Classical Favorites: Guest Spot Series

by Christopher Hussey (Arranger)

(Music Sales America). Here is the chance to become a true classical soloist! Step into the spotlight and play-along with the superb backing tracks on the specially recorded CDs, containing eleven of the world's best-loved classical melodies. These wonderful works are favorites with audiences and players of all ages. This playalong edition will give you the opportunity to master some of those all-important performance skills by rehearsing with the accompaniments even during your personal practice time. The CDs contain full performance versions of the music with piano accompaniment on the first set of tracks. The solo part is then omitted from the second set of tracks allowing you to play along with the recorded accompaniments. Songs A Musical Joke, K522 (Mozart) * Air from Water Music (Handel) * Allegretto Theme from Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven) * Ave Maria (Schubert) * Entr'acte from Rosamunde (Schubert) * Jerusalem (Hubert) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * Largo from Xerxes (Handel) * March from The Nutcracker Suite (Tchaikovsky) * O for the Wings of a Dove (Mendelssohn) * Sarabande (Handel).

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Christopher Hussey is a composer, arranger, orchestrator and educational author. He studied composition at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Robert Saxton and Malcolm Singer and at the University of Cambridge.




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