Faber Music

Experience one of the most touching classics of sacred music in a warm and expressive new setting: César Franck's timeless masterpiece 'Panis Angelicus', sensitively arranged by Pam Wedgwood for cello...

A suite of six pieces arranged for instrument and piano containing the most popular songs from the musical, including: Old Gumbie Cat / Bustopher Jones / Old Deuteronomy / Skimbleshanks / Memory / Mr....

What Else Can I Play? Flute Grade 3 makes learning more fun with carefully selected and arranged supplementary repertoire for today's young player. Each piece offers suggestions and guidelines to brea...

Experience one of the most famous and captivating themes in classical music history in a brilliant new arrangement: The legendary 1st movement from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor...

Britten's last opera, Death In Venice , is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the ageing novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes infatuated by a boy he sees o...

Invictus: A Passion seeks to address one of the most powerful and dramatic of the world's traditional religious stories through the lens of a diverse, modern world. A variety of texts written or inspi...

Written to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of the legendary oboist Leon Goossens, and first performed by him and the Carter Trio in 1958, this delightful 13-minute quartet is a fine showcase of Malcol...

Ireland's best-selling vocalist has been enchanting listeners with her distinctive blend of new age and Celtic sounds since her 1988 Watermark album. This eagerly anticipated album Amarantine, her fir...

You're The Voice: Maria Callas presents eight absolute classic hits from operatic legend Maria Callas, arranged for piano, voice and guitar. The accompanying CD features full backings for each song, p...

Thomas Adès's Piano Quintet (2000) is a vivid reimagining of sonata form (complete with exposition repeat). Whilst it's themes are recognisably tonal, these simple building-blocks are the starting-poi...

The wish to compose something for Barry Tuckwell had been somewhere at the back of my mind for almost as long as I can remember. Hence, when I received an invitation form the Suntory Foundation to wri...

This 12-minute work for chamber orchestra sees Benjamin pay tribute to the mesmerizing intersection of line and harmony in the music of Henry Purcell. Originally conceived for viol consort, these tran...

Immerse yourself in the enchanting, nostalgic musical world of the beloved British drama “Ladies in Lavender”. Composed by Nigel Hess for the acclaimed feature film directed by Charles Dance and starr...

Immerse yourself in the melodious world of the early Romantic era: This charming Potpourri from Franz Danzi's celebrated 'Concertpiece No. 3' (originally scored for clarinet and string quartet) shines...

Immerse yourself in the gripping world of Italian opera: With "E lucevan le stelle" from Giacomo Puccini's masterpiece Tosca, you can bring one of the most moving and famous arias of all time to the s...

Discover an extraordinary masterpiece of chamber music with "Temporal Variations" for oboe and piano, published by the renowned Faber Music. This multifaceted work unfolds a captivating dialogue betwe...

Premiered by Oliver Knussen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in 1992, Broken Symmetry is a 20-minute outburst of energy and momentum. Vivid, violent, occasionally threatening, its character is continuou...

It is hard to believe that Benjamin Britten was 16 when he wrote the Quartettino, such is the skill and intellectual command. Peter Stadlen, The Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1983

Benjamin Britten wrote his 'String Quartet in F' in April 1928, shortly after he began lessons with Frank Bridge. He was fourteen at the time and it is thought that this piece was set as a homework ex...

Immerse yourself in the captivating sound world of Thomas Adès' masterpiece Arcadiana. This extraordinary composition for string quartet (two violins, viola, and cello) is widely recognized as one of...

Immerse yourself in captivating soundscapes with 'Arcadiana', one of the most celebrated contemporary chamber music masterpieces composed by Thomas Adès. This seven-movement string quartet takes perfo...

Discover a captivating masterpiece of British chamber music: the Phantasy Quartet (Original Version) by Imogen Holst, published by the renowned Faber Music. Scored for standard string quartet—two viol...

Arnold himself was a prolific trumpeter and was principal for the London Philharmonic Orchestra, widely acknowledged as one of the great trumpeters of the age.

Position Pieces Book 1 for violin with piano accompaniment contains a wide selection of easy baroque, classical and traditional repertoire that concentrate on either the 2nd, 3rd or 4th position.

Ensemble Magazine, Spring 2013