Music Minus One Piano-Handel's concerti grossi are considered the epitome of the baroque concerto form. And this lively example is no exception. A delight! Haydn's Concertino is cast in three short movements this charming little concerto is classic Haydn and is highly enjoyable to play. Johann Christian Bach was the youngest of the Bach sons and Mozart was overwhelmingly influenced by his compositions. His short B-flat concerto demonstrates his compositional brilliance. A perfect student concerto. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist in split-channel stereo (soloist on the right channel) then a second version in full stereo ofthe orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist. Performed by Neill Eisenstein piano Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn

A petite concerto for Double bass with three well-contrasted movements. This is an enjoyable piece with nothing unmanageable for a moderately advanced player. A versatile piece for use in music club programmes as well as ABRSM Double Bass Syllabus. Orchestral material for strings with optional percussion (1 player: glock triangle tambourine xylophone).

Collection de 47 ?uvres de J.S.Bach des concertos aux musiques de chambre, en passant pas les Cantates et ?uvres pour clavier.Partitions pour piano solo du niveau intermédiaire à celui d'avancé. / Classique / Partition /

Solo for Oboe or Violin. Par BACRI NICOLAS. The title only appears frivolous to those who have lived little. With the passage of time, the seasons that pass, the differences in quantity and quality of light, of temperature and weather, become of ever greater importance in the meaning of our individual existence. This transformation follows the path of our lives and often mimes in front of our very own eyes, incredulous and wondrous, events that we can only experience once in a lifetime: our birth, our blossoming, our aging and our death. Such a subject could well take up ten years of my life. This was the case. Nevertheless, everything started very innocently with a proposition from my friend François Leleux to write him a double concerto that he could play with Natalia Gutman, initially named ‘Musica Concertante’. It was with this second proposition from François for another double concerto, this time with Lisa Batiashvili, that the idea came to me for a cycle of four concertos with, each time, a different instrument from the string quartet to join the oboe. The automnal colours of the cello are a perfect match for the retrospective nature of the first completed concerto in the cycle. ‘concerto nostalgico, l’automne’, whilst the love and the first child of the Leleux-Batiashvili couple could only bring Spring to mind, hence the ‘Concerto amoroso, le printemps’, was born. When Jean-Marc Bador asked me to be an associate of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris for two years, it was quite naturally that I thought of completing this cycle for François Leleux, with winter ‘Concerto tenebroso’, created in January 2010 with Lise berthaud playing the viola. All that remained was for me to conclude, with a work that reunited all four protagonsits. It was summer, the ‘Concerto luminoso’, which took on this role’./ Répertoire / Orchestre

Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from the composer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with sonic effects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova)/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Compilations regroupant les plus grands titres d'un genre musical spécialement regravées en piano, voix et diagrammes d'accord guitare ou en piano solo en format A4 spiralé afin qu'il reste 'plat' sur le support du piano.Titres : Miserere mei, Deus [Allegri] - Sarabande [Arnold, Malcolm] - Aria from Goldberg Variations [Bach, J.S.] - Badinerie (from Orchestral Suite #2 in B Minor) [Bach, J.S.] - Prelude #11 in F Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier) [Bach, J.S.] - Solfeggietto in C Minor [Bach, C.P.E.] - Symphony #7 - II. Allegretto [Beethoven] - Two Turtle Doves (from Partridge Pie) [Bennett, R.R.] - Prelude #6 (from Six Preludes) [Berkeley, Lennox] - Prelude from L'Arlésienne [Bizet] - Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) [Borodin] - Wiegenlied (Lullaby) [Brahms] - Violin Concerto #1 - II. Adagio [Bruch] - Piano Concerto #1 - II. Larghetto (Romance) [Chopin] - Prelude in C Minor, Op.28 #20 [Chopin] - Waltz in A-flat Major, Op.69 #1 [Chopin] - Les Baricades Mistérieuses [Couperin] - The Little Shepherd (from Children's Corner) [Debussy] - Sarabande [Einaudi, Ludovico] - Snow Prelude #2 [Einaudi, Ludovico] - Nimrod (Var IX from 'Enigma' Variations) [Elgar] - Homenaje (Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy) [de Falla] - Agnus Dei (from Requiem in D Minor, Op.48) [Fauré] - Sicilienne, Op.78 [Fauré] - The North Pole (from Frozen Planet) [Fenton, George] - Prelude #1 (from Three Preludes For Piano) [Gershwin, George] - Metamorphosis Five [Glass, Philip] - Opening Piece from Glassworks [Glass, Philip] - Piano Concerto, Op.16 - I. Allegro Moderato (opening) [Grieg] - Hornpipe (Alla Danza) (from Water Music) [Handel] - Symphony #94 'The Surprise' - II. Andante [Haydn] - Consolation #5 [Liszt] - Paganini Variations (excerpts) [Lutoslawski, Witold] - Hebrides Overture ('Fingal's Cave') [Mendelssohn] - Overture to The Marriage of Figaro [Mozart] - Piano Concerto #21 in C Major - II. Andante [Mozart] - Promenade (From Pictures At An Exhibition) [Mussorgsky] - Big My Secret (from The Piano) [Nyman, Michael] - Jerusalem [Parry] - Sonata For Flute - 2nd Movement [Poulenc] - Mouvements Perpétuels - #1 [Poulenc] - Nessun Dorma (from Turandot) [Puccini] - Rondeau (from Abdelazer) [Purcell] - Piano Concerto #2 - II. Adagio Sostenuto [Rachmaninoff] - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Var XI and XVIII [Rachmaninoff] - Vocalise (No.14 from Fourteen Songs, Op.34) [Rachmaninoff] - Pavane (from Mother Goose) [Ravel] - Written On The Sky [Richter, Max] - The Elephant (from The Carnival Of The Animals) [Saint-Saëns] - Sonata in E Major, L.23 K.380 [Scarlatti, Domenico] - Unfinished' Symphony - I. Allegro Moderato [Schubert] - Sicilienne (from Album For The Young) [Schumann] - Prelude, Op.11 #15 [D-flat major] [Scriabin] - Romance in D-flat (No.9 from 10 Pieces for Piano, Op.24) [Sibelius] - The Firebird Suite - Finale [Stravinsky, Igor] - The Lamb [Tavener, John] - 1812 Overture [Tchaikovsky] - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from The Nutcracker Suite) [Tchaikovsky] - Dies Irae (from Requiem) [Verdi] - Autumn (1st movt) (from The Four Seasons) [Vivaldi] - Ride of the Valkyries [Wagner] - Vltava (The Moldau) (from Má Vlast) [Smetena] / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

