Par . String duets tend to be somewhat upstaged by other instrumentations for string chamber music?especially string quartets, yet the string duet is an ideal introduction to the world of chamber music for anyone who is learning an instrument. Fabian Payr and Ruth Bamberger have selected 15 suitable harpsichord works from the Baroque period and have arranged them for two string instruments. These easily playable duet pieces are especially appropriate as material for instrumental lessons but also as repertoire for student performances. They encourage the study of Baroque performance practice and promote the somewhat overlooked subject of chamber music ensemble playing. / Date parution : 2022-07-20/ Recueil / Violon et Violoncelle

Parisian violinist Georges Catherine (1872-1958) compiles an exciting addition to the Violin repertoire. Including pieces by Schumann Rameau Lully Handel Couperin Byrd Beethoven and Bach Catherine ensures that the best Violin works of the Baroque genre are compiled in one essential volume. In the first volume of his compilation Famous Pieces for Violin and Piano Catherine transcribes and arranges famous works by the great composers of all eras for the Violin ensuring that necessary additions and edits are made. Pieces include Lully's Menuet from Les Bourgeois Gentilhomme and a J. S.Bach Menuet and Gigue. The changes by Catherine include articulation phrasing tempo marks dynamics and other performance directions. Famous Pieces for Violin and Piano compiled by Georges Catherine provides excellent expansion to the repertoire of Violin beginners ensuring that students are inspired by the works of the great composers from the start of their instrumental study.

This duet collection of 17 keyboard, vocal and instrumental pieces covering the Baroque to the 20th Century periods can be played together in harmony by any number or combination of instruments. Woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion can play in like-instrument or mixed instrumentation. It's an all-purpose folio that makes classical music fun! Contains: Allegro (Mozart) * Aria (from Rigoletto) (Verdi) * Au Clair de la Lune (Lully) * Capricho Catalan (Albeniz) * Duet (Mozart) * Duetto (Pleyel) * Echo (Haydn) * Larghetto (Telemann) * Lost is My Quiet (Purcell) * Lullaby (Brahms) * Melody (Schumann) * Minuet (Bach) * Minuet in Canon (Mozart) * Pavana (Scarlatti) * Siciliene (Aubert) * Two Adagios (Corelli) * Two Rigaudons (Rameau).