SKU: AP.50643
ISBN 9781470652524. UPC: 038081574974. English.
Crazy Train was co-written by one of Mark Wood's main influences and favorite guitar players, Randy Rhoads, a neo-classical rock guitar player. When Wood discovered him, Rhoads was fully entrenched in the standard rock/blues style, yet had wonderful control of the flourish and esthetic of classical music in his playing. The influence was perfect for Mark Wood, who was an up-and-coming rock violinist at the time.
SKU: HL.367910
ISBN 9781705140451. UPC: 840126966787. 11.0x17.0x0.456 inches.
Premiere Slovak Radio Orchestra, June 30, 1992, Bratislava, Slovakia, Robert Black, conductor; Lydia Forbes, violin. Henry V is an overture, but with a violin protagonist. This is a concerto, but the density of interaction between soloist and orchestra is far more intense than in any previous work, whether classical or modern. Its form is somewhat analogous to sonata, but it middle sectionbreaks away completely from what has come before into an exhilarating 5-8 ostinato. There is a joy in dissonance here, an embracing of pain, and all the sorrow of existence, as part a Gita-like vision of the horrible, terrifying beauty of men throwing themselves into the slaughter, straining their utmost in a joyous ‘dance’of mud and death. As such, the energy of the piece is compact, and onfirst listen, potentially overwhelming. Metaphors of the individual coming out of a society, being influenced by and then interacting with that society, and then finally leading it are strongly evoked by this work in a non-specific, archetypal way. Winner of Marin Symphony (CA) Composers Symposium Competition (1993).
SKU: FG.55011-907-9
ISBN 9790550119079.
Kalevi Aho's Three pieces for young violin players (2023) celebrates the full potential of open strings, first position, glissandos that end up on natural harmonics. The young violin player gets the tell three stories:I Storming (Myrsky)II Meowing (Kissa naukuu)III Rain making (Sadetanssi)Premiere by the pupils of Pirkanmaa Music Institute at Tampere Biennale (Finland) in March 2024.
SKU: BT.PB1192
French.
Amadeus - Jalousie - La Chanson d'Orphée - Laurence d'Arabie - Les Enfants du Pirée - Les Feuilles mortes - Marche turque - Moulin rouge - Plaisir d'amour - Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? - Rêverie - Roses de Picardie - Serenade - Singin'in the Rain - Un violon sur le toit.