* A Walk in the Paradise Garden fr A Village Romeo and Juliet (Delius)
* Basse Danse (Warlock)
* March fr The Love of 3 Oranges (Prokofieff)
* Nimrod fr Enigma Variations (Elgar)
* The Holy Boy (Ireland)
* Theme fr Cello Concerto (Elgar)
* Theme fr Piano Concerto 2, 2nd mvt (Rachmaninoff)
* Theme fr Symphony 2, 3rd mvt (Rachmaninoff)
* Theme fr Symphony 5, 2nd mvt (Shostakovich)
* Themes for Peter and the Hunters fr Peter and the Wolf (Prokofieff)
* This Little Babe fr A Ceremony of Carols (Britten)
* Troika fr Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofieff)
* Venus fr The Planets (Holst)

E Minor Op. 64. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn?s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the premiere - the ?child prodigy? Joseph Joachim - and Hubert Leonard, a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known. As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost, it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the solo violin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to Leonard. The letter informs us that the composer invited Leonard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David - now we know that he also gave some to Leonard. The recently discovered proofs reveal how Leonard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter?s correspondence following their joint performance. The editor of this revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Clive Brown, is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice. This study score complements the full score and orchestral parts (BA 9099), the piano reduction of the 1844 version (BA 9099-92), the piano reduction of the 1845 version (BA 9099-90), as well as the brochure ?Performance Practices in the Violin Concerto op. 64 and Chamber Music for Strings of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy? (BA 9060)./ Répertoire / Violon et Orchestre

Shortly after a rather unsuccessful performance of his Piano Concerto #1, Johannes Brahms wrote to Joseph Joachim in 1859: '... a second one will sound different?. Nevertheless, a good 20 years elapsed before that second concerto finally took form, and only in 1881 was he able to announce: 'I wanted to tell you that I have written a very small piano concerto with a tiny little delicate Scherzo?. Our study edition of this by no means small symphonic concerto is based on the musical text in the recently published volume that is part of the Brahms Complete Edition (HN 6020). It is a companion to our piano reduction (HN 1231) and offers all those who wish to study the complex score of this great piano concerto an ideal, practical and affordable means of doing so. / Conducteur De Poche

