Molenaar Edition

Peter Kleine Schaars most skilfully uses the wind band to give a nice demonstration of the wrapped salsa rhythm. The theme is strolling right through the various instrument groups, whereas the woodwin...

Antonio Carlos Jobim (1925-1994), undoubtedly one of the greater Brazilian composers, is especially known as a songwriter. He combined modern classical touches with a suave swing rendering individual...

By means of its simplified rhythms 'Mas Que Nada' allows the starting musician to play some typical Brazilian music. Both performances by Black Eyed Peas and by Sergio Mendes have recently made this t...

A spectacular Concert Pasodoble, written by the Portuguese composer and conductor Nuno Osorio. Charachteristic hand claps, castinettes, traditional trumpet solos, broad strung out melodies, and majest...

'Sway' is the English version of 'Quién será?', a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics...

The infernal and extremely rhythmical 'Samba di Janeiro' was a hit made popular by the group Bellini years ago. A driving and exotic sounding percussion introduction is followed by a most compelling t...

Depicting 3 different dances styles, this fun-filled suite will have toes tapping and people swaying! There is plenty of exciting rhythmic drive in the initial Salsa which is then followed by the prec...

The infernal and extremely rhythmical 'Samba di Janeiro' was a hit made popular by the group Bellini years ago. A driving and exotic sounding percussion introduction is followed by a most compelling t...

Especially for the upcoming Football World Cup in Brazil 2014, Anton Burger has arranged this well known song in a samba style. If the Netherlands wants to be worldchampion, this piece shouldn't be mi...

This single from Ritchie Valens from 1958 is originally a Spanish song from Mexican folklore. Years later it was picked by Rolling Stone magazine as the only non-English song in their 500 Greatest Son...

Cuban music is widely recognized as one the most richest and influential in the world. The fusion of Spanish and West African musical traditions can be heard in all it's genres that range from slow an...

I composed this work in 2010 under the title "Nu-Bossa". This first version had an unusual instrumentation, including two electronic organs, so in 2012 I rewrote it as a large wind band composition an...

I composed this work in 2010 under the title "Nu-Bossa". This first version had an unusual instrumentation, including two electronic organs, so in 2012 I rewrote it as a large wind band composition an...

The infernal and extremely rhythmical 'Samba di Janeiro' was a hit made popular by the group Bellini years ago. A driving and exotic sounding percussion introduction is followed by a most compelling t...

The infernal and extremely rhythmical 'Samba di Janeiro' was a hit made popular by the group Bellini years ago. A driving and exotic sounding percussion introduction is followed by a most compelling t...

A bossa nova, a tango and a samba. The major Latin American styles have been represented in the Young Latin Collection. All parts have the chance to feature, playing the melody in this very playable a...

NL - Weer zo'n heerlijk stuk van Piazzolla. Opgezet als fuga overgaand in een prachtige melodie. Veel gebruikt encore stuk van het Aurelia saxofoonkwartet.

The American pianist and composer Cy Coleman(1929) is certainly best known as the author of several musical comedies such as Wildcat (1960), Sweet Charity (1966), Seesaw (1973) and of course Barnum (1...

This festive concert march was commissioned by the Portuguese wind band 'Banda de Música de Carregosa' on the occasion of the nomination as 'Commendator' of its president, the businessman Fernando Pin...