Three Early Pieces

SKU: UT.CH-234

ISBN 9790215324060. 9 x 12 inches.

Mattina presto (Early Morning)/ Shirok/ Sweet Argentina

The guitar's repertory is now widely varied and includes works that cover, in historical periods, all technical and interpretative aspects, from the single instrument to the guitar orchestra, passing to the duo, the quartet and the ensemble.
What I thought to be important was a work that would include a comparison between the instruments, a dialog in which music flows between the instruments in a harmonized way, with moments of hard work and others of listening, almost to underline the friendship and the collaboration between the players... it is in that way that these songs of middle difficulty are developed, where the components of the orchestra not only have their part to play, they must also pay attention to the solo guitar playing the theme in counterpoint to themselves.
The three compositions presented are of different inspiration: Mattina Presto is the awakening of the day, clear, as a spring morning. It's the easiest song, with it's simple melody that flits among the voices in the group; Scirok (Scirocco in Albanese) contains a theme inspired by balcanic music, signifying the interest of entering other populations to better understand their culture, as in Sweet Argentina, that begins with a tanguero rhythm, passing then to a slower and more delicate melody and by the end returning to the original popular danced rhythm.
Three pieces in which I hope the game will not only help those who play to grow musically, but will also spark a culture interest, music born by the love for the instrument and the world that surrounds me.
(G. Signorile).

SKU: FP.FSC05

ISBN 9790570504169.

Cyri l Scott’s music is currently the subject of major revival, having lain largely ignored for much of the 20th Century. Once described as 'the father of modern British music' by Eugene Goossens, and admired by Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and his lifelong friend Percy Grainger, he composed four hundred works including: four Symphonies, three Operas, two Piano Concertos, four Oratorios, Concertos for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Harpsichord, several Overtures, Tone Poems, many Chamber works and innumerable songs.

There is a story that when Bernard Shaw commented to Elgar on the (then) daring harmonies of his Second Symphony Elgar replied 'You mustn’t forget, it was Cyril Scott started all that!'.

'a pioneer of British piano music, producing more piano works in the period 1903-1914 than any other British composer and any other international one, with the exception of Scriabin... (He) was a key figure before World War I in helping Britain to break away from musical conservatism and the prevailing Germanic influences.' (Lisa Hardy, The British Piano Sonata 1870-1945).

SKU: BT.FORFZZ04

Pieces for Solo Recorder, Volume 2 – Eleven original concert works edited by John Turner.

Contents:

Sonatina – Hans Gal

Piobaireachd – David Johnson

Soliloquy – Francis Baines

Three Insect Pieces – Michael Ball

Melisma – Denis Apivor

Little Suite – Arnold Cooke

Sonatina – Alan Ridout

Dance Heptad – John Gardner

Three Canzonas – Douglas Lilburn

Sonatina Pastorale – Thomas Pitfield

Before Dawn on Thursday – Duncan Druce

SKU: WF.WM311

Comprising the total known works of this innovative American composer of the early twentieth century, the rags presented here are her Possum Rag (1907), Bull Dog Rag (1908), and Holly and Mistletoe Rag (1909).