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Alwyn, William: Sonatina for Violin and Piano Ref: H471

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Best known as the composer of classic film scores including The History of Mr Polly, The Winslow Boy and A Night to Remember, William Alwyn (1905-1985) also wrote symphonies, concertos and fluently idiomatic chamber music, of which this attractive Sonatina for violin and piano is a fine example.

Lasting around 12 minutes, and bearing the Alwyn hallmarks of rich, romantic harmony and vigorous, expressive line, it follows a traditional plan, opening with a flowing sonata first-movement both thoughtful and preludial in character. An introspective Adagio strikes a deeper note before a rousing finale, cast in the stirring rhythms of waltz and syncopated gigue, closes the work with a flourish.

Though premiered at the Royal Academy of Music in 1935, the Sonatina remained unpublished for 75 years, coming to wider notice in a recent recording by Madeleine Mitchell and Andrew Ball on the Naxos label. Violinists of Grades 7 to 8 standard or above will welcome this new work from the pen of an important 20th-century British composer, whose technical command of the medium will be immediately apparent.

Price: £8.50

Bridge, Frank: Spring Song and Lullaby for Violin and Piano. Ref: H473

Nos. 2 & 3 of 'Four Short Pieces'
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Once chiefly esteemed for the radicalism of his late style, Frank Bridge is no less admired today for his earlier works written in a polished romantic idiom tailored both to the taste of his audience and the capabilities of his performers.

The Four Short Pieces for violin and piano of 1912 are a perfect flowering of these gifts. With Meditation and Country Dance from the set already published separately by Stainer & Bell, the release of Spring Song and Lullaby as a pair makes the complete collection now available.

Spring Song is a charming aubade in the manner of Elgar's Chanson de Matin, but with a piquant modality also redolent of Gabriel Fauré's salon style. The smoothly eloquent melody of Lullaby showcases vibrato, evenness of tone and bowing control. An alternative Grade 3 choice in the new Associated Board violin syllabus starting in 2012, it will be preferred by many teachers and examination candidates for its musical distinction and poetical atmosphere.

Price: £5.50

Carse, Adam: The Winton Suite. Score Ref: Y249

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Reissued by popular demand, Adam Carse's Winton Suite is among the many treasures to be found in the Naxos CD series of English string miniatures, where it appears in volume six, together with music by Holst, Purcell and Warlock.

Standing worthily beside more familiar pieces for string orchestra such as Elgar's Serenade and Parry's Lady Radnor Suite, it is a five-movement work in a vigorous classical form that balances stirring fast music with lyrical, reflective passages.

It will have a wide currency among music lovers in general, and will appeal particularly to string specialists in search of repertoire for summer schools and educational courses, especially those involving young musicians whose technical limitations do not prevent them from tackling repertoire of genuine substance and stature.

Price: £10.50

Carse, Adam: The Winton Suite. Parts Ref: Y250

Set of string parts (4.4.3.3.2)

Price: £32.00

Croft, William: Four Sonatas for Two Violins and Continuo Ref: Y268

Edited by H. Diack Johnstone
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Score and Parts

Performing edition corresponding with MB88.

Price: £31.00

Croft, William: Sonata in E major for Four Violins and Continuo Ref: Y266

Edited by H. Diack Johnstone
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Score and Parts

Performing edition corresponding with MB88.

Price: £16.50

Croft, William: Three Sonatas for Violin and Continuo Ref: Y270

Edited by H. Diack Johnstone
Performing edition corresponding with MB88.
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Price: £22.00

Elizabethan Consort Music: Sixteen "In Nomines" Ref: Y225

Edited by Paul Doe.
Set of String Parts corresponding with selected pieces from Musica Britannica Volumes 44 and 45.

