New Century

Three 16th Century Spanish Pieces

Organ Trios from 18th Century

German Lieder of the 19th century

German Lieder of the 19th century

Quodlibet (on 15th-century French song texts)

French Operatic Arias for Soprano : 19th Century Repertoire

French Operatic Arias for Baritone : 19th Century Repertoire

French Operatic Arias for Bass : 19th Century Repertoire

English Organ Music of the 18th and 19th Century

French Operatic Arias for Mezzo-Soprano : 19th Century Repertoire

Russian Operatic Arias for Bass : 19th and 20th Century Repertoire

Democratic Souvenirs : An Historical Anthology of 19th-century American Music

Russian Operatic Arias for Soprano : 19th and 20th Century Repertoire

Fifteen arias from the Russian operatic canon that span the breadth of the 19th and 20th centuries, selected and edited by David Fanning for Soprano and Piano.Each aria is complete with translations in English, German andFrench, as well as a pronunciation guide. You'll find a full synopsis of each featured opera explaining fully the context in which each aria is presented. Includes works by Glinka, Shostokavich and Tchaikovsky.

Russian Operatic Arias for Baritone : 19th and 20th Century Repertoire

O Tannenbaum : Traditional German Christmas carol

Jim Clements setting of O Tannenbaum for mixed voices. Based on a traditional folk song, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the early 20th century and is sung as a Christmas carol.

Tristan Und Isolde

Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde for Voice and Piano accompaniment.  Tristan and Isolde is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a Germanlibretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg.

80 Choralvorspiele deutscher Meister d. 17. u. 18. : Jahrhunderts - of the 17th and 18th century - zum gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch

80 Chorale Preludes by German Masters of the 17th and 18th Centuries, edited by Hermann Keller.Most do not require use of the Pedals.'This selection of shorter and easier chorale preludes is designed tosupplement Karl Straube's '45 Chorale Preludes of the Old Masters' (EP3048), especially for use in church. We therefore selected only those pieces which can be used today - transposed, where necessary, to more suitable keys. Inthe case of important chorales, several treatments were included, sometimes in more than one key. Musical value was the primary factor of selection, but, where possible, preferance was given to compositions not generallyavailableelsewhere. Of the 80 pieces, 24 require the pedals; 33 do not use them; in 23, they are optional. Thus the collection offers rich material for organists at all stages of development.' (Hermann Keller, Stuttgart, September1937).

Kyrie

This setting of the Kyrie was composed for Ensemble Nobiles, Leipzig. Stylistically typical of Heller’s compositions, it combines plainsong with a neo-romantic sound: the composition is based on a Kyrie trope from ‘in festis duplicibus’ of the 11th century, and the composer enriches the contemplative and meditative character by using psalm texts.

Le Tombeau De Couperin

A moving fugal suite by French composer, Maurice Ravel which he begun even before World War I. This Piano version was completed in 1918 and in honour of the fallen soldiers, he called it Le Tombeau de Couperin literally‘Couperin’s Tomb’ after François Couperin, a 17th-century composer whom Ravel chose to represent the French nation.

Noster Nostri

Commissioned by Jo McNally for the 2016 AMIS European Middle School Honor Boys Choir Festival at Frankfurt International School. Noster Nostri explores the idea of the past and the present, as seen from a male perspective — that of son, brother,father. It looks back through history, adopting a melodic and harmonic style that could have been written over a century ago.

Four Romantic Madrigals

Four Romantic Madrigals is a new edition of selected madrigals composed by John Stainer (1840–1901). Jeremy Dibble of Durham University brings Stainer’s expressive and enticing part-songs to a wider audience by presenting them in modern notation. This collection contains: 1. ‘Disappointment’ – a six-part madrigal which sets the popular ‘Pastoral Ballad IV’ of the eighteenth-century poet William Shenstone 2. ‘Dry your sweet cheek’ – an emotionally turbulent setting of Herrick’s ‘Comfort to a lady upon the death of herhusband’ from Hesperides (1648) 3. ‘The Castle by the Sea’ – a rich and complex setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s prose romance, Hyperion, for two five-part choirs(SSATB, SSATB) 4. ‘Like as a ship’ – an ambitious and harmonically colourful setting of sonnet XXXIV from Edmund Spenser’s sonnet cycle Amoretti (1595) This edition coincides with the release of the CD, English Romantic Madrigals (Hyperion, CDA68140), an exciting new recording of works by Stainer, Sir Hubert Parry, Elgar and other composers of nineteenth-century English part-songs performed by Rupert Gough and the Royal Holloway Choir.

Descend to Earth : VOCES8 Singles Series

British composer Ken Burton was drawn to the poetry of 18th-century slave and writer Phyllis Wheatley for his piece Descend to Earth. The dual troubles of pandemic and racial oppression in 2020 resonate with Wheatley’s concisepoem, the start of which recalls the Christmas/Holiday season. Written for SSAATTBB unaccompanied choir plus baritone solo, Descend to Earth will have a place in many programs with varied themes. It was commissioned by VOCES8 fortheir LIVE From London festival in 2020 and premiered by them with baritone Roderick Williams.

Half Moon Rising

Half Moon Rising offers a broad range of choirs an informed introduction to performing Chinese choral music. The collection includes: a representative and contrasting selection of works from the past century - folksongarrangements, pieces mixing traditional Chinese and Western Romantic styles, and contemporary settings of ancient poetry; a broad range of styles and dialects, illustrating the region’s rich diversity, all presented with thetransliterated original text; poetic English translations below the staves and introductions containing information on the composers/arrangers, performance notes, and literal English translations

Pop Music: The Textbook (Revised Edition)

This glorious and in-depth book traces the development of Pop music from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day, investigating the influence of each generation upon the next. Authors JuliaWinterson, Peter Nickol and Toby Bricheno have constructed a volume that identifies the forms of musical characteristic of different styles. Examines the different roles of people working in the music industry andexplains the process involved in making and selling a CD. A must for musicians, music history enthusiasts and budding popsters.