SKU: CY.CC2879
The Trombone/Euphonium solos of Gardell Simons have been sadly forgotten over the years. Atlantic Zephyrs is the only one known to most. Gregory Cox has compiled five of them in a new collection:Atlantic ZephyrsThe GondolierPolka CapriceThe VolunteerThe Weldon PolkaThe solos are about 5 minutes in length each and are appropriate for Intermediate level and above (range goes up to high C). They are light and delightful, harking back to the turn-of-the last century in style.Cherry Classics is pleased to have brought them back to life, set in their original format in the Vintage Brass Collection.
SKU: CY.CC3123
ISBN 9790530111017. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening) is a French song written by Claude Debussy in the Impressionist style. The work has been arranged for many instruments. This version for Trombone (or Euphonium) and Piano by Gordon Cherry is in the original key and in bass clef. The music is subtle and full of beautiful colors, giving an impression of peace, warm breezes, rose-colored sunsets and fields of wheat. This music is appropriate for intermediate level performers and is about 3 minutes in length.
SKU: CY.CC2477
* Also known as Four Grandmother Songs and Old Granny Tales, this work was composed in New York in 1918 at the beginning of the composer's self-imposed exile from Russia after its Revolution. * These short pieces were immediately successful and were performed worldwide. * In the epigraph to this work Prokofiev wrote, Some recollections had become half erased from her memory; others will never be erased. * Mr. Sauer once again, has produced a magnificent work for Euphonium & Piano. * This work with its great character is a joy to perform, about 8 - 9 minutes in length for moderately advanced performers. .
SKU: CY.CC3024
ISBN 9781774310656. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Ralph Sauer has artfully arranged Three French Vocalises for Euphonium and Piano by three well-known composers from the 20th Century: Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger and Joseph Canteloube. Each has a unique style and total about 5-6 minutes in length. Written in bass clef, their modest ranges make them appropriate for moderately advanced performers.
SKU: RM.SL10739
ISBN 9790231097399.
SKU: CY.CC2796
Mendelssohn's expressive Sonata No. 1 for Cello, Opus 45 was composed in October 1838.The Sonata has three movements and works beautifully for Euphonium.This 25-minute work for advanced performers, all in bass clef, is a wonderful composition and is a great test of musicianship, stamina and technique for both performers.Mendelssohn's Sonata has been brilliantly transcribed by Ralph Sauer.Format: Score & solo part are in booklet format - 56 pages total.
SKU: RM.SL10126
ISBN 9790231091267.
SKU: CY.CC2727
Paul Marie Theodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and Louis Diemer. His main influence was Cesar Franck. These three pieces were some of his many works for Piano. Opus 33 was inspired by a trip to Bayreuth, the musical home of Wagner and the Black Forest region. Opus 33 no. 1 from 1889 is titled ? with no explanation of itself. Opus 33 no. 10 is titled Lermoos, which is a delightful skiing village in Austria right on the border with Germany. Germany's largest mountain is in perfect view, possibly giving the movement its spirit. Opus 28 is a Serenade for Violin and Piano published in 1900. It is lithe, subtle and lyrical.
SKU: CY.CC2731
Romanian Folk Dances is a short six-movement suite originally composed for piano in 1915 and later arranged for violin and piano by Zoltan Szekely. The six movements are:1. Stick Dance2. Sash Dance3. Standing Still4. Horn Dance5. Romanian Polka6. Fast DanceThe movements are in the following modes (Dorian, Aeolian, Mixolydian and Lydian), which along with unique harmonies give them a very exotic sound.The Suite takes about 5 minutes to perform and is suitable for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2948
ISBN 9790530057674.
Vocalise-etude alla gitana (in a Gypsy style) by Paul Dukas is a seductive and lyrical work of about 4 minutes in length written in 1909 for Voice and Piano. It has been beautifully arranged by Ralph Sauer for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2763
The Four Pieces, Op. 70 were written for Cello and Piano in Berlin, 1896. The four movements are titled:Aria, Finnish, Scottish and Swedish1. Aria is an Adagio in A minor reminiscent of the Kol Nidre2. Finnish is a brooding lyrical Andante in G Minor3. Scottish is a proud song in B major with dotted rhythms4. Swedish, an unruly Allegro dance in A-B-A form in A minorFor advanced performers, this work of about 12 minutes in length has been superbly arranged by Ralph Sauer.
SKU: CY.CC2833
Danses Roumaines by Canteloube are six Romanian dances for Piano written in 1930 after folk songs collected by Michel Vulpesco.The composer is best known for his collection of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region of France titled Chants d'AuvergneThe movements in order are:1. Hora de Jalomitza2. Dame Jeanne (Lady Jean)3. Les Olteniens sont partis pour faucher4. Helene (Helen)5. Hora de la mariee (The Marriage Dance)6. A Ceinture Rouge (A Red Belt)About 18 minutes in length, these six movements are suitable for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2745
Impromptu is a piano work which Dvorak wrote in 1883 at the behest his friend Vaclav Juda Novotny to be inserted as a supplement into his music magazine. It has an A-B-A form containing some very beautiful melodies and much expression. The piece was forgotten and considered lost but then showed up decades later in a private collection.The music is about 6 minutes in duration and is appropriate for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2699
The Delius Three Preludes were originally composed for the Piano and are titled:Scherzando, Quick and Con Moto.Scherzando is a beautiful, lyrical and spritely work.Quick, as it's name implies is fast and lyrical, evoking water.Con Moto is lively and undulating in feeling.The three movements total about 4 minutes in length and can be played by advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2722
The Chants du Rhin (Songs of the Rhine), a cycle of six pieces, based on poems by Joseph Mery, were written in 1865, and Bizet performed two of them on 16 April 1866 at a soiree of the Beaujolais Philharmonic Society. The songs are grouped symmetrically around La bohemienne as the central piece, framed by two meditatively yearning pieces (in E and D flat major) and two vividly exuberant ones (similarly in E and D flat major), with L'aurore serving as an introduction.In this cycle Bizet takes up the theme of the gypsy girl which had already entered European music in the operas The Bohemian Girl by the Irish composer Michael William Balfe and Verdi's Il trovatore, as well as in Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies for piano. Bizet will return to it one year later in La jolie fille de Perth and ten years later in Carmen. The fourth piece Les confidences shows similarities in tonality, structure and motifs to the middle part of the third movement of Chopin's Sonata in B minor.This version includes parts in B-flat treble clef as well as bass clef.
