This series offers a versatile selection of music for flute, clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet, horn in F, trombone, violin, viola, and cello. Each book contains carefully edited arrangements appropriate to each instrument, and is well suited for level 2-3 students. The CD includes a fully orchestrated demo track of each song, which features a live instrumental solo performance, followed by a play-along track. Also included are PDFs of piano accompaniments, and Alfred's Tempo Changer Software. / Alto

Par BARGIELSKI ZBIGNIEW . After the first performance of my Fourth Quartet, in Salzburg in 1997, the artists of the excellent Hugo Wolf Quartett approached me with the appealing proposition that I write a new quartet. Rather problematic, however, proved to be the musicians’ delicate suggestion that I invest the work with elements of a more pungent expression and elements of folklore – ideally Polish. That suggestion meant that I did not immediately come to a decision, since folklore had not been (with the exception of a few works for accordion) the object of my interest. However, in defiance of my aesthetic outlook at that time, I decided to take up this interesting invitation and tackle what was for me a difficult problem. Ultimately, I found a way out of this rather ambiguous situation by employing a sort of dodge: I gave the new work a title. In a way, ‘The time that has passed’ substantiates the current to which I referred while writing this composition. The title and the subtitles of the work’s movements, which sound quite exotic in our day and age (there are as many as nine movements), justify the curious marriage between the somewhat nostalgic past and a present that has not yet been particularly well ‘assimilated’. I hope that these feuilles d’album will discharge their ‘toning’ function well. - Zbigniew Bargielski/ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Par VASKS PETERIS. ‘Christmas – Peace on Earth’ is the leading motive of the String Quartet, a tenet of faith as well as an expression of hope. In the first part of the work Vasks uses themes from a well-known Christmas carol, while the second part is strongly influenced by Latvian folksongs and dances. The third section, with a chromaticiscm strongly reminiscent of Shostakovitch, investigates and questions the feasibility of any peace in our society. The final, calm and slightly melancholy section symbolizes ‘Peace on Earth’ by means of sonorous sustained choirs./ Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

A dozen contemporary hits are included in this collection perfect for budding instrumentalists. It features online access to audio demonstration and backing tracks for download or streaming to help you hear how the song should sound then play along and sound like a pro! Songs include: Broken (lovelytheband) · Havana (Camila Cabello) · Heaven (Kane Brown) · High Hopes (Panic! At the Disco) · The Middle (Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey) · Natural (Imagine Dragons) · No Place like You (Backstreet Boys) · Shallow (Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper) · Sucker (Jonas Brothers) · Sunflower (Post Malone and Swae Lee) · thank u, next (Ariana Grande) · Youngblood (5 Seconds of Summer). / Pop and rock / Recueil / Alto

Par GRIME HELEN. Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 2014 by the Edinburgh Quartet, at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.Commissioned by the Edinburgh Quartet with financial support from Creative Scotland, PRS for Music Foundation, Britten-Pears Foundation, RVW Trust and Hope Scott Trust. First performed on 21st May 2014 by the Edinburgh Quartet, at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland. / Musique contemporaine / Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

Ten Klezmatic Duets for Violas est un recueil aux multiples facettes : dix mélodies klezmer connues et de styles différents ont été arrangées pour être jouées par deux altistes, mais également en duo avec un autre instrumentiste à cordes, tel qu'un violoniste ou un violoncelliste possédant le recueil approprié. En tant qu'altiste, vous devrez cependant maîtriser la première position. / Altos / 16 pages / niveau : Elémentaire / Partition

Par BRIDGE FRANK. These four pieces were written separately between 1901 and 1910 for cello and piano. They subsequently appeared in print in different versions, ranging from piano solo to full orchestra. The composer was himself a fine viola player, and, it is hoped, would have welcomed these transcriptions for viola and piano, published here for the first time./ Répertoire / Alto et Piano