Volume 2. Alongside his symphonies, chamber works, songs, and two major piano sonatas, Charles Ives wrote a number of short, groundbreaking works for solo piano. This Volume 2 of The Complete Shorter Works for Piano of Charles Ives isthefirst publication of the complete extant studies for solo piano. CONTENTS: Critical Editions Study No. 2: Andante moderato - Allegro molto Study No. 5: Moderato anima Study No. 6: Andante Study No. 7: Andante cantabile StudyNo.8: Trio (Allegro moderato - Presto) Study No. 9: The Anti-Abolitionist Riots in the 1830's and 1840's Study No. [15]: [Allegro moderato - maestoso] Study No. 20: March (Slow Allegro or Fast Andante) Study No. 21: SomeSouth-PawPitching Study No. 22: Andante maestoso - Allegro vivace Realizations Study No. 1: [Allegro] Study No. [11]: Andante Study No. [16] 19: Andante cantabile Study No. [23]: Allegro Fragments Study No. 4: [Allegro moderato]Study No.[10] Study No. [18]: Sunrise Cadenza

For Bb Soprano (or Bb Tenor) Saxophone and Small Orchestra-This dance-driven saxophone concerto in miniature demonstrates how Villa-Lobos could integrate nearly any instrument into a Brazilian sound world while still composing a fully 'classical' piece. Of the three short movements the first 'Animé ' is the longest clocking in at about four minutes. An agitated downward cascade for the strings ushers in the soloist playing an angular strongly rhythmic theme relying on quickly repeated notes. A second melody is much broader and more luxurious and spreads across half the movement before the opening rat-a-tat theme begins to insinuate itself very subtly into the proceedings again. Even then the more lyrical melody remains in control to the movement's end. The second movement 'Lent ' relies on a sexy chromatic melody that lingers in the soprano saxophone's high register. After only the briefest pause the finale 'Très animé ' arrives with an impulsive sometimes jittery theme over a firm beat. The solo part wanders off into trills while the small orchestra stretches out in long voluptuous chords. But soon the dance rhythm returns stronger than ever bouncing toward a conclusion in which the saxophone departs with an upward flourish seeming to vanish from the movement without providing a harmonic resolution. (James Reel All Music Guide)

15 leicht gesetzte, bekannte Gospel-Songs für Akkordeon oder Keyboard. Eine zweite Akkordeonstimme (ad lib.) liegt der Ausgabe bei. / Accordéon