Mathias Rüegg and the Vienna Art Orchestra. Par RUEGG MATHIAS. Celebrating Rüegg’s life as an amazingly prolific jazz arranger and orchestrator, Universal Edition has just released A Centenary Journey, a compilation of the great charts by Rüegg in notated score form. A rarity in published music, these jazz scores “unlock the secrets” to phenomenal performances, echoing the evolution of jazz itself along the way. Students of the art (of any age) can now follow along with the written page, and see the music behind the experience, to study the process from concept to reality. The score includes an audio CD recording of select compositions, as well, performed by the Vienna Art Orchestra. An excellent overview of the development of jazz from1900 to its present form(s)./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Presenting a collection of 15 all-time Anderson favorites arranged for string quartet or string orchestra. Complete works, not excerpts, these unique arrangements can be used by school or professional groups as concert pieces or as encores. Contents are: Belle of the Ball * Blue Tango * Fiddle-Faddle * Forgotten Dreams * Horse and Buggy * Jazz Legato * Jazz Pizzicato * Plink Plank Plunk * Sandpaper Ballet * Serenata * Sleigh Ride * The Syncopated Clock * Trumpeter's Lullaby * The Typewriter * The Waltzing Cat.

Jazz Trio and Symphonic Band (also available for Jazz Trio and Orchestra EP 66752) / Grand Ensemble Contemporain Et Orchestre

Variants surrounding a tune by John Scofield. Par TURNAGE MARK-ANTHONY. The work is based on a tune called The Nag written by the jazz guitarist/composer John Scofield, of whom I have long been a fan and with whom I worked closely when writing Blood on the Floor (Mark-Anthony Turnage) ‘The grim frenzy, the waste and the futility of war are all embedded in Silent Cities’ (The Times)/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Enrico Chapela (* 1974), l'un des plus fascinants jeunes talents de la musique contemporaine de l'Amérique latine, confronte et regroupe dans ses oeuvres des techniques d'avant-garde avec des influences de la musique de jazz et de roche ainsi que de la tradition de l'Amérique latine. Ínguesu, réalisée pour la première fois en 2003, est son morceau connu jusqu'ici, en utilisant les Cris de la bataille de fans lors du dernier match de la FIFA confédérations coupe 1999 entre le Mexique et le Brésil comme matériau thématique et rythmique et traduisant en un score rythmique virtuose qui explosent en couleur. Ínguesu a gagné plusieurs prix, comme le premier prix du concours de Composition Alexander Zemlinsky International et a été interprétée par l'Orchestre philharmonique des Amériques sur leur tournée nord américaine. / Orchestre

This four-language dictionary of music contains more than 4000 terms and is intended for musicians, teachers, students and amateurs who wish to understand and use specialist foreign terms. The book is not academic in scope- it is based on practical experience, derived from the examination of directions given on a large number of orchestral scores, piano pieces and transcriptions, and instrumental parts. In order to complement and clarify this vocabulary, specialist dictionaries and reference books have been consulted. Contemporary musical terms taken, for example, from the fields of jazz, pop and electronic music, have also been included. / Livre

Git Jazzensemble. Par SCHEDL GERHARD. Git SaxT Pos Kb Klav Schlz/ Répertoire / Orchestre