for Cello. Instrumentalists will love this jam-packed collection of 101 timeless pop hits and favorite standards/ Recueil / Violoncelle

Instrumental Play-Along-Fifteen megahits from The King arranged for solo instrumentalists including a great full-accompaniment play-along CD so you can sound just like a pro.Great for fun practice and performance.

This work was commissioned by Yutaka Fujishima and the Xebec Hall. It was first performed by Ryoichi Fujimori in Mito Japan on 10th November 1996. Duration: 8 minutes 10 seconds. The following equipment is required: 1full-size CD player (not a portable) with a clearly readable time counter display set next to the cellist 1 microphone for the cello 1 digital reverb 1 mixing desk 1 stereo amplifier at least 2 high qualityloudspeakers.Quoting Karen Tanaka: The title comes from the Song of Solomon of the Old Testament which is a beautiful song of love.I have attempted to project this sensual song of love onto the sound of cello and computer.My intention was to weave color and scent into the sound while blending the ancient story and today's technology. The sound of cello is consistently gentle and tender.CD Rom available separately for sale.

The Elegy for Cello and Piano Op. 2 was the first piece written by Ian Venables for solo instrument and Piano. Written in 1980 for the ‘cellist Anthony Gammage it is as an elegy for an unreturned love and has all the melodic and harmonic fingerprints of Venables’s mature style: combining tender lyricism with passionate intensity.