Piano Duet. Par HISAISHI JOE. What if the iconic melodies of Studio Ghibli were arranged as piano duets by classical composers? Introducing the highly anticipated second volume of the popular piano duet series! Experience the luxurious duet sound enriched with the distinctive styles of classical composers and interwoven fragments of beloved melodies. Designed with advanced players in mind, the arrangements range from baroque to modern styles, making them suitable for a variety of skill levels. This collection includes a total of six pieces that are perfect for recitals, concerts, or street piano performances. *The book comes with online demo audio of all parts and each part for you to practice. Scan the QR code next to the song title on the sheet music with smartphone devices to go to the YouTube playlist for each song. / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Recueil / Piano 4 Mains

Par SQUIBAN DIDIER. 'Vous trouverez dans ce recueil douze titres, compositions ou arrangements de thèmes traditionnels enregistrés dans différents albums et un inédit. La présentation de ces transcriptions est souvent accessible aux débutants. N'hésitez pas comme je le fais à chaque concert, de varier, de broder autour de la partition, de triturer le thème... bref , de la jouer à votre façon.' / Rép Français / Recueil / Piano

Piano Solo-Animals In Concert - Three pieces for Piano solo by Per Nørgård.Programme Note 1. A Tortoise´s Tango (1984) - dur.: 4´  2. Light of a Night - Paul meets bird (1989) - dur.: 6´  3. Hermit Crab Tango - Esperanza (1997) - dur.: 5´  The pieces can be performed together or one by one. In the1980s quite a few 'finds' turned up in Per Nørgård's music. The material could be say a number of song birds' equilibrist melodic lines the overtones of the ocean surf or waltzing themes by theschizophrenic artist Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930). Or again as heard here it can be the rhythms and motifs of the tango and a Beatles song (with bird) explored in three independent piano pieces that form the Animals in Concert suite about which the composer writes:  'A Tortoise´s Tango': The tortoise as tango dancer must presumably possess certain rhythmic peculiarities which I have chosen to express by letting the tune of the tortoise shuffle broadly tripartite through the strict four partite time of tango.  Tortoise Tango was the original title of this piece 'written for Achilles' (the pianist Yvar Mikhashoff) for his so called tango project' including new tangos for piano by composers from all over the world.  'Light of a Night (Paul meets bird)' was commissioned by pianist Aki Takahashi. It is a 'reworked' arrangement for piano of the Beatles song 'Blackbird'. As some of us will recall the Beatles on 'The White Album' let the beautiful song to the blackbird be accompanied by an (apparently) live blackbird song. It is this authentic bird-motif world that in 'Light of a Night' weaves itself into the Beatles melody and in turn is gradually infected by it so that a completely new third entity ensues: a kind of Bird-rock ballad (or maybe it is a Beatle-bird?).

Your favourite ABRSM piano exam pieces-Encore is the official collection of best-loved ABRSM Piano exam pieces from Grades 1 to 8. Book 4 features popular pieces set on ABRSM Grades 7 and 8. Have fun exploring modern favourites and timeless classics like Willie Wagglestick’s Walkabout or a Beethoven Allegro. Plus we’ve included background information and new ideas for exploring the music. Encore is perfect for:   Developing skills and technique between grades. Sourcing music for a concert or recital Learning or playing for fun away from the exam format. Adults returning to Pianoplaying looking for approachable repertoire they’ll recognise.     For teachers we’ve made sure that the content is perfectly balanced at every level. For quick reference each piece has a note highlighting skills to focus on. Encore is packed full of music that will:   Motivate students – all the pieces have been chosen for their ongoing popular appeal. Form a bank of rich content so you can pick and choose pieces to help each student improve. Introduce new skills and techniques to prepare exam candidates for the next level.     Whether you’re working through our exams playing informally or planning a performance Encore is full of music you’ll want to play again and again. Loeillet's Giga and Bonsor's Willie Wagglestick's Walkabout are included on ABRSM Piano Grade 7 syllabus 2017-2018

Par BARTOK BELA. The editor has selected seventeen of the the forty-two pieces in the 1909 version of Béla Bartók?s seminal work, For Children, Volume One. These selections were chosen as a result of the editor?s teaching experiences with this music: pieces that are both pedagogically advantageous for the teacher, and the most enjoyed by students. Although Bartók?s intention was to write a set of pieces for young people, the charm and depth of these masterful works makes them equally appealing to students of all ages and levels. For Children has been played in concert and recorded by great pianists such as György Sándor, Zoltán Kocsis, Géza Anda, Menahem Pressler, and June de Toth. There is also a recording available on YouTube of Béla Bartók himself playing a selection of pieces from For Children in a 1945 radio broadcast. / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Recueil / Piano

30 Famous Pieces for Piano. Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. This collection of 30 well-loved original compositions and arrangements for piano presents a selection of pieces by Frédéric Chopin that will delight any pianist. Besides the ?Raindrop Prelude? and other popular teaching pieces, the book also contains arrangements of the two famous Piano Concertos E minor and F minor, the Krakowiak and many more. All the pieces are at intermediate level, with fingerings and suggested metronome speeds added. The collection appears in modern and user-friendly print format; it is recommended not only for tuition purposes, but for anyone who enjoys playing the piano as a hobby. / Date parution : 2022-02-15/ Recueil / Piano