SKU: CY.CC2550
Amy Beach's Eskimos, Opus 64 composed in 1907 was written originally for Piano solo and is set in four descriptive vignettes:1. Arctic Night2. The Returning Hunter3. Exiles4. With Dog-Teams
Beach used melodies from eleven Inuit songs she discovered from an early recording and set them to European harmonies.
Mr. Sauer's arrangement of this unique music is playable by moderately advanced performers. The four movements total about 10 minutes of music in length.
The mp3 sample is a clip taken from a live masterclass recital at the 2012 Academy of the West Festival performed by Trombonist Kensey Chellis and Pianist Chorong Park.
SKU: CY.CC2981
ISBN 9790530058008.
Debussy's original six-movement suite was written and first performed in 1908 on the Piano. It was dedicated to Debussy's daughter, Claude-Emma who was only three at the time.This lovely arrangement by Ralph Sauer of two of the movements: The Little Shepherd and Golliwogg's Cakewalk are suitable for advanced performers and total about 6-minutes in length. Solo part is in bass clef.
SKU: CY.CC3133
ISBN 9790530111024. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Debussy's beautiful work Reverie, originally for Piano was written in the late 19th Century and is ripe with his Impressionist style. One can hear the water lapping against the shore as the glorious melody soars above. Mr. Sauer brings this all to life with his arrangement for moderately advanced performers. About four minutes in length.
SKU: CY.CC2619
The Serenade, Op. 37 was conceived for Cello with Piano accompaniment, but later in life the composer scored the work for the solo instrument with orchestra. The Low Brass world knows Rimsky-Korsakov for his Trombone Concerto for Band. The Serenade has a very similar mood to the slow movement of the Concerto. It's beautiful lilting rhythm combined with a wonderful melody makes this work very worthwhile.Mr. Sauer's arrangement brings a beautiful feel to this 4 minute work, which is appropriate for advanced performers.Parts for Bass and Treble readers are supplied.
SKU: CY.CC2516
Le Rossignol or the Nightingale is originally a vocalise for Soprano solo from Saint-Saen's incidental orchestral music for the play, Parysatis written in 1902. This 4 minute work is all about mood. For this arrangement, Mr. Sauer transposes into the key of C, which lays perfectly for all of the bird-like calls that are in phrases which are slurred. The music has a lot of ad lib. tempo sections which gives the performer plenty of time to create that magic call of the Nightingale. Early writers thought it was the female that sang, but in fact it is the male. The Nightingale usually sings at night or just before dawn when other birds are silent and has a strong spontaneous song with an impressive range of trills and whistles.
SKU: CY.CC2530
The Bestiary or The Procession of Orpheus was written by Poulenc in 1919. Mr. Sauer's adaptation of six short movements of about 5 minutes in length, originally for voice are poems from 1911 by Guillaume Apollinaire about animals: Camel, Goat, Grasshopper, Dolphin, Crayfish and Carp.
This music is very suitable for young performers at the intermediate level and is a great way to introduce them to a major 20th century composer who's only other music for brass is the famous Trio.
SKU: CY.CC2703
--Gabriel Faure's Opus 7 is a grouping of three songs written between 1870 and 1878 and then published together almost 20 years later.The songs are:--Apres une reve (After a Dream) - Faure's most famous song, text by Romain Bussine--Hymne - also an ethereal love song, text by Charles Baudelaire--Barcarolle - a flowing song in 6/8 time from a poem by Marc Monnier--Mr. Sauer has beautifully arranged these songs for advanced performers and provided English translations of the lyrics for better understanding of the spirit of each song.--Length of the three song set is about 7 minutes.
SKU: CY.CC2443
Satie's strange but beautiful pieces were composed in the 1890's and were notated without barlines or time signatures. They consist of mysterious, hypnotic melodies supported by simple chord structures and are full of cryptic comments such as counsel yourself carefully and be clairvoyant. There are few restictions on interpretation. Mr. Sauer's beautiful arrangements of these six short works total about 15 minutes in length and are suitable for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2604
Faure is well known for his lyricism and haunting harmonies. In a way, he was the father of French Impressionist music.The Serenade, Opus 98 was originally written for the great 20th century Cellist, Pablo Casals.Mr. Ralph Sauer has kept the arrangement in the same key as the Cello. The work is playable by advanced performers.This arrangement is another example of Mr. Sauer's excellent feel for the subtleties of the composer's style.
SKU: CY.CC2803
Arnold Schoenberg's Six Little Pieces, Opus 19, originally for Piano, were published in 1913 at a time when the composer was reacting to his feelings of the excesses of the Romantic Period. They were composed concurrently with his gigantic work Gurre-Lieder. The first five pieces were written in one day and the last one shortly after the death of Gustav Mahler as a rumored tombeau or memorial. Mr. Sauer has deftly arranged these six short pieces of around 5 minutes in length for advanced performers.Parts are supplied for bass and treble readers.
