Description Based on the play by Beaumarchais, The Barber Of Seville is one of the greatest of all comic operas, delighting audiences with its keenly sketched characters, melodic elegance, rhythmic exhilaration, superb ensemble writing, and original and delightful orchestration. Presented in full score, reproduced directly from the authoritative edition published by Ricordi. Songlist The …

Description Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky/Alexander Borodin: Complete String Quartets This volume collects Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.1 in D, Op. 11, Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22 , and Quartet No. 3 in E-flat Minor, Op.30 ; and Borodin's String Quartet No.

Description Ravel brought to the art of the song that distinctive fusion of classicism and the modern spirit that characterized all his musical works. This superb collection includes many of his most admired and performed songs and song cycles. Reprinted from authoritative French editions and with new English translations of the original French texts. Edited by Arbie Orenstein. Songlist Cha…

Description This volume contains a pair of works originally written for piano by Ravel, and later orchestrated by him. Le Tombeau De Couperin is a four-piece suite written between 1914 and 1917, dedicated to close friends who died in World War I. Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales pays homage to the work of Franz Schubert. These eight uninterrupted Waltzes abound in Schubertian characteristics.…

Here are six of the most studied, performed, and recorded trios for piano, violin, and cello. They include the popular trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, which was named the Ghost trio by Beethoven's student, Carl Czerny, who thought the eerie second movement suggested the specter of Hamlet's father. Additional works include the trio in E-flat Major, Op. 1, No. 1; the trio in G Major, Op. 1, No. 2; t…

Description Suitable for intermediate and advanced pianists, this affordable edition features: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68; Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73; Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90; and Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98

Description Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore In Full Score First performed in Rome in 1853, Il Trovatore is one of Giuseppe Verdi's most successful and most performed operas. Supremely melodic, vigorously paced, it is filled with arias and vocal ensembles of thrilling power.

Description The second volume of the outstanding Breitkopf and Hartel edition of Mendelssohn's complete works for solo piano. Songlist Album Leaf (Song Without Words) In E Minor Op. 117 Capriccio In E Major / Minor Op. 118 Perpetuum Mobile Op.119 Prelude And Fugue In E Minor Sonata In B Flat Op.106 Sonata In G Minor Op 105 Songs Without Words (Lieder Ohne Worte) Three Etudes Op. 104 Part 2 …

Description Polish-born prodigy Theodor Leschetizky achieved an international career as a pianist and conductor, and became the most celebrated Piano instructor of his era. Marie Prentner, a prize student of the famed teacher, recorded the principles and techniques of the Leschetizky method - hereby presented in this new authoritative edition. The two-part method begins with finger and hand pos…

Description This volume includes 'Ma Mere L'oye' (Mother Goose), 'Valse Nobles Et Sentimentales' and Ravel's own piano transcription of his world-famous 'La Valse'. Intermediate and advanced pianists will welcome this superb compilation of piano classics, reproduced from authoritative French scores. Songlist A La Maniere De Borodine A La Maniere De Emmanuel Chabrier La Valse Le Tombeau De C…

Description Beethoven: Complete Variations For Solo Piano This volume contains all 21 sets of Beethoven's solo piano variations, including the popular 'Diabelli Variations' and 'Eroica Variations'. Songlist Arietta [Hand, Colin] Eight Variations On The Romance 'Une Fievre Brulante' Eight Variations On The Song Ich Hab Ein Kleines Huttchen Nur Eight Variations On The Trio 'Tandeln And Scher…

Description Durand et Cie edition. Full score of Ravel's orchestral masterpiece.

Description We know Henri Duparc for only a small number of art songs he composed between 1868 and 1884, but his musical legacy is a rare one. Settings of works by Baudelaire, Leconte de Lisle, are masterworks of sensuous beauty, rich in emotion, artfully conveying the poetic atmosphere of their texts. Included in this one volume are all Sixteen songs and one duet, reprinted from authoritative …