Instrumental Play-Along-Great solo arrangements of beloved melodies from Bach Beethoven Brahms Gounod Debussy Handel Rossini Satie and more! Contains: Ave Maria ? Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 ? Caro Mio Ben ? Clair de Lune ?Funeral March of a Marionette ? Gymnopédie No. 1 ? Hallelujah Chorus ? Hungarian Dance No. 5 ? Minuet ? Piano Sonata No. 14 (?Moonlight?) ? Pomp and Circumstance ? Symphony No.5 ? William Tell Overture.

This huge collection offers instrumentalists the chance to play 101 of the most popular classical themes including Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod & Schubert) • Bist du bei mir (You Are with Me) (Stözel) • Canon in D (Pachelbel) • Clair de Lune (Debussy) • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Txhaikovsky) • 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) • Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (“Serenade”) First Movement Excerpt (Mozart) • The Flight of the Bumble Bee (Rimsky-Korsakov) • Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod) • Für Elise (Beethoven) • Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie) • Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) • Lullaby (Brahms)• Minuet in G (Bach) • Ode to Joy (Beethoven) • Piano Sonata in C (Mozart) • Pie Jesu (Fauré) • Rondeau (Mouret) • Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky) • Wedding March (Mendelssohn) • William Tell Overture (Rossini) and many more.

Jack Brymer premièred this work originally called 'Sopsonare' in 1973 at the American School at St. John's Wood playing on Michael Krein's Selmer soprano saxophone. This Sonata the first composition for saxophone by Colin Cowles was inspired by the acquisition of a soprano saxophone whilst teaching in Hemel Hempstead in the early 1970s. Although having played on a simple system soprano as a boy (an instrument borrowed from and taught him by his father) this re-introduction to the instrument was to kindle a life-long love of the complete saxophone family and the composition of an almost endless 'library' of works for it at all levels. It was also at a time whenthe composers had made recent acquaintance with the eminent saxophonist Peter Ripper and had been introduced to the saxophone quartet by the recently formed London Saxophone Quartet whose leader Paul Harvey was to play this Sonata and the Elegy for Soprano Saxophone and String Orchestra. He in fact premiered the latter work which Jack Brymer then played in public on a number of occasions. It was recorded by Peter Ripper with the composer at the piano at the BBC Maida Vale Studios. It is a totally non-esoteric work but like so much of the composer's music it is fun and approachable bearing repetition without becoming tedious. The composer has always favoured the Bb saxophones (soprano and tenor) which is reflected by his output. Of particular note are: • Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra• In Memoriam for Tenor Saxophone and String Orchestra• Sonata for Tenor Saxophone and Piano • Three Bala Sketches for Tenor Saxophone and Piano. This Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano and the Elegy for Soprano Saxophone and Strings are particular favourites of the composer.

Contest And Festival Performance Solos for Alto Saxophone contains 12 beloved solos that appear on numerous state contest and performance lists. This collection features solos by noted saxophonists and arrangers Sigurd M. Rascher Larry Teal and Daniel Dorff. It contains such solos as Gavotte by Johann Sebastian Bach Eccles' Sonata and Pachelbel's CanonComplete with Piano accompaniments - both printed music within the book and as accompaniment audio tracks on the included CD - allowing soloists and students to practise effectively with a professional pianist.

This composition is in its own way meant to be a tribute dedicated to Paquito D'Rivera showing the author's appreciation for this musician as an exponent of Cuban music of the past and present century, who represents a stronghold and example for all musicians - in particular for saxophonists and clarinetists - not only in his capacity as a performer and composer but also as a cultivator of both sound worlds, the so-called classical music and its popular counterpart in its most ample interpretative spectrum. The piece consists of four movements: Allegro Moderato, Lento, Allegretto and Allegro con Fuoco. Its outstanding feature is the fusion of elements of jazz (such as the improvisation in the first and fourth movements, parts of which are accompanied by the piano with its interpretation being based on concepts characteristic of jazz or the 'tumbaos” to be found in Cuban music) and classical music. The second movement starts off with a short recitativo, followed by a mixture of phrases borrowed from contemporary music, Afro-Cuban styles and jazz, whose distinctive rhythmic cells and articulations clearly define the character of the movement and finally culminate in tempo primo. The third movement shows a certain 'casualness” and tranquility in its melody as well as in its accompaniment, including a cadenza the musician may execute at will - the movement then culminates either in an improvisation ad lib or in the mere execution of the melody as notated. The fourth movement is charged with spiritual energy. Saxophone and piano frequently trade phrases, and there is an abundance of improvised passages and jazz phrases. The movement finally ends in unison forte together with the piano. / Jazz / Recueil / Saxophone Alto ou Baryton et Piano

