- Amazing Grace for Guitar - an arrangement by Glenn Jarrett
- Amazing Grace for Piano
- Amazing Grace for Flute and Piano
- Auld Lang Syne
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Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune
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"Clair de Lune" is on the play list of most piano students reaching a certain standard. It is also very familiar from its use as evovative mood music on advertising or programmes for film, television and radio. It comes the "Suite Bergamasque" by French composer Claude Debussy. Here is our mp3 file of this delightful piece:
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Edvard Grieg's "Lyric Pieces" for Piano
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The composer Edvard Grieg was born in Norway of Scottish descent, and is best known for the way he incorporated the styles of Norwegian folk music into his works. Among those works are orchestral pieces such as "Peer Gynt" and the "Piano Concerto", but he also composed a number of smaller scale works for a variety of instruments. Grieg himself was a pianist, and among his shorter works is a large collection of "Lyric Pieces" for piano. The following of Grieg's Lyric Pieces are now avilable on mfiles in mp3 format:
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"Minuet in G" by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Much easier than a lot of his piano music, the "Minuet in G" by Beethoven is another favourite piece played by most piano students as part of their studies. Although the original piece is for Piano Solo, we have also created an arrangement for Flute and Piano:
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More from Bach's Preludes & Fugues - the "Well-Tempered Clavier"
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Centuries after its composition, Bach's music continues to be an endless source of fascination, providing inspiration to music lovers, piano students and both serious and popular composers. Of all his works it is the collection known as the "Well-Tempered Clavier" that exemplifies this the most. Otherwise known as the "48 preludes and fugues", this collection of works is split over two books of 24 where each book has a prelude and a fugue in each major and minor key. Here is the final Prelude and Fugue from Book 1 (in the key of B minor) including a special arrangement of the Fugue for String Quartet:
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Ragtime works by Scott Joplin :
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Scott Joplin is the undisputed King of Ragtime, and we have added another of his famous Rags to our catalogue called "Elite Syncopations". Our complete catalogue of mp3 music by Scott Joplin now consists of the following works:
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Christmas Carols - MP3 Collection:
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Here's the mfiles collection of MP3 Christmas Carols:
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Fernando Sor - Mazurka Op.32 No.3
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Like Beethoven, Fernando Sor lived during the time of Napoleon and the French Emperor was to have an influence on his life and music. Sor was born in Spain and moved as a young adult to live and work in Paris. Although he composed for a variety of instruments he is best known for his guitar music, and he toured the major cities of Europe demonstrating the capabilities of this instrument and spreading the word through his concerts and teaching. In addition to his numerous "Etudes" or Studies some of which are already featured on mfiles, we present in MP3 format the Mazurka in D, Op.32 No.3.
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Johannes Brahms - Cello Sonata in Em (1st movement)
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Johannes Brahms was a master at crafting works at many different scales. His craftmanship is readily apparent in his chamber music for a small number of instruments, where he generally strove to ensure that the first movement of these works conformed to the accepted "Sonata Form" yet laying the foundation for a degree of novelty and experimentation in later movements which was true to the spirit of the Romantic Period. Among his chamber music, Brahms wrote two sonatas for Cello and Piano and this is the first movement of his first such Cello Sonata Op.38 in MP3 format.
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Luigi Boccherini and his famous Minuet :
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 Luigi Boccherini was an Italian-born composer who toured Europe before settling in Spain. He was a contemporary of Haydn and wrote lots of works for String Quartet and String Quintet. His most famous piece of music is the Minuet from his String Quintet Op.13 No.5. Although there are many arrangements of this work available, here is an mp3 file of the original version for String Quintet.
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MP3 downloads of Electronic Classical Music
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As part of our Electronic Music article, we have made available the following electronic versions of pieces from our classical catalogue:
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Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
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One of Mozart's most popular pieces of music is his "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" (or "A Little Night Music"), the more memorable title of his Seranade No.13 for Strings. Even if you don't normally listen to classical music, you have almost certainly heard this before on films or television. Here is an mp3 file of the first movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in its original form for string orchestra.
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MP3 files of Christmas Carols:
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In the run up to Christmas, Carols seem to be everywhere: on television, on the radio, in shops and more. Here are a selection of MP3 files of Christmas Carols, arranged for keyboard (piano or organ) or for guitar:
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Music
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 The Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky is best known for his ballet music and large scale orchestral works including six Symphonies and several Concertos. He also composed quite a large number of smaller works for the piano and many of these are good practice pieces for piano students. The "Album for the Young" is a set of 24 short pieces and, since Tchaikovsky is well-known for some of his Waltzes in his Ballet music and other works, we've chosen to provide No. 8 Waltz as a sample. Although much of Tchaikovsky's ballet music is very happy in mood, the composer suffered from bouts of depression and some of his shorter piano works seem to reflect that. Here is his "Sad Song" or Chanson Triste.
