SKU: BT.DHP-1185988-070

ISBN 9789043156516.

Beauty and the Beast has one of the most famous Disney themes ever, and it was recently recorded by Ariana Grande and John Legend for the 2017 remake. Everyone has a nice part to play in this easy-intermediate version for quartet.

De film Beauty and the Beast heeft een van de beroemdste Disney-titelsongs ooit. Voor de remake in 2017 is dit prachtige nummer opgenomen door Ariana Grande en John Legend. In deze eenvoudige tot gemiddeld moeilijke versie voor kwartet heeft ieder een fraaie partij om te spelen.

Beauty and the Beast (Die Schöne und das Biest“) hat einen der bekanntesten Disney-Titelsongs überhaupt, der kürzlich von Ariana Grande und John Legend für die Neuverfilmung 2017 aufgenommen wurde. In dieser leichten bis mittelschweren Quartettversion hat jeder eine schöne Stimme zu spielen.

La Belle et la Bête contient l’une des chanson-thèmes de Disney les plus célèbres - elle a été récemment enregistrée par Ariana Grande et John Legend pour la reprise de 2017 du film. Tous les instruments ont de belles parties jouer dans cette version pour quatuor de niveau facile-intermédiaire.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7674

ISBN 9783892217350. UPC: 805095076745. English.

This suite was inspired most notably by the saxophone quartets of Phil Woods and was written in a conscious attempt to wed certain stylistic elements of classical and jazz music. The players are not asked to improvise, but the piece does feature sections that sound spontaneous and freely created. The piece is difficult, but no more so than other quartets, like Glazunov and Desenclos, that are standard repertoire for this instrumentation. Talented high school and all college groups will find success working on this piece. The first movement, subtitled Danse Macabre, is ominous, dark, sometimes bluesy, and is propelled along by the use of intricate counterpoint and an improvised sounding solo section for the tenor saxophone.

SKU: FG.55011-533-0

ISBN 9790550115330.

The Little Quartet for Four Horns op. 185 by Erkki Melartin was commissioned by the progenitor of Finnish horn playing, Holger Fransman (1909-1997). The Helsinki Music Institute's horn class received this three movement quartet from their principal for the spring concert in May 1936. A composition for four French horns was a rarity in 1930s Finland. The quartet was performed for decades as Holger Fransman's arrangement. This edition is based on the original version of the composer.

SKU: BT.DHP-0981183-070

German.

Ein lustiges Quartett im Dixieland-Stil aus der Feder des belgischen Komponisten für Saxophonquartett.

SKU: AP.1-ADV7637

UPC: 805095076370. English.

Gregory W. Yasinitsky (b. 1953), Coordinator of Jazz Studies and Professor of Music at Washington State University, has a national reputation as a composer, arranger and saxophonist. He is a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer West, Artist Trust, and ASCAP. His compositions and saxophone playing can be heard on recordings released by Soul Note, Palo Alto Records, the Musical Heritage Society, Vienna Modern Masters, Arizona University Recordings, Open Loop Recordings, and his own label, Yazz Recordings. Under Yasinitsky's leadership, the Washington State University Jazz Studies Program has received widespread recognition including awards from Down Beat magazine. Titles: I. Relaxin (easy swing) * II. Night Music (relaxed blues) * III. Southern Exposure (Latin).

SKU: AP.1-ADV7621

UPC: 805095076219. English.

Writing these arrangements, Frank Reinshagen has created little masterpieces, which broaden the rhythmical and harmonic context of the original tunes in an interesting manner without detracting from their archaic and melancholic character. These original tunes are---in a direct or wider sense---of Celtic origin, in other words, they have been borrowed from the Irish, Scottish and Gaelic musical tradition. These through-composed arrangements are rather easy to perform from the rhythmical and technical point of view. Yet, they are quite demanding in respect of the key they are written in, their intonation and, especially, their interpretation. Their different instrumentations are fully compatible with each other and, due to their overall structure, they are also suitable to be played with multi-scored parts.

Annotation on Aignish on the Machair. The arrangement of Aignish on the Machair illustrates, above all, the melancholic character inherent in the harmonies of the original tune. A short rubato passage is followed by several variations over the flowing melody in 3/4- time. The short triplet passages embedded in these variations are quite demanding from the technical point of view; considering the key they are written in, however, these passages are not too difficult to play.

SKU: HL.48025254

UPC: 196288142980.

The title is a combination of the terms saxophone and collage, which already gives a hint to the essential design of the piece: Several different compositional aspects such as sound layers, melodic sections, aleatoric elements and, last but not least, jazz-like moments are placed in always different relations with each other, collaged as it were. This original composition is a valuable addition to the repertoire for the classical and modern instrumentation of the saxophone quartet.