Gipsy Suite

The Italian cellist Lucio Amanti devotes himself to the crossover between classical and jazz music. His well-known 'Jazz Suite' for cello solo bridges the gap between the solo suites by Bach and the jazz music of our time.Now he attends for the first time to the subject of the étude, with suggestions from pop, jazz and improvisation. The individual études use different styles from jazz ballad to samba rhythms to funk music. / Violoncelle

CELLOWISE is an exciting new collection of arrangements from the popular classics. The standard is from Grade 3 upwards and included are Bach Badinerie Handel Sarabande Haydn Gipsy Rondo Gossec Gavotte and Tambourin Brahms Hungarian Dance and other favourites with attached CD of top quality performances making a pleasant and varied recital programme both to listen to and of course to play. Cellowise is featured on the 2014 Bauhinia Cup String Competition in Hong Kong and is on the current syllabuses of Trinity College London the Musik-PrüfungsKommission in Vienna and the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin 2015-2018.FOOTNOTE TO CONTENTSOriginally a folk-dance from Medieval Spain the Sarabande became the spiritual centre-point of the 18th. Century dance suite and well-known to cellists through the Bach Suites.The Badinerie is a musical haiku stunning in its precision and economy of means and like a poem condenses much meaning and expression into few words.Sir Yehudi Menuhin once called the 'Erbarme Dich' solo the most beautiful piece of music ever written for the violin. This poignant duet for voice and obligato is about remorse betrayal and the universal theme of suffering. It is one of the centre-pieces of the St. Matthew Passion and is sung after Peter has denied Christ betraying him to the authorities and to his Crucifixion.Gavotte and Tambourin. These two Dances reflect the political opposites of the French Revolution - one a popular dance for partying and celebration the other more courtly and considered a favourite of Marie Antoinette.Rondo all'Ongarese and Hungarian Dance.Hungarian Folk music is fiery and impassioned with virtuoso techniques of embellishment and improvisation. Haydn and Brahms incorporated these elements into Classical forms.Like other Romantic and early-Romantic composers (Mendelssohn and Schubert) Brahms was attracted to Scotland as a wild and beautiful country of myth and

Cette méthode s?adresse aux nombreuses personnes qui veulent apprendre (ou réapprendre!) la guitare de façon simple et efficace. Les tout débutants trouveront des exercices faciles rythmés et inspires de suites d?accords célèbres (Beatles Rolling Stones Cat Stevens Dutronc Brassens etc?). Les plus expérimentés pourront piocher çà et là différentes rythmiques du monde (Marley Santana Gipsy Kings?). Quoi qu?il en soit la fameuse grille de blues-rock doit être assimilée en moins de 6 mois par tous. Lesdeux premières rythmiques «passe-partout» sont très fréquemment utilisées et l?auteur avoue les utiliser à 80% dans les soirées. Une méthode idéale pour passer agréablement les fins de repas entre amis les soirées au coin de feu ou à la plage en été?

Eighty-three best-loved works over 30 composers including Beethoven Chopin Brahms Mendelssohn Liszt and Paderewski. Edited by Ronald Herder.