The Piano Player: Classical Tear-Jerkers presents 20 emotive pieces of classical music, designed to tug at the heart-strings, specially arranged for intermediate solo piano. Contents include Un bel di vedremo" from Madama Butterfly by Puccini and Dido's Lament by Purcell. The striking cover features Edward Bawden's colour linocut Aesop's Fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper, 1970, and a 4-page pullout provides the full artwork as a beautiful collectible. The Piano Player series includes six wonderful collections of some of the greatest classical music ever written, specially arranged for the intermediate pianist, each with its own collectible pull-out poster of the stunning Edward Bawden cover artwork. "

with CDs of diction lessons and piano accompaniments; includes historical notes, translations and International Phonetic Alphabet A collection of essential Schubert songs for students. The diction lessons were recorded by Irene Spiegelman, German diction coach at the Metropolitan Opera. The diction for each song is recorded twice: first recited as an actor would speak it, showing flow of the language and the mood, followed by a slow, deliberate lesson, allowing time for the student to repeat each line. This experienced language coach adapts the "R" in German in the slow versions as recommended for classical singers. She is also very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. Contents: An die Musik * An die Nachtigall * Auf dem Wasser zu singen * Der Musensohn * Die Forelle * Du bist die Ruh * Ganymed * Gretchen am Spinnrade * Heidenroslein * Im Fruhling * Lachen und Weinen * Nacht und Traume * Rastlose Liebe * Standchen * Seligkeit. 00001143 High Voice, Book/CDs $17.95 00001144 Low Voice, Book/CDs $17.95

A six-volume set of music documentaries by renowned film-maker Bruno Monsaingeon. This collection examines the life of arguably one of the most influential singers of the 20th century, the German lyric baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. In addition to singing, Fischer-Dieskau was also a conductor, writer, painter, reciter and teacher. Included here are several recitals with Lieder by Schumann and Schubert, the documentary 'Autumn Journey' and several master classes.

András Schiff plays Franz Schubert's Impromptus Op.90 D.899, Op.142 D.935 and Moments Musicaux Op.94 D.78, in a recital recorded in 1989.

French pianist Adam Laloum performs a selection of works by Schumann, Debussy, Schubert, and Brahms live at Switzerland's Verbier Festival in 2010.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Vienna Philharmonic for the opening concert of the 2009 Salzburg Festival. Honouring the conductor on his 80th birthday, the concert pays homage to the Viennese dance and includes pieces by Josef Strauss, Anton Webern and Franz Schubert.

Suitable for SSAA and piano, this work contains an English translation alongside the German text of this Schubert classic, offprinted from the anthology European Sacred Music.

The A Z of String Players surveys the lives, careers and recordings of over 300 string players from the past and present. Many great string players who have made recordings are included, from Accardo to Zukerman. The text covers artists from the earliest recording processes to contemporary, cutting-edge technology. In this clear and straight-forward publication, the artists are listed alphabetically, with a summary of their career, notable recordings, biography and critical appraisal of their recorded legacy. In addition, four compact discs present a selection of recordings from 69 artists. This package will appeal to enthusiast and scholar alike as a readable, informed and fascinating work of reference.