SKU: A0.945464

The practice of adding an accompaniment to a composition originally created for a solo instrument is a time-honored tradition in Western art music, whether the additional music be for one or a few instruments or an entire ensemble. In the latter case a concerto movement can be fabricated from a solo work.

The Concertino Barocco (Little Baroque Concerto) takes as its basis two pieces of the Baroque era that have long been popular repertoire for advancing students of the keyboard: the Solfeggio (or Solfeggietto) by C.P.E. Bach, and the third movement, Presto, from the Sonata in C minor by Giovanni Battista Pescetti. These works are transformed into two miniature concerto movements by adding and interpolating short tutti passages at various points in the form, rather in the style of Antonio Vivaldi. Not a note has been added or subtracted from the original keyboard solos, so that a student who has mastered the originals may play this Concertino simply by memorizing the exact points in the original pieces where additional music for the orchestra has been added and they must wait to continue.

SKU: A0.793926

One of the most beautiful opera chorus, Regina Coeli is a scene from Cavelleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) set in a church service on Easter morning. Originally is written for 2 mixed chorus, soprano solo and orchestra (G-major key). This arrangement is for 4-part male ensemble/chorus (TTBB) and tenor solo, with piano or organ as accompanying instrument.  Some choral and instrumental parts are simplefied and reduced. The key is G-major. Duration: ca. 4:00. Pages: 12

Lyrics: latin and italian

 

Regina Coeli laetare

Quia, quem me ruisti portare,

Resurrexit, sicut dixit.

Inneggiamo,il Signor non è morto!

Ei fulgente ha dischiuso l’avel,

Inneggiamo al Signore risorto,

oggi asceso alla gloria del Ciel!