1 In nomine. MB44, 13. ANON
2 In nomine I. MB45, 131. John BALDWIN
3 In nomine. MB44, 14. BREWSTER
4 In nomine II. MB45, 132. BREWSTER
5 In nomine. MB45, 133. John BUCK
6 In nomine. MB45, 134. [Robert?] GOLDER
7 In nomine I. MB44, 18. Robert PARSONS
8 In nomine II. MB44, 19. Robert PARSONS
9 In nomine I. MB44, 20. POYNT
10 In nomine . MB44, 21. Thomas PRESTON
11 In nomine I. MB44, 22. Henry STONINGS
12 In nomine I. MB44, 23. Thomas TALLIS
13 In nomine II . MB44, 24. Thomas TALLIS
14 In nomine . MB44, 25. John TAVERNER
15 In nomine . MB44, 26. John THORNE [?]
16 In nomine . MB44, 31. William WHYTBROKE

Price: £22.00

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Hayes, Morgan: Völklinger Hütte for Violin, Cello and Piano Ref: Y285

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Goethe's dictum that architecture is frozen music has been a powerful stimulus for composers over the centuries, but in the case of Morgan Hayes the stark features of modern industrial buildings rather than the splendours of the Gothic or Baroque styles have been an impressive influence.

In the case of his most recent work, Völklinger Hütte, the great German steel foundry of that name, in operation for over a hundred years, was the trigger for a powerful yet succinct one-movement structure for piano trio. Situated in the town of Völklingen, this extraordinary monument to German engineering prowess is now a UNESCO world heritage site. Hayes discovered it by chance, through a reference in a Lonely Planet guide while he was visiting nearby Saarbrüken for a performance of another of his compositions.

The austere beauty of the location has infused the music with sharp dynamic and timbral extremes which also suggest its awesome scale. Grinding, machine-like textures cheek by jowl with passages of reposeful silence also project the nostalgic atmosphere of the now silent plant contrasted with the bustle of its heyday, still echoing in the brutally functional geometrical forms of its corroding chimneys, cranes and blast furnaces.

Völklinger Hütte lasts around six minutes.

Price: £7.75

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Restoration Trio Sonatas Set 1. Score and parts Ref: Y301

Edited by Peter Holman and John Cunningham

For two violins, instrumental bass and continuo. Score and parts.

Performing edition corresponding with Purcell Society Edition Companion Series Volume 4, Nos. 1, 3 and 4.

CONTENTS
Giovanni Battista Draghi: Sonata in G minor
John Blow: Ground in G minor
Johann Gottfried Keller: Sonata with Suite in G minor

Price: £20.00

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Restoration Trio Sonatas Set 2. Score and parts Ref: Y302

Edited by Peter Holman and John Cunningham

For two violins, instrumental bass and continuo. Score and parts.

Performing edition corresponding with Purcell Society Edition Companion Series Volume 4, Nos. 2, 6 and 7.

CONTENTS
John Blow: Sonata in A major
Gerhard Diesineer: Sonata in G minor
Nicola Matteis senior: Sonata in A major

Price: £20.00

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Restoration Trio Sonatas Set 3. Score and parts Ref: Y303

Edited by Peter Holman and John Cunningham

For two violins and continuo. Score and parts.

Performing edition corresponding with Purcell Society Edition Companion Series Volume 4, Nos. 5, 8 and 9.

CONTENTS
Johann Gottfried Keller: Sonata in A major
Robert King: Sonata in A major ("Sonetta after the Italion way")
Nicola Matteis senior (attrib.): Sonata in D major

Price: £15.00

Two Eighteenth-Century Pieces Ref: H468

[Standard: Intermediate]
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Arranged for Double Bass and Piano by H Samuel Sterling

Rameau: Tambourin
Giordani: Larghetto

The lively Tambourin by Rameau is among the most popular of baroque instrumental pieces, and in H. Samuel Sterling's idiomatic arrangement for double bass and piano it forms a welcome addition to the bassist's repertoire. Giordani's stately Larghetto is an ideal counterweight, and an exercise in sustained, expressive playing that is included in the Associated Board Grade 6 syllabus for the instrument.

Price: £5.25

Ward, John: Oxford Fantasias/Two-part Ayres Ref: Y221

Set of Parts
Edited by Ian Payne. Score available in Musica Britannica Volume 83 (MB83).

Price: £26.50

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