Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian March from Lyric Pieces (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This arrangement by Carlo Martelli is one of six characteristic pieces originally composed for pianoforte. The composer later orchestrated four of them to comprise his Lyric Pieces of which this is the second movement. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian March from Lyric Pieces (String Quartet)
This arrangement by Carlo Martelli is one of six characteristic pieces originally composed for pianoforte. The composer later orchestrated four of them to comprise his Lyric Pieces of which this is the second movement. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian Dance Opus 35 No. 4 (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This, the last and liveliest of the set of Norwegian Dances, is characterised by the composers conspicuous gift for melody, nourished by the folk tunes of his native Norway. Arranged by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian Dance Opus 35 No. 4 (String Quartet)
This, the last and liveliest of the set of Norwegian Dances, is characterised by the composers conspicuous gift for melody, nourished by the folk tunes of his native Norway. Arranged by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian Dance Opus 35 No. 3 (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This is the third of four national dances by Grieg originally written for the pianoforte. The jauntiness and limpid beauty of the original is perfectly captured in this arrangement by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian Dance Opus 35 No. 3 (String Quartet)
This is the third of four national dances by Grieg originally written for the pianoforte. The jauntiness and limpid beauty of the original is perfectly captured in this arrangement by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian Dance Opus 35 No. 1 (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This charming and characteristic dance is one of Grieg's many pieces for piano with a distinct national flavour, here expertly transcribed for string quartet by Carlo Martelli. For conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Norwegian Dance Opus 35 No. 1 (String Quartet)
This charming and characteristic dance is one of Grieg's many pieces for piano with a distinct national flavour, here expertly transcribed for string quartet by Carlo Martelli. For conservatories and professionals.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Nocturne from Lyric Pieces (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This is one of more than sixty short piano pieces by the famous Norwegian composer, and is also one of four movements that Grieg orchestrated and incorporated into his Lyric Pieces. For secondary schools, colleges, conservatories and professionals. The Pavão Quartet recorded this arrangement on the CD Dreaming, released in 2008 on Discrete Recordings DISC0801 and re-released in 2010 on Discadia Records DISCA001. Included on the same CD are four more of Martelli’s Elgar, Beethoven, Debussy and Dvořák arrangements also published by Broadbent & Dunn.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – Nocturne from Lyric Pieces (String Quartet)
This is one of more than sixty short piano pieces by the famous Norwegian composer, and is also one of four movements that Grieg orchestrated and incorporated into his Lyric Pieces. For secondary schools, colleges, conservatories and professionals. The Pavão Quartet recorded this arrangement on the CD Dreaming, released in 2008 on Discrete Recordings DISC0801 and re-released in 2010 on Discadia Records DISCA001. Included on the same CD are four more of Martelli’s Elgar, Beethoven, Debussy and Dvořák arrangements also published by Broadbent & Dunn.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – March of the Dwarfs from Lyric Pieces (String Quartet) – Digital Download
One of six Lyric Pieces, originally for piano, which have been expertly transcribed for the four strings by Carlo Martelli. Better known in its orchestrated version this quiet march has a wistful middle section.
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup
Grieg arr. Martelli – March of the Dwarfs from Lyric Pieces (String Quartet)
One of six Lyric Pieces, originally for piano, which have been expertly transcribed for the four strings by Carlo Martelli. Better known in its orchestrated version this quiet march has a wistful middle section.
After De Falla, the most distinguished of recent Spanish composers, Granados employs the musical idiom that has come to be considered, in a general sense, Spanish. Granados' fame rests mostly on his piano pieces, with the original of this arrangement by Carlo Martelli being one of the most famous.
Granados, Enrique
After De Falla, the most distinguished of recent Spanish composers, Granados employs the musical idiom that has come to be considered, in a general sense, Spanish. Granados' fame rests mostly on his piano pieces, with the original of this arrangement by Carlo Martelli being one of the most famous.
This charming four movement work, that aptly sounds like the title, is heavily influenced by twentieth century masters. The first movement dances between key signatures, creating the feeling of puppets not altogether in control of their faculties, while the second movement is unashamedly intense in character. The third movement includes some very nice jazz-like voicing at the beginning of the movement, with Carr using all the piano registers to add depth and colour. The Latin flavour of the final movement is a total departure from the previous three movements, bringing the ear back to the ballet again, this time in a fiery dance. The asymmetrical rhythms, shifting time signatures and registers, and the once-again intense chromatics jar us back to the herky-jerky puppets as they summon their ersatz dance skills. For the advanced intermediate performer as well as seasoned professionals.
