Piano, Keyboard, & Organ
Prélude pour Orgue was written for the reopening of Notre-Dame of Paris. World Premiere by Olivier Latry, January 7, 2025. Like the composer's previous Mad Rush, this prelude is a work of indeterminate duration. The performer is encouraged to improvise repeat structures and registrations to create an arc that suits the occasion.
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On November 22, 1928, Ida Rubinstein’s ballet to the music of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro premiered at the Opéra Garnier in Paris: it was a resounding success. An orchestral version of the Boléro was soon available, and leading orchestras from across the globe soon made it part of their repertoire. Now, all that remained was to enable smaller-scale performances, to introduce the work into the homes of passionate pianists.
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In 1909 Jules Écorcheville suggested to several French composers that they should write a piece based on the name of Haydn. It was on this occasion that Maurice Ravel composed the Menuet sur le nom de Haydn . Écorcheville’s initiative follows the tradition of the musical tombeau, a piece dedicated to the memory of a musician friend who has died. Particularly cultivated in the Baroque period, it re-emerged with renewed vigour in the early twentieth century.
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Immerse yourself in the enchanting melodies of Scottish Suite by acclaimed composer Brian Davidson. This captivating piano collection features five original pieces, each a musical journey through the picturesque landscapes and rich cultural tapestry of Scotland.
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Popular Studio Ghibli songs in entry-level piano arrangements. This book is for beginners who are learning the piano for the first time.
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Composed in a peaceful French hillside village, Twelve New Rags captures the spirit of rural tranquillity and seasonal birdlife. Inspired in part by the arrival of the colourful hoopoe, these modern piano rags reflect the natural rhythms and sounds of southwest France.
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The edition is presented in an attractive landscape format, inspired by the original layout of the Klavierbüchlein, making it especially well-suited to the piano music stand. An ideal gift for pianists who wish to discover Bach’s keyboard music, it was produced in collaboration with the Bach Archive Leipzig and includes a foreword by its Director, Peter Wollny.
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Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, completed in 1888, remains one of his most enduring orchestral works, beloved for its sweeping melodies, vivid orchestration and emotional intensity. This organ transcription places the symphony within a rich tradition of nineteenth-century concert organ performance, when transcriptions of major orchestral works allowed new audiences to encounter large-scale repertoire in civic halls and churches across Britain.
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Vocal & Choral
This peaceful and meditative work sets William Butler Yeats' classic poem, The Lake Isle of Innisfree. Underpinned by a balladic piano accompaniment, the flowing vocal lines convey a message of longing and hopefulness.
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Traum und Sehnsucht: German-Jewish Songs as a Choral-Musical Culture of Remembrance
Schott | SATB Choral Score
Songs by German-Jewish composers and lyricists were collected in the 1912 German-Jewish Songbook. As part of an arrangement competition announced by the German Choral Association, primarily German and Israeli composers were invited to create contemporary arrangements of these songs for various choral ensembles. The pieces each last approximately 3-6 minutes and are based either on a German or a Hebrew song, or a fusion of the two.
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A Season to Sing is a choral re-imagining of Vivaldi’s enduringly popular set of violin concertos, The Four Seasons. Published in the 300th Anniversary year of Vivaldi’s most famous work, A Season to Sing enhances the music’s programmatic intent by weaving into the well-loved melodies texts from poetry and the Bible on the subject of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
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Instrumental Solos & Ensemble
Brahms completed his Violin Sonata in d minor op. 108 in 1888. It was the culmination of several years of work, and his final contribution to the genre. The musical text of this revised Urtext edition is based on the recently-published volume within the New Brahms Complete Edition, which guarantees the highest degree of scholarly precision. The helpful, well-thought-out fingerings are provided by the established chamber duo Frank Peter Zimmermann and Martin Helmchen.
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Embark on a musical adventure with Wild Cello, a captivating collection of original Celtic-inspired tunes specially composed for beginner cellists of all ages. Building on her previous works - Clan, a narrative piece for cello and piano, and Folk & Beyond, a collection of traditional folk songs and original compositions - Joanna Borrett brings the spirit of traditional folk music to life with melodies that are both accessible and expressive.
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This book contains nine pieces in a range of styles, from Lists A, B and C of the syllabus.
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Orchestral
Accompanying the film adaptation of Harper Lee’s seminal novel, Elmer Bernstein’s delicate and sensitive score from To Kill a Mockingbird was Oscar-nominated, losing out to Maurice Jarre’s Lawrence of Arabia. Heard right from the outset of the score, the beautiful piano solo was played by a man who has become known as one of the greatest film score composers of all time: John Williams.
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