Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. SHAR APPRENTICE REVIEWS Sarah Cranor, Violin 1431 103 Stravinksy: Suite Italienne. Suitable for the late intermediate player, Stravinsky’s Suite is a ve ry fun piece for the performer as well as the audience! Only moderately technically challenging, it allows the musician to focus on being musically expressive. I learned this piece as an introduction to bigger sonatas, and it is still one of my favorites to pick back up! Try Something New! sharmusic.com/apprenticereviews 0185 005 Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo. For violin solo, this begins with a ve ry expressive Lento, which gives way to the lively, presto Scherzo second half. Vi rtuosic and fiery, this is a fun encore or solo piece for the early advanced player looking for something interesting and exciting for performer and audience alike! 1335 017 Ravel: Tzigane. This classic violin showpiece is musically exquisite, with a gypsy, lilting feel. Almost long enough to be considered a concerto, it is very virtuosic, using harmonics, left hand pizzicato, double stops, and other advanced techniques. This is a staple of the advanced violin repertoire, recorded by almost every big-name violinist since its composition. 1376 017 Schickele: Tombeau de PDQ Bach. PDQ Bach is known as a pen name for Peter Schickele, who writes clever spoofs on JS Bach’s classical melodies. This sonata is no exception: it pokes fun at the classical genre, with strange harmonic twists when least expected, and humorous quasi-classical melodies. It’s actually difficult to finish this piece with a straight face! 0270 008 Gerle: The Art of Practicing the Violin. Inspired by a quote from Beethoven: ‘Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets’, this book is designed to teach the violinist to practice productively by going through time management, practicing of both hands, musical ideas and other elements of practicing. This is the ultimate practicing manual! 1513 100 Paganini: God Save the Queen. God Save the Queen could be better described as Vi rtuosic Variations on God Save the Queen, beginning with the statement of the theme and six subsequent variations. Commonly performed as an encore or a demanding showpiece, this definitely requires an intense display of violin technique! 1023 010 Barber: Canzone. Those familiar with Barber’s Violin Concerto will be glad to find more music in the same style! Intensely beautiful, this is based of the second movement of the Piano Concerto op. 38. The violin’s soaring melody is paired with complex rolling piano harmonies. 1720 100 Szymanowski: Mythes. A true test of the violinist’s skill, this employs every modern violin technique you can think of! Both the pianist and the violinist will have to be at the top of their skill, but will be rewarded with a beautiful atonal piece that has a mystical, ethereal quality. Heather Hanson, Cello 3570 101 The Dvorak Cello Concerto is one of the most beloved concertos in the cello repertoire. It contains wistful, powerful melodies as well as tricky technical passages that show the virtuosity of the player. This edition is edited by Heinrich Schiff and Klaus Döge. Schiff makes excellent suggestions for fingerings and bowings, while Döge adds some scholarly insight to the piece. Unlike other editions, this one is easy to read and appears cleanly on the page. 3613 111 The C Major Cello Concerto by Franz Joseph Haydn is one of my favorite concertos to revisit! It is highly spirited and catchy, but also o ffers some lyrical melodies as well. This edition was edited by the late Mstislav Rostropovich and includes his fingerings, bowings and his cadenza. 3740 111 Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococ o Theme for Cello and Orc h e s t ra is another cornerstone of the cello’s repertoire. Tchaikovsky demonstrates his skills as a composer by taking the simple line of the theme and spinning it into soaring romantic lines and show-stopping technical feats. The notorious seventh variation is a t rue test of a cellist’s musicianship! 7354 150 Mark Summer’s solo cello piece Julie-O and Lo How a Rose E’er B l o o m i n g are sure to be crowd pleasers on your next recital! Summer uses non-traditional techniques like “slap bass” and left hand pizzicato to help style his jazzy arrangement of these solos. Just one performance tip from this apprentice; think outside the printed music, this piece was meant to sound improvised! 6 Order by phone: 800.248.SHAR • On the web: www.sharmusic.com • Or by fax: 800.99.STRAD