This charming four movement work, that aptly sounds like the title, is heavily influenced by twentieth century masters. The first movement dances between key signatures, creating the feeling of puppets not altogether in control of their faculties, while the second movement is unashamedly intense in character. The third movement includes some very nice jazz-like voicing at the beginning of the movement, with Carr using all the piano registers to add depth and colour. The Latin flavour of the final movement is a total departure from the previous three movements, bringing the ear back to the ballet again, this time in a fiery dance. The asymmetrical rhythms, shifting time signatures and registers, and the once-again intense chromatics jar us back to the herky-jerky puppets as they summon their ersatz dance skills. For the advanced intermediate performer as well as seasoned professionals.
Miniatures like snap shots in an album.
Written for Thames Brass, a successful professional brass ensemble in which the horn player at the time was one of the composer's former students. Having spent much of his life as a horn player, and having also had the honour of working with the finest players, in Movements for Brass the composer explores the sonorities of brass in a way that is rewarding to play.
Brass Quintet
Written for Thames Brass, a successful professional brass ensemble in which the horn player at the time was one of the composer's former students. Having spent much of his life as a horn player, and having also had the honour of working with the finest players, in Movements for Brass the composer explores the sonorities of brass in a way that is rewarding to play.
Horn, Violin & Piano
Gordon Carr – Castle of Dreams (Horn, Violin & Piano) – Digital Download
Written for the Hermes Ensemble with the composer being the horn player, Castle of Dreams is a companion piece for the Brahms Horn Trio and is of similar difficulty.
Horn, Violin & Piano
Written for the Hermes Ensemble with the composer being the horn player, Castle of Dreams is a companion piece for the Brahms Horn Trio and is of similar difficulty.
Hosepipe in F
This short piece for hosepipe is absolutely brilliant if played at a lick, and is the perfect encore to send an audience home smiling. Written for the composer to play on a tour of the West Country with the Bristol Sinfonia, it has been performed internationally.
Hosepipe in F
Gordon Carr – A Short Piece for A Long Piece of Garden Hose (Hosepipe or Horn in F & Piano)
This short piece for hosepipe is absolutely brilliant if played at a lick, and is the perfect encore to send an audience home smiling. Written for the composer to play on a tour of the West Country with the Bristol Sinfonia, it has been performed internationally.
Glover-Kind, John
Glover-Kind arr. Thorp – I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside (String Quartet) – Digital Download
Oh for the joys of the British seaside, perfectly captured in what is widely considered a glorious gem of a song. Glover-Kind penned, besides the classic chorus, three verses with quite a cast of characters, including a certain 'William Sykes the burglar' who seems to have led the arranger Bill Thorp into a somewhat Dickensian train of thought.
Oh for the joys of the British seaside, perfectly captured in what is widely considered a glorious gem of a song. Glover-Kind penned, besides the classic chorus, three verses with quite a cast of characters, including a certain 'William Sykes the burglar' who seems to have led the arranger Bill Thorp into a somewhat Dickensian train of thought.
Since described as the best popular song ever written, this gem was inexplicably dropped from Lady Be Good, the Gershwins' first complete Broadway score, before it reached New York. However, it had an unlikely champion in the then Lady Mountbatten who brought her autographed copy back to London where soon nearly every band was playing it by ear, and from where its popularity spread to Paris and beyond. In this version, originally marked "not necessarily narcissistically", the arranger Bill Thorp subtly suggests the identity of the eponymous 'man'.
Gershwin, George
Since described as the best popular song ever written, this gem was inexplicably dropped from Lady Be Good, the Gershwins' first complete Broadway score, before it reached New York. However, it had an unlikely champion in the then Lady Mountbatten who brought her autographed copy back to London where soon nearly every band was playing it by ear, and from where its popularity spread to Paris and beyond. In this version, originally marked "not necessarily narcissistically", the arranger Bill Thorp subtly suggests the identity of the eponymous 'man'.