Unwind with this charming compilation of some of the most soothing and tranquil pieces including Adagio For Strings and Panis Angelicus . This collection includes the best of the classical canon, all arranged for Easy Piano so even early grade players can enjoy these calming classics! / Piano

Compiled to accompany the 2005 album release, this collection of classical tear-jerkers celebrates the most poignant and bittersweet melodies of all time, arranged as superb Piano solos. Within this anthology you will find classical pieces that tug at the heartstrings, those special musical moments that have you drifting away in an ocean of memories and sweet melancholia. A superb resource for the Piano soloist that is brimming with works from across the ages, all of which possess the power to bring a lump to the throat of even the most staunch audience member, including themes from The Deerhunter , Life Is Beautiful and The English Patient . / Piano

Taken from the third movement of Mahler's most performed symphony Solemn Processional is based on his song Heavenly Life. This glorious hymn-like processional highlights sustained ensemble playing and features pizzicato bass throughout.

The author and arranger Hans-Günter Heumann adds to his bestselling series Piano Gefällt Mir! with a Classical edition. All of the greatest masters of musical history is represented by their most famous works, whether it's Bach, Strauss, Liszt, Mozart, these pieces are playable by beginners to advanced pianists, with tempo markings, fingerings and chord symbols.Among the 50 classic pieces in this edition are many famous works which have been used in some of the greatest Hollywood films. Heumann's ever-popular arrangements are perfect for different abilities and fans of the finest classical compositions. / Piano

Symphonie der Tausend. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. All my earlier symphonies are mere preludes to this one. In the other works everything is subjective tragedy, - this one is a huge giver of joy.' (Gustav Mahler) Gustav Mahler's 'Symphony No. 8' is a work of exceptions. Seen from the outside, this is true of the forces that are used: with its three choirs, eight soloists and an orchestra of far more than one hundred musicians, there are few similar works in the annals of music. This cast of performers determines the second exceptional element of the work, the mix of instrumental and vocal characteristics that makes it to the prototype of a 'vocal symphony', which - as Mahler put it - 'is sung from beginning to end'. In turn, the texts that are sung influence the structure of the whole, replacing, as it were, the usual four movements of a symphony with two strongly divergent 'parts'. And, finally, as if to emphasize this divergence, the texts used - the hymn 'Veni creator spiritus' in the first part and the final scene of Goethe's Faust in the second - are not only written in two languages but also separated in their origins by more than one thousand years. Thus it is a work of extremes, and a work of contradiction. It seems, however, that it was exactly these distinctive features that lifted the symphony above the others and convinced Mahler that his 'Symphony No. 8' was 'the greatest' work 'that I have composed'./ Répertoire / Chœur Mixte [SATB] et Orchestre

Arr. Jan De Haan. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Spielbar ab Essential Elements Band 2, Seite 17 / Niveau : 1.5 / Classique / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par MAHLER GUSTAV. Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz completed the first critical edition of this symphony, the most significant being Mahler's personal reference score in which he recorded changes to be made (his last entries were made in September 1910). The second reason was the significant strengthening of the editorial standards of the critical edition in recent years. The music is now computer-generated. Previously, changes to the score could be made only by retouching the film of old engravings. Computerization also ensures a concurrence between the score and performance materials. Editorially, the new edition benefits from expanded texts that describe and assess the source materials, document and explain the editors' decisions and provide detailed information on the work's origin, the history of the published scores, performance practices, etc. Over the past five years, Renare Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan, editors of the new edition of Symphony No. 2, have identified, evaluated and analyzed every significant source, and as a result of their work a substantial number of errors has been corrected./ Répertoire / Solistes, Choeur et Orchestre

Based on the Critical Edition- Orchestra material on hire. Par MAHLER GUSTAV. The large-scale form of 'Symphony No. 9' is unusual in a number of ways. It reminds in no way of the ninth symphonies of famous predecessors. Two slow movements, an Andante comodo at the beginning and an Adagio at the end, form the frame for two of the most parodistic and embittered inner movements that Mahler ever wrote - a ländler-waltz combination, and the 'Rondo-Burleske', a bitter, ironic movement that is derisively dedicated 'to my brothers in Apollo'. The most extraordinary part of Mahler's last completed symphony must certainly be the slow finale - a 20-minute long intensively singing movement laden with conflict that includes references to earlier works by Mahler, in slow motion as it were ('Urlicht',' Ablösung im Sommer', the 'Scherzo of Symphony No. 3', 'Der Abschied' from 'Das Lied von der Erde', and 'Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen' from the 'Kindertotenlieder'); it indeed seems that a circle is being closed. (Reinhold Kubik) Universal Edition continues its new study score standard. These completely redesigned scores offer an unparalleled insight into the music of the last hundred years. Great care has been taken to select the best available content for this journey through music history, and every score has been edited according to the latest quality standards./ Répertoire / Orchestre