Erwin Schulhoff (1894 1942) was one of the most original personalities on the music scene of the early 20th century. His persecution and ostracism by the National Socialists led to his being forgotten for a time though in recentdecades the extraordinary quality of his music has been rediscovered. It was inspired by jazz Dada atonal music and socialist realism. Schulhoff’s Hot-Sonata of 1930 displays the influence of jazz not least through the use ofthe saxophone as solo instrument but also in its pithy rhythms its glitzy harmonies and its use of playing techniques such as glissandi. The Hot-Sonata is published here for the first-ever time in an Urtext edition. Iteliminates numerous mistakes found in the first edition that had been reprinted up to the present day. All the relevant sources were consulted for this edition: the autograph an engraver’s copy Schulhoff’s own copy of thepublished work and further personal documents such as letters and contracts. The saxophonist Frank Lunte from Berlin was engaged to edit this volume. He is an acknowledged expert in this repertoire and in the history of thesaxophone especially its history in 1930s Berlin.

Piano Reduction including solo part. Par DENISOV EDISON. The catalogue of Edison Denisov's works includes 16 concertos. It was a genre to which he returned time and again throughout his life, from the Concerto for Cello and Orchestra of 1972 to the Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra of 1996. In Denisov's music the role of the soloist, or rather the protagonist, is extraordinarily important, not so much for its virtuosity as for its confessional character. The solo part is a monologue distinguished by poetic diction and a very personal message from the composer. The dramaturgical conception of the Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, a reworking of the Viola Concerto of 1986, draws on traditional sonata form, thereby reaffirming the ubiquitous classicism in Denisov's thought. In this late work, we find all the typical features of his style: sinuous melodic lines layered into dense contrapuntal textures, and an interplay of orchestral colours, with pure sonorities contrasting with complex mixtures of sounds. It is a perfect dramaturgy that governs the evolution of the music to the very end. The first movement assumes the role of a sonata-allegro, with the standard formal sections of exposition, development, recapitulation and coda. The second movement is an Adagio for strings. The third takes the form of a little contrasting intermezzo that introduces both new thematic material and a new range of colours. Here tunefulness gives way to pointillism enriched with sonic effects. The only movement with a virtuosic solo part, its nervousness and inner tension set it worlds apart from the second and fourth movements that surround it. The fourth movement assumes the traditional form of a final set of variations. It is the dramaturgical and semantic heart of the concerto. The theme of the variations is Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat major, op. 142, which in this case is 'born' from the celesta as the product of a dodecaphonic string cluster. This finale represents Denisov's homage to his great mentor, Schubert's music being for him a symbol of eternal and universal beauty. 'The attentive listener', Denisov stressed, 'will recognise that the Impromptu theme is already suggested very slowly in the course of the three preceding movements, not only thematically, but also psychologically. That's what makes the appearance of the Schubert theme sound so natural.' The variations relate to the variation genre less in their form than in their spiritual and conceptual metamorphoses. It is, one might say, 'music round about Schubert'. (Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova)/ Répertoire / Saxophone Alto et Piano

Sonata is a piece for Bb Soprano Saxophone and Piano composed by G. P. Telemann (1681-1767) and reviewed by Jean-Marie Londeix. Highly melodious this piece subtitled “Sicilianna” is quite challenging (upper intermediate/advanced level) and lasts 7 and a half minutes. The four parts of this piece are: 1. Andante (12/8 – tempo 50) 2. Spiritoso (3/4 – tempo 100) 3. Andante (4/4 – tempo 72) and Vivace (2/4 – tempo 120). Jean-Marie Londeix is a musician who studied the Saxophone and the Piano. He also had some strong knowledge of chamber music harmonies and of music history and obtained aFirst Prize and a Prize of Honour at the Paris Conservatoire.

