Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Orchestral Trio for Two Violins and Cello with Piano by Johann Stamitz

This startling trio, charming with its apparent grace and beauty, is a rare masterpiece to my mind. Thanks to crescendo it engross gradually the listeners and playful violins entrain them easily into the imaginary world of flirty damsels and frivolous courtiers. In a word, this piece makes you forget about your routine troubles and brings you good mood and careless gaiety.
Sheet music of this great composition arranged by Hugo Riemann is available for download here: Orchestral Trio for Two Violins and Cello with Piano

Friday, November 13, 2009

Violin Concerto in A Minor by Antonio Vivaldi

None other violin concerto touches me as deeply as concertos by maestro Vivaldi do. While their listening you immerse into the amazing atmosphere of baroque music with its magnificent balls, luxurious dresses and wonderful palaces.
It really struck me since the very first chords by its beauty. So gracious and vivid, the piece is full of bright emotions and has a very rich harmonic pallet. Practicing this concerto brings me great joy and with it is not difficult technically, so I can fully concentrate on the expressive side of my play. In the future I'm going to include it into my constant repertoire, as I'm sure, that nobody can stay indifferent to this composition and will enjoy its every note performed by me.
Sheet music "Violin Concerto in A Minor" is available for download here: Violin Concerto in A Minor

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

"The Fairy-Queen" opera by Henry Purcell

One of the greatest works by Henry Purcell, composed in 1692. There are several interesting video fragments from this opera in the internet, but it is realy difficult to find sheet music available for download.



You can downloaf full score here: The Fairy-Queen