The Best Classical Music in the World: Piano: Instrumental Collection

Ten classic Scott Joplin Piano rags arranged for Classical Guitar by Jerry Willard. Arranged in standard notation and tablature these timeless tunes by the most famous of all ragtime composers soundabsolutely great on a Classical Guitar and to help you perform them perfectly the Download Card features recordings of each by Willard himself. Rising quickly to fame for his ragtime compositions andachieving acclaim as the 'King of Ragtime Writers' composer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Joplin wrote some of the greatest rags ever as well as some of the finest compositions of any style or genre. WithScott Joplin Favorites For Classical Guitar you can learn such rags as Maple Leaf Rag The Entertainer and Heliotrope Bouquet for the Classical Guitar. Suitable for intermediate to advancedplayers this book will keep you entertained for hours as you pore over the expertly composed rags that have become so ingrained in modern music. Born to a musical family in Texas in 1867 it becameimmediately obvious that Joplin was of exceptional talent. After learning a number of instruments and moving to Missouri his compositions brought him great fame and had a profound influence on othercomposers of the day and for over a century to come. Tunes like Cleopha Kismet Rag Pleasant Moments and The Strenuous Life all had a huge impact on the musical world turning this creative genius into ahousehold name.  Now accomplished guitarist Jerry Willard has compiled and arranged ten of Joplin's best tunes into this sheet music songbook letting you learn thesewonderful compositions for the Classical Guitar. As a bonus extra the included download card allows you to listen to Willard himself performing all ten songs that were specially recorded for this edition. This will allow

This collection includes 58 pieces of music by the Spanish Guitar master Fernando Sor as well as audio of the entire book, recorded by Ben Bolt. Ben Bolt believes these pieces are the "best of the best" for developing technique, musicianship, and exposing the guitarist to the ingenious musical world of Fernando Sor. Regardless of your current level of expertise, this music will be a joy to learn and listen to. Pieces include: Napoleon's Theme, E Minor at Midnight, Rhapsody in D, March of the Wooden Soldier and Easter Hymn. Ben Bolt's digital recordings of his arrangements are superb. His warm tone and singing vibrato bring Sor's music to life. All interpretations are classically correct. He plays on his Fleta and Sons concert Guitar made in Barcelona, Spain (1976).

Featuring some of the world's greatest pieces of music from a variety of different genres the 'Top Ten' series contains music for everyone. Whether you're a beginner who wants to know the best classical pieces to learn or amore experienced player looking for the ultimate Piano songs to add to your repertoire we have a 'Top Ten' for you! Each piece comes with interesting background notes to give you that extra bit of insight. The TopTen Most Calming Pieces To Play On Piano contains ten of the world's most relaxing Piano pieces composed by some of the best-known composers of the last two hundred years including Frédéric Chopin Jules Massenet Philip Glass and Yiruma. We've roamed freely across the past two centuries of music to create this tranquil Pianoselection for you. There's a piece each by Chopin and Liszt two major stars of the early Romantic era; a couple of jewels from the Parisian belle epoque by Satie and Massenet; unforgettable melodies from the pens of Dvorak andRachmaninoff; while closer to our own time there's beautiful music by Philip Glass Neil Cowley and Ludovico Einaudi. Let life's stresses melt away as you take a deep breath and lose yourself in these precious musicalmoments...

Instrument : 1-2 treble recorders Type : edition with CD Nombre de Pages : 24 Here is the long-awaited volume of popular classical melodies in Magoltâ??s successful series. Now recorder players can also enjoy playing through the best known catchy tunes in classical music for themselves with an orchestral accompaniment on CD. Contents include: Hymn to Joy (Beethoven) - Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Mozart) - The Moldau (Smetana) - the Birdcatcherâ??s Song from the Magic Flute (Mozart) - the Toreadorâ??s song from Carmen (Bizet) - La donna è mobile (Verdi) - Barcarole (Offenbach) and many other well-known melodies. Content : A. Vivaldi: Spring from the Vour Seasons - W.A. Mozart: The Birdcatcher's song from The Magic Flute - J.S. Bach: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden from the St Matthew Passion - W.A. Mozart: Das klinget so herrlich from The Magic Flute - J. Brahms: Cradle Song - M.-A. Charpentier: Prélude fom Te Deum - J. Haydn: Andante ffrom the Symphony No. 94 - L.v. Beethoven: Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony - C.M.v. Weber: Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz from Der Freischütz - G. Verdi: La donna è mobile from Rigoletto - J. Haydn: Imperial anthem from the Emperor Quartet - G.F. Händel: Ombra mai fù from Xerxes - B. Smetana: The Moldau from My Homeland - G. Bizet: Toréador, en garde! from Carmen - J. Offenbach: Barcarole from Tales of Hoffmann - G. Rossini: Ouverture to The Barber of Seville - R. Wagner: Wedding Chorus Treulich geführt from Lohengrin - G. Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Captives Va, pensiero from Nabucco - W.A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - P. Tschaikowsky: Main theme from Swan Lake - J. Offenbach: Cancan from Orpheus in the Underworld

Throughout his career Christopher Parkening America's preeminent classical guitarist has had the opportunity to perform with many of the world's leading artists and orchestras. This folio Duets and Concertos contains many selections from those collaborations and features a wide range of musical pairings which show the guitar at its versatile best: voice and guitar guitar duets chamber music and concertos. All of the pieces included here have been edited and fingered for the guitar by Christopher Parkening and to quote Christopher himself ???No compromise has been made in requirement of technique. All of these pieces are suitable for performance by the virtuosoguitarist.??? This folio contains 35 transcriptions.

A sumptuous selection of the very best Keyboard music of the Classical era by composers ranging from Mozart to Beethoven and beyond all presented in one superb volume for the solo Piano.The music of the Classical era ischaracterised by melodic elegance and formal symmetry both in the compositions of the great courts and of the church. From the delightful wit and flamboyance of Mozart's startling achievements to the passionate Sturm UndDrang of Haydn and Beethoven the masterpieces of the Classical period are widely regarded as some of the greatest compositions ever written. Every piece in this anthology is rich in heritage and familiar to the earsof music lovers the world over. Take this opportunity to transform your repertoire - the music has been expertly adapted to appeal to the intermediate soloist whilst retaining all the beauty and character of the original works.There's simply no better way to discover the music of the masters.

Every Beginner Should Learn-The Top Ten Classical Piano Pieces Every Beginner Should Learn is part of a series that has been specially designed to help pianists of all levels to find the repertoire they really want to play.Featuring some of the world's greatest pieces of music from a variety of different genres the 'Top Ten' series contains something for everyone. Whether you're a beginner who wants to know the best classical pieces to learn ora more experienced player looking for the ultimate Piano songs to add to your repertoire we have a 'Top Ten' for you! Each piece comes with interesting background notes to give you that extra bit of insight. TheTop Ten Classical Piano Pieces Every Beginner Should Learn allows budding pianists to get to grips with staples of the classical genre including pieces by favourite composers such as Handel Mozart and Einaudi.This collection contains Fauré's Berceuse Franck's The Doll's Complaint Beethoven's Für Elise Bach's Prelude No. 1 In C Major BWV 846 and more.