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Same as We is a 'scena', a 'theatrical monologue', rather than a 'song'. Using text from Alfred Lord Tennyson's The Promise of May, it is intended that the piece be both dramatic and, albeit in a generalised way, illustrative. The music is antiphonal - an unseen voice (a pre-recorded tape) addresses a woman whose voice is thus the same as her interlocutor. Perhaps it is her younger-self (her memory?) or maybe it is her contemporary (her conscience?). Same as We exists in two versions: Versio...

Scarlatti's Selected Keyboard Sonatas have been published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

for SATBarB unaccompanied Balulalow is a Christmas miniature that captures the intimacy and atmosphere of this well-loved 16th-century text. Through homophonic textures, word-painting, the use of extended harmonies, and a lilting rhythm, the piece has a subtlety that provides a challenge for established choirs while remaining musically accessible.

A colourful and attractive suite for solo harp, in the words of the composer, "directly inspired by a working visit to Santa Fe-a city beautifully set in an area of New Mexico suffused over many centuries by the culture and rhythms of Spain. The opening Landscape calls on the harp's sense of atmosphere, the central Nocturne on its power of sonorous line, and the finale, Sun Dance, on its rhythmic capacity.

Schubert's Complete Pianoforte Sonatas are published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

C.P.E. Bach's Selected Keyboard Works have been published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series - a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

Four volumes of music selected from 60 years of ABRSM's Piano exams featuring music from the 20th century.

This album contains nine pieces from ABRSM's 2016-2019 Grade 5 Violin syllabus. Key features: * three pieces from each of Lists A, B and C * appealing and varied repertoire * carefully edited and clearly presented throughout * helpful information about the pieces and the exam CD * The CD features performances of all syllabus pieces by former ABRSM scholars Benjamin Baker and Katie Stillman, young concert artist Magdalena Loth-Hill, and jazz violinist Christian Garrick. * Playalong piano tracks a...

One of the outstanding Austrian contemporaries of Beethoven, and a child prodigy and pupil of Mozart, Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was renowned throughout Europe as a virtuoso pianist with a phenomenal technique. This collection of attractive and poetic miniatures, taken in part from his celebrated tutor Klavierschule, delights in the Classical style while looking forward to the Romantic era.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata in G is published as part of ABRSM's 'Signature' Series, a series of authoritative performing editions of standard keyboard works, prepared from original sources by leading scholars. Includes informative introductions and performance notes.

A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano explores the wealth of piano music from the Romantic period in five carefully graded albums. Mostly composed between 1830 and 1930, the pieces in these albums have been selected to introduce players to a wide range of music, from works by some of the leading Romantic composers, such as Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, to unfamiliar pieces by lesser-known figures. Each volume presents a variety of keys, time signatures and textures within a comprehensive ra...

This piece draws inspiration from the book City of Falling Angels which gives a rich portrayal of Venice. The use of extended melodies that contrast with fragmented phrases portray the beauty of this city.