The celebrated and award-winning series continues with a selection of pieces in a wide range of styles and varieties chosen to give you a superb repertoire of music at an early stage.From well-known classical melodies andshowstoppers of the stage to jazz hits folk songs and film themes - the diversity of these accessible arrangements will provide vital early experience in all manner of performance styles. The music includes full accompanimentsfor Piano Keyboard or Guitar making this volume the perfect companion to A New Tune A Day Book 1. Furthermore a professionally produced audio CD packed with stunning recorded accompaniments and demonstrations willallow you to develop your confidence and skills at home as well as offering spectacular backing tracks for your showcase performances.Take your playing to a new level with this superb collection.Voted Best InShow at NAMM 2006 by Music Inc. Magazine.

The English Rose by Edward German and La Wally by Alfredo Catalani arranged by Sue Otty for Violoncello and Piano.

Released in 2005 the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence Talbot composed a new piece of music each month scoredfor up to five instruments. The resulting twelve compositions were then premiered on Classic FM and were recorded on CD. May - Cumulonimbus was the fifth piece to be composed and is scored here forCello with Piano accompaniment.

? l??poque de Joseph Haydn les concertos de soliste ?taient g?n?ralement destin?s ? un musicien bien pr?cis. Dans le cas du c?l?bre concerto pour violoncelle en r? majeur Hob. VII:2 de Haydn il s?agit du premier violoncelle de l?orchestre du prince Esterh?zy Anton Kraft qui devint par la suite l?un des plus grands virtuoses de Vienne. Cette ?uvre de circonstance devint par la suite un chef-d??uvre pour l??ternit? dont est parvenue ? la post?rit? une partition autographe de la main du compositeur dat?e de 1783. Pour la publication de la r?duction pour piano de ce concerto nous avons eu le plaisir de collaborer avec la sp?cialiste de Haydn Sonja Gerlach. Cette derni?reenrichit l??dition urtext d?une pr?face d?taill?e o? elle aborde notamment le sujet de la r?alisation des ornements et celui des cadences reproduites.

David Poppers Suite in six movements ?Im Walde? is known by cellistes mainly from compilations for violoncello and piano containing the ?Gnomentanz? and the ?Andacht?. However these favored movements are only two from six character-pieces which in 1882

For Countess Josephine of Clary-Aldringen Beethoven wrote several works for mandolin and piano four of which are still extant. These new arrangements adhere as closely to the original as possible and are written in the original key. The elegant works are shining little gems. Sonatina in C major radiates a virtuoso ease and cheerfulness while the variations of the Andante are full of humour with deep emotions in the minor variation.