books about: concertos

books about: concertos

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Concertos

The Six Brandenburg Concertos (Dover Miniature Scores)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Dover Publications, 1997

The best things come in small packages
This is an excellent miniature edition of Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. It has an interesting and informative preface, including a small list of variants from the MS. Moreover, the price is right, and while the print is extremely small, the engraving is very clear, ...

Relax and De-Stress: Rest, Re-balance, and Replenish with Classical Music for Healing

Andrew Weil, Joshua Leeds

Sounds True, Incorporated, 2006

Relaxing CD Using Psychoacoustics
"The music will help slow your heart rate, deepen your breathing, and move your brainwaves in the direction of calmness. Think of this CD as an acoustical balm for your nervous system to be played whenever you feel the need for peace, stillness, and tranquility." - ...

Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, Volume 2: Classic to Twentieth Century (6 CDs) (v. ...

W. W. Norton, 2005

Excellent
Excellent product..one of the standard anthologies available for studying Music History. One caveat, if you're using Hanning's Concise Grout as a companion text, be sure to match the correct edition of the anthology + recordings to the correct edition of the text.

Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Concise Version (6 Compact Discs)

W. W. Norton, 2005

The Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Concise Edition includes professional recordings (many brand new) of selected works in the anthology in a six-CD set. These CDs are for use with The Norton Anthology of Western Music and A History of Western Music .

The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Dover Publications, 1976

Very nice...
I, being a Bach fanatic, enjoy following along while listening to them on my stereo. Quite obviously, this book would be utterly useless to someone who cannot read music, but it is quite insightful for those who can. Although it is inadequate for performance (due to ...

Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music, Fifth Edition, Volume 1: Ancient to Baroque (6 CDs)

W. W. Norton, 2005

The Standard
If you're a music student at almost any major school (I just finished my undergraduate at Indiana University, for example) you'll most likely need to take a course that uses these CD's as part of its history survey. For that purpose, this set is an excellent ...

The Norton Recordings: Four CDs to accompany The Norton Scores & The Enjoyment of Music, Tenth Shorter Edition

W W Norton & Co Inc (Np), 2007

the enjoyment of music
This book was sent in excellent shape and in a timely manner. I would definitely consider buying from this seller again.

The History of Classical Music (Non Fiction)

Richard Fawkes

Naxos Audiobooks, 1997

A superbly recorded music history.
From Gregorian Chant to Henryk Gorecki (the first living composer to get into the pop album charts), Richard Fawkes' The History Of Classical Music presents the fascinating and informative story of more than a thousand years of Western classical music and the ...

Complete Piano Concertos in Full Score (Music Series)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Dover Publications, 1984

Very good score!
These concerti, are probably the most performed, and most famous concerti in the world, especially, the grande, and the hard as ever Emperor concerto. This score, is very good, because it contains the table of contents, the people whom Beethoven dedicated the concerto ...

Bela Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra: The Masterworks Library (Boosey & Hawkes Masterworks Library)

Béla Bartók

Boosey and Hawkes, 2004

B&H Masterworks Library version of Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra
This is THE edition to buy. Good print, adequate size, everything you need is there.

Complete Brandenburg Concertos Transcribed for Piano Four Hands
Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger

Dover Publications, 2000

One of the major keyboard composers of the early 20th century, Max Reger made numerous piano arrangements of Bach?s orchestral and chamber compositions, and these piano four-hand arrangements of the Brandenburg Concertos rank among his finest accomplishments in the genre. Not merely reductions of the orchestral scores, Reger?s four-hand versions ...

Music Minus One Bb Clarinet or A Clarinet: Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, KV622 (Book & CD)

Denitza Lavchieva

Music Minus One, 1996

Great Quality Accompaniment and Wonderful Value
Face it. It's difficult to find a quality recording to accompany your solos. This Book and CD set does a wonderful job. The 'score' is, quite simply, the clarinet part, although I at first thought it would be the full orchestra parts. You may change the tempo using a ...

Great Romantic Cello Concertos in Full Score

Robert Schumann, Camille Saint-Saens, ...

Dover Publications, 1984

Great Concertos For The Cello
Three great cello concertos are included in this edition, with perhaps the Dvorak concerto being the best ever written for the instrument. Dover's edition is put together well. Clear printing, score lays flat, and once again, how can you beat the price? Recommended ...

Piano Concerto No. 2: In C Minor, Op. 18 (Dover Miniature Scores)

Serge Rachmaninoff

Dover Publications, 2001

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2
Rachmaninoff is a must for an aspiring pianist. Especially, the second piano concerto which is one of his famous if not the most famous pieces. I would suggest going out and reading some background information on Rachmaninoff before trying to interpret the piece.

Christopher Parkening Duet Concertos
Christopher Parkening

Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008

Throughout his career, Christopher Parkening, America's preeminent classical guitarist, has had the opportunity to perform with many of the world's leading artists and orchestras. This folio, Duets and Concertos, contains many selections from those collaborations, and features a wide range of musical pairings which show the guitar at its versatile ...