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Hamilton Harty's Three Minatures for Oboe and Piano: Orientale; Chansonette; A La Campagne

Pawe Wójtowicz's Minatures contains six short fun pieces written for Violin and Piano. Includes: Chinese Dragon Mazurka Polonez American Dance Arabic Dance Polish Dance

A collection of more than twenty pieces for Children for Piano Solo by Pery Turnbull. one of the greatest English pianists of the twentieth century Turnbull spent much of his career as an accompanist performer and teacher. During his lifetime only a handful of works were published so this collection is sure to please lovers of British compositions and Turnbull fans. These pieces are taken from Eight Short Piano Pieces Country Days Six Pastorale Minatures Intermezzo and the Endymion Suite. Technically gifted his affinity for French and British styles and the Russian romantic gave him an interesting harmonic language to couplewith his lyricism and textual balance. These volumes demonstrate Turnbull’s colourful output and are a magnificent addition to any pianist’s repertoire. All these pieces are suitable for smaller hands and have uncomplicated arrangements with pretty melodies but little virtuosity so children will enjoy learning listening to and playing these pieces.

Minatures de Huw Watkin pour alto et piano ont été écrites pour l'altiste Simon Rowland-Jones et la première fois au Festival de musique North Norfolk en 2009. Il y a huit mouvements courts. ' Le premier a l'alto jouant des fragments de courts, parfois angulaires, parfois lyriques au-dessus des harmonies simples, lent au piano. La quatrième et les septième mouvements sont des variations sur le premier. Entre les deux sont très contrastés miniatures : numéro deux est rapide et passionné, tandis que nombre trois sont lente et contemplative. La cinquième miniature a l'alto jouant semiquavers rapides plus insistantes notes répétées dans le piano, tandis que le mouvement final est très lent et sereine. ' (Huw Watkins) / Alto Et Piano

The reputation of the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) has always been somewhat overshadowed by that of Bedrich Smetana and Anton n Dvorák. This is a pity for Fibich though he died young made an equally important contribution to the emerging Czech national styl with his wide range of compositions. After starting piano lessons with his mother as his first teacher the boy went on to music school in Prague and then to the Leipzig Conservatoire where he learned his craft as a composer. He spent a few months teaching piano in Paris and then continued his studies with Vinzenz Lachner in Mannheim. Prague was eventually to become the centre for Fibich'smusical activities: as his dream of a post at the Conservatoire remained unfulfilled his main employment was giving private music lessons and as a composer Zdenek Fibich wrote works for many musical genres: vocal and chamber music piano pieces and orchestral works operas stage music and melodramas literary recitals with orchestral accompaniment to which he gave a new lease of life. There are biographical traces to be found in the 376 piano pieces of the collection 'Moods Impressions and Reminiscences' Op. 41 written in 1892-98: this tells of his love for his pupil Anezka Schulzová in the form of a 'piano diary'. Its four volumes were frequently a source of material for other works such as the symphonic poem 'In the Evening' Op. 39 (also known as 'A Summer's Evening' and 'At Twilight') written in 1893. For his second subject in this 'Idyll' Fibich used the minature no. 139 entitled 'Lento' from his collection of piano pieces. The violinst Jan Kubel k played the melody from 1908 onwards with the title 'Poème' and the work is still known today under this title: its easy charm has made it a favourite tune in the classical repertoire. This arrangement is based on the orchestral version from which other material was adapted for the Prelude.

The content is carefully graded to present a stimulating and progressive programme which spans the first 18 months of a player's development.

Accordée, il y a beaucoup de pièces incroyable dans la clé de mineur. Mais qui veut toujours jouer des morceaux triste, lente, mélodique, sentimental ? Pour tous ceux qui voudraient jouer rapide, joviale, vivante, drôle, rythmique, excitant des morceaux, il est maintenant disponible - enfin - une collection intéressante de pièces dans la clé majeure seulement. Pièces instrumentales animés pour des leçons de piano dynamiques ! / Piano