SKU: FG.55011-440-1

ISBN 9790550114401.

In Ballata Concertante (2015-2016) Lintinen looks back in time, to the Italy of the trecento and specifically the Renaissance Florence. The music of the trecento may provide the starting point for stylistic allusions but it is anything but a one-to-one correspondence. It may speak the language of the 14th century, but it does so with a modernist accent, rather as the Neoclassicists last century spoke the language of the 18th century. The archaic-sounding opening section harks back to the music of the trecento, but the cello melody a little later already comes closer to the present day. Lintinen compares the impression to that of a tourist travelling to Florence today and becoming immersed in Renaissance art. Lintinen's ensemble is the same as that of Schubert's Octet. He did not, however, aim at Schubert's orchestral sound. The music of the first half is coloured by the alternation of strings and winds. Lintinen says, The presence of three wind players inspired the idea of a three-voice group of soloists for which I could write as for three singers. Ballata concertante is a rhythmically vibrant piece, and since it is intended for performance without a conductor, the episodes are naturally linked together by means of such devices as rhythmic modulations. Score and parts are sold together.

SKU: CA.923300

ISBN M-007-24184-1. Language: Russian. Text: Nekrassow, Nikolai Alexejewitsch.

Korobeiniki is perhaps the best-known Russian folk song in the world. Anyone who played Gameboy in days long past will surely still remember the Tetris melody, but perhaps they wouldn't know that this melody comes from Russia and tells a pretty nocturnal romance which allows some leeway for interpretation ... Well - this is Korobeiniki! For this arrangement, I was looking for the greatest possible contrast to the Tetris music: a kind of five-part fugue in five verses for five singers; a folk polyphony, so to speak, which - respectfully but with a twinkle in the eye - turns the contrapuntal art form into an arrangement, but at some point degenerates because one singer likes his folk song tune so much that he can't get enough of it and pushes himself more and more into the foreground ... (Ludwig Bohme).

SKU: HL.1303142

UPC: 196288173465.

This book of nine original dance-style piano pieces will make an enjoyable educational project for pianists and keyboard players whoare looking to expand their repertoire. The melodies, bass lines, chords, and rhythms all contain clues to the specific genre in which the piece is set. Each comes with two play-along tracks, practice advice, and background information about the history of the genre.