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Beethoven's Symphonies
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 Regular visitors will be aware of our own music by Beethoven in Sheet Music, Midi and Mp3 formats and that our catalogue includes two movements from Beethoven's Symphonies. If you like these examples by Beethoven, please take note of BBC Radio 3's Beethoven Experience which offers the opportunity to download all of his Symphonies. The first 5 symphonies are no longer available but numbers 6 to 9 will be available from 28th June to 1st July.
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Dvorak's New World Symphony
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 Czech composer Antonin Dvorak was well known for his use of music derived from the folk traditions of his home country and surrounding regions, such as his "Slavonic Dances". For a few years, until homesickness overcame him, he held a post in the National Conservatory of Music at New Work and there he discovered some new music traditions and composed some of his greatest works, among them his "New World Symphony". This contains a theme which is derived from the song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", but is best known for the theme from the 2nd movement played on the Cor Anglais which seems to speak of his longing to be home in his native land.
Here is our mp3 file version of the slow movement of Dvorak's New World Symphony.
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Joseph Haydn and his piano sonatas:
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Joseph Haydn is considered to be a key founder of the Classical Style of music. Although he built on the work of others, his wide range of output was to influence many later composers especially Mozart and Beethoven. He composed many Symphonies, String Quartets and Keyboard Sonatas, all of which rely on the principles of "Sonata Form". Here is the first movement of one of his Piano Sonatas which illustrates the basic structure of Sonata Form:
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Robert Schumann and his piano music for children:
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The composer Robert Schumann composed a range of music from symphonies to songs. He is often remembered however for his piano works, and among these are several collections for or associated with children. His ealier "Scenes from Childhood" displayed his affinity for children and has later "Album for the Young" was composed spifically for his own children. The mfiles catalogue now has sheet music and sound files of 2 pieces from each of these collections:
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Music for Recorder:
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The recorder is an instrument with a long history. Traditionally made from wood, modern practice recorders are made of plastic and very cheap compared with other musical instruments. The recorder is frequently taught in schools, not just for cost reasons but because it is relatively easy to play a range of notes reliably. Since recorders come in a range of sizes, it is also possible to form recorder ensembles. The Soprano (or Descant) recorder is the most common, but the full range goes from the small Sopranino to the large Contra-Bass. We have arranged a number of pieces from the mfiles catalogue for recorder groupings. Here are the mp3 files:
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Mozart's music in the film "Elvira Madigan":
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Among Mozart's great legacy of classical music are a total of 27 Piano Concertos. The slow movement of his Piano Concerto No. 21 in C may be familiar from its use on television and its regular inclusion in albums of classical favourites. This movement is often called "Elvira Madigan" because it was used on a Swedish film of that name. This film and its music captured the public imagination and made the music even more famous. As a reminder of how this music goes, here is a realisation of it in MP3 file format. For other formats (e.g. midi) and the sheet music for all the instruments including the conductor's score, please refer to the online sheet music page.
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Franz Schubert - Moments Musicals
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 Among the many piano works by Franz Schubert are several collections of shorter pieces, such as the Impromptus and the Moments Musicals or "Musical Moments". There are six Moments Musicals altogether and we present here Number 5 from the set. Typical of Schubert No. 5 has some sharp contrasts between alternating loud and soft sections and, as the fastest of these pieces, present some challenges to a player of moderate ability. If you can play the piano then check out the sheet music version of this piece: the online Scorch page and the PDF page which you can download to print. Here is the MP3 file if all you want to do is listen to it.
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Sugar Plum Fairy - from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker
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Just in time for Christmas, we introduce the composer Peter Tchaikovsky and his wealth of melodic music in the form of Symphonies and Overtures. More than any other classical composer though, Tchaikovsky is particularly known for his ballet music, including "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker". The Nutcracker is a story set at Christmas Time and uses loads of tunes which are familiar to everyone across the world from Television and Adverts as well as the ballets themselves. The perennial favourite among all these tunes must be that of the Sugar Plum Fairy. Tchaikovsky is well know for his inventive orchestration and in this piece he uses the Celesta, an instrument that was relatively new at the time. Its tinkly little bell-like sound is ideal for fairy music, fairy tales and Christmas songs. A celesta just looks like a small upright piano, but the part can also be played on a piano.
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Franz Schubert's "Death and the Maiden" Quartet
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 Although Franz Schubert is now widely recognised as one the great composers, this wasn't always the case. In fact during his short lifetime only a small proportion of his music was published, and there were only a few public performances featuring his music. Over the years, the importance of his skill and innovations became acknowledged, and he is now famous for his songs, symphonies, piano works and chamber music. This last category includes 15 string quartets and one of these is called "Death and the Maiden" because it shares a theme with a song he had previously written. We present the Scherzo from this work, and remind you of our existing piano music by Schubert:
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