38 Inspired Selections from 9 Operas. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. Piano solo arrangements of 38 inspired selections from 9 Puccini operas: La Bohème, La Fanciulla del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca, Turandot and Le Villi . Includes plot notes for each opera, information on its premiere, listings of librettists, pronunciation guides, and more. / Classique / R…

Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad a…

Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad a…

Symphonies. Par RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE. This edition unites all the purely instrumental and dance numbers from one of Rameau?s most popular operas, along with those from his last one-act opéra-ballet ?Io?, which was left unfinished at the time of his death. ?Platée? is the setting of a libretto by Jacques Autreau that Rameau arranged to be adapted for his own purposes, especially with regard to com…

Composed between 1920 and 1921, this set of Histoires is a suite of four short movements by Jacques Ibert selected out of the ten initial ones, for Flute and Piano. This publication was commissioned by the Alphonse Leduc editors and increased Jacques Ibert's popularity. This four pieces are as followed :3. Le vieux mendiant (The old beggar)4. 'A Giddy girl?6. Le palais abandonné (The abandoned pal…

by Hubay and Sarasate for Violin and Piano. Par SARASATE PABLO DE / HUBAY JENO. Georges Bizet\'s opera Carmen had its first performance in Paris in 1875. In the audience was the 17-year-old Hungarian violin virtuoso and budding composer Jenö Hubay. After the performance Hubay started writing his Carmen Fantasy from memory. The following season for his debut recital in Paris, he included his newly …

Fantasy for Piano Solo. Par MOLLICONE HENRY / ROSSINI GIOACHINO. Although based on music from Rossini's opera, this piano solo is influenced by other Romantic composers: Chopin, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and most of all Franz Liszt, whose transcriptions of songs and operas served as an inspiration. Duration: 11:30 / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Classique / Répertoire / Piano

for Violin and Piano. Par MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY FELIX. The French composer Jules Massenet (1842-1912) is best known for his operas. His most popular composition is the Meditation, the violin solo from his opera THAIS (1894). The violin and piano version is by Martin Marsick. ON WINGS OF SONG is from Felix Mendelssohn's (1809-1847) popular song cycle Op 34/2. The violin transcription is by Joseph A…

Tonalité : D-Moll - Horn, Paul (Arr.) -. Par NAUMANN JOHANN GOTTLIEB. Johann Gottlieb Naumann, who today is becoming increasingly well known, achieved recognition during his lifetime as a composer of operas, among them the first Swedish “national opera, ” Gustaf Wasa. In addition he wrote a large number of sacred compositions for the Court of Dresden, where he was employed for many years, includin…

Par ADES THOMAS. Thomas Adès and Philip Hensher's dazzlingly precocious chamber opera Powder Her Face propelled its composer to international attention after its premiere in 1995 and, with nearly 300 worldwide performances, remains one of the most frequently performed British operas of the last two decades. Charting the glamorous rise and seedy fall of the notorious socialite beauty Margaret, Duch…

Among the many works Offenbach wrote for the Cello, is a series of operatic fantasies. Of these, there is a set of six under the title Fantaisies faciles Op.69-74, published in 1853. The new edition herewith confines itself to just three of the pieces based on operas which remain in the repertoire today. The original printed editions have been revised, with misprints corrected, passages where the …

Arr. Henk Hogestein. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Salzburg, birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, inspired Dutch composer Henk Hogestein to write this musical tribute. Mozart was born in this charming Austrian town in January 1756. He was a musical prodigy - at the age of four he began receiving lessons from his father Leopold and at the age of six he was composing smart minuets and other short p…