Federico Ruiz finds constant inspiration in the rich popular and folkloric music of his country.No. 10 The little Peruvian girl is featured by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music in their Grade 4 piano exam pieces 2013 & 2014.Clara has recorded these pieces on CD: The Music of Federico Ruiz - on Nimbus Alliance Records (Catalogue No. NI6179).They first met in 1993 and she became acquainted not only with his music but through it discovered the precision and the soft expressiveness of each of the numerous rhythms of Latin America and the Caribbean. His music is a sophisticated synthesis of Latin American styles that amongst manyother traits expresses the subtle interface between 'classical' and 'popular' music of the continent.Clara Rodriguez is often described as an Ambassador of Latin-American piano music recognising the great number of concerts she has given and CDs where this music features prominently. Born in Caracas Clara studied there with Giomar Narváez and with Phyllis Sellick after winning a scholarship from the Venezuelan Arts Council to train in London at the Royal College of Music. At the age of sixteen she made her debut playing Mozart's last piano concerto with the Simón Bol var Orchestra under the baton of José Antonio Abreu which was the starting point of her international career as a concert pianist.Her discography includes CDs of the piano music of Venezuelan composers Moises Moleiro (Nimbus NI6104) Teresa Carreño (Nimbus NI6103) VENEZUELA (Nimbus NI 6122) receiving glowing reviews from international publications such as Gramophone Magazine: 'Clara Rodriguez makes the most of her innate feel for the exuberant and languorous dispatching the toe-tapping cross-rhythms with panache and a light touch. This is a treasure chest from which to cherry-pick.' She regularly plays in London's Wigmore Hall Southbank Centre St. John's Smith Square St. Martin in-the-Fields and at Barbican Centre. Clara Rodriguez teaches the

26 Arrangements for the Beginning Pianist-Suitable for beginning pianists of all ages this volume features 26 simplified versions of longer pieces by the great Johannes Brahms in order of increasing difficulty.Selections include the famous 'Lullaby' as well as the theme from 'Academic Festival Overture' and 'Hungarian Dance No.5'. Additional melodies include themes from the composer's quintet and concertos for Piano 'Variations on a theme by Haydn ' and other pieces.

Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Aleksey Igudesman has again been on his travels – this time he takes the developing violinist to wonderful Venice. For Igudesman, Venice is clearly a source of inspiration and he takes us from central Venice to the island of Guidecca and to San Marco. These four pieces, each inspired by the beauty of Venice will make an excellent choice for the concert platform. Four atmospheric compositions by Aleksey Igudesman Easy to intermediate-level pieces for violin and piano Suitable as teaching material, for competitions and for the concert platform/ Recueil / Violon et Piano

Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' are amongst the most beautiful and widely-known Baroque master pieces. Each of the four violin concertos is preceded by a sonnet which characterises the season depicted in the concerto. The poems are thought to be by Vivaldi himself. With explanatory texts and fully coloured illustrations, the edition is aimed at young and adult pianists. The easily playable arrangements and original pieces provide an ideal introduction to this work. / Date parution : 2022-05-17/ Répertoire / Piano

Fragment I-IV was composed between 1959 and 1961. I premiered the piece myself on February 12 1962 at a concert where Fragment V for violin and piano and Fragment VI for six orchestra groups were also performed. The four piano pieces contain the first audible results of my preoccupation with the fractal “infinity series” discovered in 1959. “Fractal” designates the property of for example visual form patterns that appear in a process of infinite “microscoping” where the figures reappear for the spectator in constantly enlarged segments of the original fractal form. In much the same way thescore-reader as well as the listener can follow how in for example Fragment III the six notes of the first measure reappear in a much slower figure an octave lower in the left hand (that only manages to get through these six notes in the course of the entire movement) analogous to the zooming-in on a visual fractal form. Each Fragment has its own defining appearance: Fragment I consists of two staccato melodies (with built-in rests) that are tied to a distinct third melody. Fragment II stammers and stutters its way through various shorter note values that are almost identical to boot (for instance they include isolated triplet notes that come immediately before or after notes of another equally short duration). Great demands are thus made on the pianist’s scrupulous attention to the details of this fine-grained universe of rhythms! Of the four pieces Fragment III offers the most directly accessible demonstration of this composition technique – as mentioned above its opening measure fractally projects itself six times as slowly and an octave lower in the left hand through the rest of the movement. Fragment IV is a kind of shadow that reproduces – in a vague “dreaming” manner – all the melodic notes from Fragment III but

ABRSM Grades 7-8 . This special collection of intermediate to advanced piano repertoire has been lovingly curated by internationally renowned pianist, Isata Kanneh-Mason. Inspired by her musical journey from childhood prodigy to accomplished performer, and drawing on her championship of female composers and composers of colour, Isata has handpicked a wonderfully diverse melange of music for players to explore. Alongside classical masterpieces such as Clara Schumann?s Notturno, players will find repertoire by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, George Gershwin and Alexander Desplat as well as a stunning new work by Errollyn Wallen. Carefully edited and fingered, Piano Inspiration 2 is ideal both for recreational playing and those seeking own-choice repertoire for ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 7 ). ? 12 pieces for intermediate to advanced players, each holding special significance to Isata ? A wonderful array of styles, composers and traditions that span four centuries of piano music ? An original work by Errollyn Wallen, specially composed for this collection ? Ideal for own-choice repertoire selection in ABRSM Performance Grades (Grades 7 ) Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand in the UK and internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire and has performed at many of the world?s finest concert venues, including the Royal Albert Hall for her BBC Proms solo debut in 2023. As a Decca recording artist, she entered the UK classical charts at No. 1 with her 2019 album Romance, and has since released Summertime, featuring twentieth-century American repertoire; Muse, a duo album with her brother Sheku; and Childhood Tales, which showcases music inspired by a nostalgia for youth. Isata is recipient of the coveted Leonard Bernstein Award and the Opus Klassik Award for best young artist.