à d?authentiques klezmorim évoluant dans la plus pure tradition de la musique klezmer.