Echoes of Nostalgia

Originally hailed as Britain's answer to The Strokes The Libertines have proved themselves to be so much more combining the story-telling nostalgia of travelling troubadours with a sound that echoes The Jam The Smiths and the best of English pop heritage. This their second album was released in the now mandatory storm of headlines and hedonism and is presented in full guitar Tablature transcriptions. Includes bonus singles Time For Heroes Up The Bracket and the foul-mouthed What A Waster.

Pour Trompette Et Piano-Trumpeter Guy Touvron a former student of Maurice André and acclaimed international soloist was keen to share his love of Gabriel Fauré?s music despite the fact that Fauré never composed a single page for Touvron?s instrument of choice. He turned to the art of transcription aware of the challenge that awaited him: could Trumpet tone truly render the quiet charm of Fauré?s works? This volume of Mélodies Et Pieces Diverses Pour Trompette Et Piano is proof of the project?s success.    In Guy Touvron?s arrangement thefresh clear language of the Cantique de Jean Racine delivers a fullness that does justice to the work?s refined classicism. The Clair de lune of Verlaine?s verse lengthens its nostalgia-imbued vocal phrases while the Sérénade toscane with its echoes of barcarole evokes a haughty belle who refuses to appear on the balcony. The crushing atmosphere of Spleen the sophisticated contours of Op. 2 No.1 (Dans les ruines d?une abbaye based on a Victor Hugo poem) and the enveloping charm of the En prière canticle are all rendered with equal subtlety. The art of transcription makes everything possible.