Two Airs

SKU: MB.31030

ISBN 9781513476735. 8.75X11.75 inches.

Easy to Play Viola Airs and Balladsáis a collection of 25 nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century folk and popular songs from England, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States.á All the songs are written in easy rhythms, entirely in first position, with bowing indications and suggested guitar chords. Each tune corresponds with the same song ináEasy to Play Violin Airs and BalladsáandáEasy to Play Cello Airs and Ballads.

SKU: HL.14044769

French.

<> est une collection d'ouvrages a mi-chemin entre la methode pedagogique et le recueil de morceaux a jouer. Vous y decouvrirez en effet une multitude de <> de la musique classique arranges pour piano dans une version accessible au plus grand nombre. Au menu de ce second volume figurent les airs suivants : La belle au bois dormant et Concerto pour piano no1 de Tchaikovski, L'arlesienne et Toreador, en garde! de Bizet, Automne (Les quatre saisons) de Vivaldi, Adagio d'Albinoni, Prelude pour violoncelle de Bach, Ave Maria de Schubert, La 5eme symphonie de Beethoven, Bolero de Ravel, Concerto pour piano no 21 de Mozart. Que des incontournables du style ! L'idee ici est avant tout de se faire plaisir en jouant des airs connus et reconnus de tous. Mais c'est aussi l'occasion pour chacun de decouvrir des oeuvres majeures du repertoire classique, ainsi que leurs compositeurs de genie (Vivaldi, Tchaikovski, Mozart...), de parfaire sa culture musicale et d'asseoir encore un peu davantage sa technique au piano. Le CD reprend tous les exemples dans leur integralite afin de vous aider a depasser d'eventuelles difficultes de lecture. Ces enregistrements vous permettront egalement de parfaire l'execution des morceaux proposes par l'ecoute attentive des nuances et autres subtilites d'interpretation.

SKU: MB.WBM58M

ISBN 9781736363058. 8.75x11.75 inches.

A comprehensive collection of 172 guitar solos for the flatpick or plectrum guitarist. All solos are written in standard notation with accompanying online recordings by the author. The solos include beautiful American, British and Celtic airs and ballads, Celtic dance tunes, lute and early music, popular classical repertoire and contemporary etudes. Includes access to online audio.

SKU: HL.4002888

UPC: 884088403485. 9.0x12.0x0.076 inches.

From his famous Ancient Airs and Dances, 20th-century composer Ottorino Respighi used distinctive melodies from Renaissance composer Jean-Baptiste Besard in this second movement of the third suite. This marvelous adaptation for band retains the authenticity of the original in an attractive yet very playable and unique setting. Dur: 6:00 (Grade 3-1/2).

SKU: HL.14044666

French.

<> est une collection d'ouvrages a mi-chemin entre la methode pedagogique et le recueil de morceaux a jouer. Vous y decouvrirez en effet une multitude de <> de la musique classique arranges pour piano dans une version accessible au plus grand nombre. Au menu de ce premier volume figurent les airs suivants : Ah ! vous dirai-je maman, Greensleeves, La premiere Gymnopedie, Prelude en Do majeur, Lettre a elise, Jeux interdits (Romance), Peer Gynt, Marche triomphale, Allegro de la 40eme symphonie, Une petite musique de nuit, Sonate au clair de lune, La marche turque. Que des incontournables du style ! L'idee ici est avant tout de se faire plaisir en jouant des airs connus et reconnus de tous. Mais c'est aussi l'occasion pour chacun de decouvrir des oeuvres majeures du repertoire classique, ainsi que leurs compositeurs de genie (Mozart, Bach, Beethoven...), de parfaire sa culture musicale et d'asseoir encore un peu davantage sa technique au piano. Le CD reprend tous les exemples dans leur integralite afin de vous aider a depasser d'eventuelles difficultes de lecture. Ces enregistrements vous permettront egalement de parfaire l'execution des morceaux proposes par l'ecoute attentive des nuances et autres subtilites d'interpretation.

SKU: UT.CH-335

ISBN 9790215326538. 9 x 12 inches.

The Trois airs variés for violin and piano belong to the small nucleus of compositions for this scoring which, in the Catalogo tematico, also includes the Cantabile in D major (M.S.109), the only original manuscript piece for violin and piano recently published in a critical edition, and the Quattro Notturni a quartetto (M.S.15). This ‘triptych’, whose authorship is unknown, is familiar thanks to the nineteenth-century editions Ricordi, Pacini and Hofmeister, the only evidence of the piece which is placed in the Catalogo tematico at n. 3 of the uncertain works (Section V, pp. 346-347), that is, those works whose authorship remains in doubt due to the lack of objectively valid documents. This placing does not categorically exclude the originality of the piece, at least as regards the violin part, and that Gustavo Carulli ‘completed’ them later by adding the piano part. Given that to date there is no evidence to deny Paganini’s authorship of the piece, we rely on the editorial tradition documented by the three publications mentioned above and, of course, on the style of the composition.
Regarding the instrumental aspect, the technical peculiarity is given by the exclusive use of the 4th string which must be transposed one tone above, in all three airs, including the variations. Concerning the piano part composed by Gustavo Carulli, it can only be said that it is simple and functional, aimed at highlighting the violin part, nothing more. Since the piano part is not original, the guitar has been thought of as the ideal instrument (as indeed is proved by Paganini’s considerable musical production for this scoring) to support the violin part and which is better suited to these small but pleasant pieces. In the transposition for guitar, however, the aim has been to include Gustavo Carulli’s musical lesson, where it is convincing, in other cases, however, the preference has been to find different solutions, while trying to remain within Paganini’s ‘style’ also as regards writing for the guitar. The present edition therefore seeks to be a plausible alternative to the previous editions, also in order to make these delightful but forgotten pieces more usable.

SKU: HL.48186482

Reynaldo Hahn: Works for cello and piano [AL 30 749] For quite some time, posterity remembered Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) for just a handful of songs and the operetta Ciboulette, overlooking the incredible diversity of a catalogue as eclectic as it is appealing. Yet his chamber music contains many little-known treasures: thus, cellist Steven Isserlis, in his preface, hastens to hail the first modern edition of these two scores, which he regularly plays in recital, so much does their beauty enchant the audience. Published in 1911, the Two Improvisations on Irish Airs for cello and piano turn out to be the transcription of his first and third Preludes for piano four hands (1894). These folk themes come from the collection Songs of Old Ireland, published 12 years earlier by Charles Villiers Stanford: gracefully and tenderly, The Little Red Lark unfurls a melancholic tune of which the regular foundation respects the breadth of phrase typical of folk songs; in The Willow-Tree, the lover begs his beloved in vain to take him in her arms one last time before he lies down, lifeless, in the shade of the tree. Beyond this sensitive exploration of the Irish soul, Hahn offers us a journey into the past: the Variations chantantes sur un air ancien develop a theme borrowed from Cavalli?s opera Xerse. In this aria (1660 version: Act IV, sc. 6), Ambassador Periarco dreams of moving away from court intrigues to be able to taste the pleasures ?to which the gods have destined him?. Reynaldo Hahn?s variations succeed in maintaining the sweet simplicity of this theme, as noble as it is refined. Let us wager that this publication will delight cellists and pianists alike: it contains some nuggets. Deux improvisations sur des airs irlandais (The Little Red Lark, The Willow-Tree) Variations chantantes sur un air ancien.