SKU: CY.CC3098
ISBN 9790530110751. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
James Haynor's arrangement of Wagner opera highlights for 10-part Brass Choir Timpani and Percussion is a real crackerjack featuring the following selections: 1. Pilgrim's Chorus from Lohengrin 2. Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin 3. Finale from Tristan and Isolde 4. The Flying Dutchman 5. Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin 6. Ride of the Valkyries This work is for advanced performers and is about 8 minutes in length. Instrumentation is: 4 Trumpets in B-flat, 2 Horns, 3 Trombones, 1 Tuba (or 2 Tubas and 2 Trombones), Timpani and Percussion.
SKU: HL.49019878
ISBN 9790001197014. UPC: 841886021273. 9.0x12.0x0.189 inches.
Two-movement work inspired by these great figures. 10 minutes.
SKU: CY.CC2397
Ralph Sauer has arranged a marvelous song by Wagner called the Arrival of the Black Swans or Ankunft be den schwarzen Schwanen for Trombone and Piano.
SKU: CY.CC3051
ISBN 9790530110263. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Ode (or Song) to the Evening Star from Wagner's opera Tannhauser composed in 1845 is from Act III and sung by the character Wolfram (baritone voice). It is a magnificent lyrical work of immense emotional power. Ed Hayes in collaboration with Frank Harmantas has arranged this immortal music for 5-part Trombone ensemble of moderately advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2968
ISBN 9790530057872.
Wagner wrote his opera Götterdämmerung between 1869 and 1874 and is the final work of the tetralogy that he began in 1848....26 years before!The Funeral Music contains two motives which build towards an incredible climax. This musical eulogy for Wagner's tragic hero is one of the finest in all of the repertoire and is a thrill to perform.Mr. Sauer has beautifully arranged this 9-minute masterpiece for a large 14-part brass ensemble with Timpani and Percussion appropriate for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2988
ISBN 9790530058077.
Wagner began writing the opera Parsifal in 1857 but didn't complete it until 1882. It's first performance was given at Bayreuth just 4 months before his death. It is loosely based on a 13th-century epic poem of King Arthur and his quest for the Holy Grail.The Vorspiel or Prelude contains all the main themes from the opera and has a religious or mystical feeling to it. Randy Malmstrom has done a beautiful job with his 7-minute arrangement of the work for advanced performers. This arrangement is condensed based on the original.The instrumentation is for: 4 Trumpets in B-flat, 4 Horns in F, 4 Trombones, Euphonium (bass clef), Tuba and Timpani.
SKU: CY.CC2925
ISBN 9790530057445.
Shepherd's Song is heard in the prelude to the Finale, Act 3 of Wagner's great opera, Tristan & Isolde. It is a bleak and doleful lament played mostly unaccompanied by a shepherd boy keeping watch for Isolde's ship to arrive. The melody is later heard throughout scene 1.Ralph Sauer, has done a beautiful job in arranging this music (originally played offstage on the English Horn) for Tenor Trombone.It is about 2 1/2 minutes in length and appropriate for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2927
ISBN 9790530057469.
Shepherd's Song is heard in the prelude to the Finale, Act 3 of Wagner's great opera, Tristan & Isolde. It is a bleak and doleful lament played mostly unaccompanied by a shepherd boy keeping watch for Isolde's ship to arrive. The melody is later heard throughout scene 1.Ralph Sauer, has done a beautiful job in arranging this music (originally played offstage on the English Horn) for Tuba or Bass TromboneIt is about 2 1/2 minutes in length and appropriate for advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2939
ISBN 9790530057599.
The final opera of Wagner's immense work of genius, his Ring Cycle is Götterdämmerung. The Immolation Scene occurs in the final part of Act 3, where Brunnhilde lights a pyre and the ensuing flames bring down the Hall of the Gods, consuming all within it as the curtain falls.Randy Malmstrom is never shy about attempting big arrangements and he has once again done a superb job.For 8-part Trombone Ensemble (octet) of advanced performers and about 3 minutes in length.
SKU: CY.CC2742
Liebestod (German for Love Death) is the title of the final, dramatic music from the 1859 opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner. The music is actually an aria that Isolde sings over Tristan's dead body before she herself is consumed in death. The music is lush, with rich harmonies and undulating rhythms as the agony of death is also meshed with the passion of love.Randall Malmstrom has scored this 7-minute work for Trombone octet of advanced performers.
SKU: CY.CC2858
* Rienzi is an early opera in five acts first performed in 1842. It was Wagner's first success. The overture is a barnburner with great brass writing.* Mr. Kempton's exciting arrangement for 4-part Trombone choir of 7 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers.* Listen to Mr. Kempton's Trombone Choir perform his arrangement below.
SKU: CY.CC2484
This collection of orchestral excerpts from Der Ring des Nibelungen by Stephen Fissel represents some of the major portions of this great music that Richard Wagner composed for low brass. The selection of these excerpts comes from Mr. Fissel's own experience in preparing and performing the Ring Cycle with Seattle Opera. In conjunction with Ring performances in Seattle, he and his colleagues would often rehearse these sections and present them in a concert along with commentary to explain their importance, either elucidating a musical aspect or an element of plot narrative, or from the standpoint of the development of the low brass instruments of the orchestra.
For the serious orchestral low brass performer, Mr. Fissel's compilation is a wonderful way to experience the highlights of Wagner's operatic genius embodied in the four Ring Cycle operas: Das Rheingold, Die Walkyrie, Siegfried and Gotterdammerung.
There are 22 major excerpts from the four operas for Bass Trumpet (part supplied for original keys and transposed version in C or may be played by a Tenor Trombone), 2 Tenor Trombones, Bass Trombone, Contrabass Trombone (can be performed on a Bass Trombone as well), Tuba and a coil bound full score.
Included in the 22 excerpt Fissel compilation are the following famous excerpts: Ride of the Walkyrie, Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla, Wotan's Farewell, Dragon Scene from Siegfried, Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Siegfried's Funeral Music and Walhalla, Spear and Immolation Scene (finale).
SKU: CY.CC3149
ISBN 9790530111178. 8.5 x 11 in inches.
Reinhold Gliere's Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra, Op. 82 was written in 1942-1943 and shows off the composer's gentle melodic musical style reminiscent of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and even Wagner. The choice of a vocal soloist singing without words was not new at that time, as Rachmaninov's beautiful Vocalise had already been composed. But....adding a full orchestra to the mix was a gamble that paid off, as this is one of Gliere's finest works. The Concerto consists of two movements -- Andante and Allegro and is about 14 minutes in length. The 1st movement's rich melodies are full of lush harmonic textures and the work drives from climax to climax. The finale Allegro is lighthearted and bounces along merrily to the end. Gordon Cherry's arrangement for Alto Trombone with Piano accompaniment reduction brings a major new work to the Alto Trombone repertoire. This work can also be performed on the Tenor Trombone, however, the style of the work makes it perfect for the Alto Trombone. Appropriate for advanced performers. (Under license from G. Schirmer Music).
SKU: HL.49006874
ISBN 9790001073738. UPC: 073999664942. 9.0x12.0x0.222 inches.