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David Brooker moves on in his popular 'Stringplay' series with an ingenious new book that promises full flexibility from a mixed duo right up to a full string orchestra. Full instructions are given to...

Strings of the World 2 ist im Vergleich zum ersten Band (UE 38057) recht anspruchsvoll und enthält mittelschwere Stücke in Aleksey Igudesmans unnachahmlichem Stil. Die Stücke sind auch für weniger For...

A welcome addition to the repertoire of violin students, chamber music players and soloists. This edition of arias from Mozart's Magie Flute is based on an arrangement for two violins or two flutes, p...

The present cadenzas and lead-ins to Mozart's five violin concertos K 207, 211, 216, 218 and 219 attempt to present the violinist with stylistic and idiomatic solutions based upon the compositional te...

Who doesn’t know the perhaps most popular piece of music in Stanley Kubrick’s movie 'Eyes Wide Shut' (1999) - Dmitri Shostakovich’s waltz No. 2 from the 'Suite for Variety Orchestra'? This energetic w...

Volume 1 includes 25 moderately difficult songs and dances of Eastern European folk music (pieces 1-25) Each of these duos - with the two indicated exceptions - incorporates a peasant melody as the pr...

Volume 2 includes 19 moderately difficult songs and dances of Eastern European folk music (pieces 26-44) Each of these duos - with the two indicated exceptions - incorporates a peasant melody as the p...

Fratres (original setting for violin and piano) was commissioned by the Salzburg Festival and premiered on August 17th, 1980 at that very place (violin: Gidon Kremer, piano: Elena Kremer). Daniel Hop...

With his 'reinventions' of some of Beethoven's best-known works, Aleksey Igudesman has surpassed himself. These violin duets can best be described as 'wicked', using both the original sense of the wor...

The basic musical material of Pari intervallo by Arvo Pärt consists of two parts which move exactly parallel to each other, so that the interval between them is always the same- hence the title. Pari...

The studies for saxophone are roughly graded, (easy to intermediate, so they may be used in conjunction with lessons, or prepared for examination. They may also be used by advanced players as a warm-u...

This is a fine example of how a Baroque sonata can be successfully transcribed for a more modern instrument such as the saxophone. John Harle has done a first-class job and has produced a transcriptio...

In 1846, two months before Gabriel Faure was about to celebrate his first birthday, the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax took out a patent on his new musical hybrid, the Saxophone. This was no mor...

These four appealing pieces, written for a children’s theatre, are as humorous as they are poetic. For the first two dances Pärt took stories from the brothers Grimm: Puss in Boots and Little Red Ridi...

'4 More Afro-Caribbean Pieces for 6 Hands at 1 Piano' is the second of two volumes of arrangements by Mike Cornick. Suitable for intermediate players, these 'trios', are as light-hearted as you would...

These famous tangos by Carlos Gardel in trio arrangements will make popular concert items, attract the crowds performed out of doors and would be perfect entertainment in the restaurant. Diego Collatt...

Latin-Feeling hoch zwei - Lateinamerikanische Musik arrangiert für 2 Klarinetten Cha Cha, Rumba und Bossa nicht nur für Profis. Hier kommen auch mäßig Fortgeschrittene musikalisch auf ihre Kosten. Ein...

This little set of pieces was composed for Mark Walton, the much respected New Zealand-born clarinettist, saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator. Mark and his piano accompanist David Miller were...

Latin inspired compositions for two saxophones by James Rae The two parts in the 'Latin American' idiom are equally matched and give both saxophone players a chance to shine. Chord symbols have been i...

James Rae has composed these 18 études for the higher-grade/ college-level saxophonist. Technique and musicianship are the key issues and they are also ideal as workouts, even for the professional pla...

Easy arrangements of 17 songs with vocal line added. The photos in the album are stills from the famous film of the opera directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst (1931).

Child’s Play by James Rae provides the simplest possible little performance pieces for trumpet, almost from a pupil’s first lesson. These pieces couldn’t be easier and still have a tune, yet the cleve...

`Spiegel im Spiegel` is a well-known example of Arvo Pärts Tintinnabuli style and has been used in many films. Arvo Pärts Spiegel im Spiegel illustrates his creative principles: above a permanent flow...

The Easy Blue Series for players in their early years of tuition, serves as an inspiring introduction to playing in the blues styles. This book of fifteen original pieces has been written to offer pla...