SOLO TUNING See RM722 for Orchestral Tuning The 'Dragonetti Concerto' was first published in 1925 by Alphonse Leduc in Paris as No.23 of Edouard Nanny's 'Les Classiques de la Contrebasse'. For many years no one questioned its authenticity, but as more research into Dragonetti's original works for double bass was made, concerns began to arise. Many of Dragonetti manuscripts survive in the British Library, thanks to Vincent Novello who donated them in 1849, three years after Dragonetti's death and on Novello's retirement to Italy, but there is no original manuscript for this work. As bassists began to edit and perform a wide range of Dragonetti's works it became clear that this concerto bore little resemblance to any of his other pieces. The work does, however, have many similarities to Nanny's Concerto for double bass, also to his other solo works and even studies from his Method. Eventually most people came to the conclusion that this work is not an original work by the great Venetian bassist but is by Edouard Nanny, and in the style of the late 18th-century. Having said that, this is still a charming and evocative work which has much player and audience appeal and is very easy on the ears. Many of the challenges for the soloist are technical and, almost a century after its first publication, it is still as popular as ever. Published in 1925, the first movement was performed at London's Wigmore Hall on 15 April the following year by Victor Watson (double bass) and Sidney Crooke (piano), and was described a 'Contrabass Concerto by Dragonetti-Nanny. ERRATA: Piano part: page 8 (1st movement), bar 87 - final chord of bar in right hand should be D/E/G# - a dominant 7th chord in A major Edouard Nanny was an important French double bassist and teacher, also composing and transcribing many works for double bass. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 24 March 1872 and he studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Professor Verrimst, also teaching there from 1920-1940. He performed often as a soloist, also working as an orchestral bassist with many orchestras such as the Paris Symphony Orchestra, Concerts Lamoureux and the Orchestra de l'Opera Comique, and in 1901 he founded the Henry Casadeus Society of Old Instruments, chaired by Camille Saint-Saens, and intended to revive the works from the past centuries. Nanny's Method for double bass is still in print, over 90 years since its first publication and both volumes contain a wealth of excellent technical studies and exercises which are as relevant today as they were in the 1920s. His other volumes of studies are mostly out of print and Recital Music plan to reprint some of his orginal works for double bass, transcriptions and educational music to keep alive the name of Edouard Nanny into the 21st-century. Edouard Nanny died in Paris in 1942.

Piano Reduction Of The Early 1844 Version. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. Mendelssohn' s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the première- the 'child prodigy' Joseph Joachim- and Hubert Léonard, a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known. As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost, it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the solo violin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to Léonard. The letter informs us that the composer invited Léonard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David- now we know that he also gave some to Léonard. The recently discovered proofs reveal how Léonard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. Besides containing bowing marks and fingering, they also show how Léonard executed shifts of position and where he employed open strings. Furthermore modifications made to dynamic markings and additional legato bowing are shown. It is safe to assume that all of this was done with Mendelssohn' s approval. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter' s correspondence following their joint performance. Mendelssohn is full of praise for Léonard' s playing and offers to lend his support in finding employment in Germany. This revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (only the orchestral parts remain unchanged) includes a separate booklet on performance practice. The editor, Clive Brown, is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice. - New source situation owing to recently rediscovered proofs - Revised Urtext edition - With a separate booklet on performance practice (Eng/Ger)/ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix Konzert für Violine und Orchester e-Moll op. 64 Zweite Fassung 1845 Edition no.BA 9099-90 ISMN 9790006564347 Editor Todd, R. Larry / Brown, Clive Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the première; the 'child prodigy' Joseph Joachim; and Hubert Léonard, a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known. As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost, it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the solo violin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to Léonard. The letter informs us that the composer invited Léonard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David; now we know that he also gave some to Léonard. The recently discovered proofs reveal how Léonard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. Besides containing bowing marks and fingering, they also show how Léonard executed shifts of position and where he employed open strings. Furthermore modifications made to dynamic markings and additional legato bowing are shown. It is safe to assume that all of this was done with Mendelssohn's approval. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter's correspondence following their joint performance. Mendelssohn is full of praise for Léonard's playing and offers to lend his support in finding employment in Germany. This revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (only the orchestral parts remain unchanged) includes a separate booklet on performance practice. The editor, Clive Brown, is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice. - New source situation owing to recently rediscovered proofs - Revised Urtext edition - With a separate booklet on performance practice (Eng/Ger)

The Concerto for Violin was written in early 2012 for Philip Ficsor. The four movements conceived separately are intended to have the feeling of a suite rather than a verbose heavy interpretation of the concerto form. The first movement A Little Parlour Music carries the subtitle after Poulenc in a reflection of the lightness and charm of that composer's work. The second movment Remembrance of Things Past is the most expressive of the movements. The third movement Santa Barbara Rag is full of syncopated rhythm and humor with even a slight reference to another well-known rag. And the fourth movement John Adams Light looks back at the early minimalism of Adams with itsrepitition and constant motion. The concerto is available with piano reduction and for rental with the full orchestra accompaniment.

The Concerto for Violin was written in early 2012 for Philip Ficsor. The four movements conceived separately are intended to have the feeling of a suite rather than a verbose heavy interpretation of the concerto form. The first movement A Little Parlour Music carries the subtitle after Poulenc in a reflection of the lightness and charm of that composer's work. The second movment Remembrance of Things Past is the most expressive of the movements. The third movement Santa Barbara Rag is full of syncopated rhythm and humor with even a slight reference to another well-known rag. And the fourth movement John Adams Light looks back at the early minimalism of Adams with itsrepitition and constant motion. The concerto is available with piano reduction and for rental with the full orchestra accompaniment.