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano by Edison Demisov was composed in1970 and covers three movements. The first part Allegro shows serialism; the second Lento focuses on new techniques; with the last one Allegro Moderato reminiscent of Jazz music. This strong>Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano dedicated to the French Saxophonist Jean-Marie Londeix was strongly influenced by Western European music and requires a certain level of ability (intermediate to advanced players) especially for the second movement. Edison Demisov (1929-1996) was a Russian Siberian-born composer specialising in alternative /non-conformist Soviet music. Strongly influenced by the West he was often criticised by his peers. He gained international recognition for the composition 'Le soleil des Incas' (1964) and wrote numerous concerti sonatas and other pieces.

George Frederick Handel's (1685-1759) Sonata No. 6 is well-known to the Violin repertoire. Therefore when French saxophonist Marcel Mule (1901-2001) arranged the popular piece for the Saxophone in 1951 it was very well-received. The Sonata No. 6 is made up of four movements: Adagio Allegro Largo and Allegro non troppo. Handel's Sonata No. 6 was first published in 1732. Mule's editions ensure that the Saxophone part contains the articulation phrasing and breath marks necessary to the instrument. For all classical saxophonists this Mule arrangement of the popular SonataNo. 6 is essential.

12 Favourite Works From The Classical Era, With Authentic Orchestral Backing Tracks. Faire vivre de la musique de l'époque classique ! Ce livre et CD pack caractéristiques 12 oeuvres classiques, arrangés par Artem Vassiliev. Amusant et attrayant pour tous les âges, ces pièces ont mélodies de la ligne supérieure accessible convenables pour les joueurs de grades norme 3-5. T/ Recueil / Saxophone Ténor

The CD in this book/CD pack is playable both on your CD player and computer and it is also enhanced wtih tempo adjustment software for CD-ROM use. Contents: Allegro Appassionata (Saint-Saëns) ? Bourrée (Bach)? Cantilena (Goltermann) ? Hungarian Dance No. 1 (Brahms) ? Lament (Dvorák) ? Minuetto (Schubert) ? Playera (Granados) ? Romance (Schumann) ? Sarabande (Debussy) ? Scherzo (Beethoven)? Sleighride (Tchaikovsky) ? Song Without Words (Mendelssohn) ? Spanish Dance (Moszkowski) ? Violin Sonata (Grieg).

reduction and arrangement by Olivier Calmel. Par SHORTER WAYNE. Wayne Shorter était un célèbre saxophoniste, compositeur et chef d'orchestre de jazz américain. Il rejoint le Second Great Quintet de Miles Davis en 1964. Miles Davis déclara d’ailleurs à son sujet : 'Wayne est un vrai compositeur. Il écrit des partitions, il écrit les parties pour chaque musicien, exactement comme il veut qu'elles sonnent.'. En 1971, Wayne Shroter fonde le groupe de fusion Weather Report. Après avoir quitté Weather Report, il continue à enregistrer et à diriger des groupes de jazz fusion, notamment lors d'une tournée en 1988 avec le guitariste Carlos Santana. De nombreuses compositions de Shorter sont devenues des standards du jazz, et sa musique est appréciée dans le monde entier et saluée par la critique. Shorter a remporté 12 Grammy Awards. Sherwood Concerto pour saxophone soprano (ou clarinette) et orchestre a été créé par Nicolas Prost et Sébastien Paindestre à New York City, N.Y. le 22 février 2023 et à Paris le 28 mai 2023. La réduction pour saxophone soprano et piano a été arrangée par le compositeur et pianiste Olivier Calmel. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Répertoire / Saxophone Soprano et Piano

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 transcription that lends itself perfectly to the characteristics of the instrument. This publication has been set on many of the top examination syllabuses worldwide and has also proved to be a popular choice on many recital programmes. (James Rae)

This final volume of advanced alto sax solos is a master class from virtuoso Vincent Abato of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Mr. Abato gives you direction and demonstrates each piece then you step in and take your place at the head of the class! Includes a high-quality printed music score containing the solo part annotated with performance suggestions and a compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by piano accompaniments to each piece minus the soloist. Performed by Vincent Abato alto saxophone Accompaniment: Harriet Wingreen piano