The Chester Bassoon Anthology presents 12 popular works for Bassoon with Piano accompaniment. The selected works are taken from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. As well as the joint piano and bassoon score, a dedicated bassoon score is included along with performance notes by Amy Harman. The tracks included are: - Fantasio [Robert Bariller] - Sonata For Bassoon And Piano [Richard Rodney Bennett] - Notturno for Bassoon and Piano [Robert Clérisse] - Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24 [François Devienne] - Romance, Op. 62 [Edward Elgar] - Piece for Bassoon and Piano [Gabriel Fauré] - 12 Danzas Espanolas [Enrique Granados] - Bassoon Concerto [Joseph Horovitz] - Sonata in Bb Major, K. 292 [W. A. Mozart] - Pièce En Forme De Habañera [Maurice Ravel] - Sonatine Sportive, Op. 63 [Alexander Tcherepnin] - Scherzo-Kolomyjka [Hynek Vokáček]
The Chester Alto-Saxophone Anthology presents 15 popular works for Alto-Sax with Piano accompaniment. The selected works are taken from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. As well as the joint piano and Alto-Saxophone score, a dedicated Alto-Sax score is included along with performance notes by Amy Dickson. The tracks included are: - Gush [Hans Abrahamsen] - Chant D'amour [Isaac Albéniz] - Orchestral Suite No. 2, BWV 1067 [J. S. Bach] - Three Piece Suite [Richard Rodney Bennett] - Pulcinella, Op. 53 No. 1 [Eugène Bozza] - Barcarolle (from Sylvia) [Léo Delibes] - Suite Francaise [Pierre Max Dubois] - Chanson De Matin Op.15 No.2 [Edward Elgar] - No. 1 from Melodies for Saxophone [Philip Glass] - Allegro, Largo et Finale, Op. 1 No. 12 [G. F. Handel] - San Antonio (Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano) [John Harbison] - Tango And Charleston [Trevor Hold] - Histoires [Jacques Ibert] - Canzonetta, Op. 19 [Gabriel Pierné] - Sonatine Sportive, Op. 63 [Alexander Tcherepnin]
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