Romantic Arias for Classical Guitar is a collection of the world’s most beloved songs from the world of opera. An aria is a song performed during an opera that listeners are the most familiar with.These “pop songs of opera' provide an entry point for those unfamiliar with the opera repertoire considered by many as the most expressive genre of western music. For those who are familiar with the world of opera you willrecognize the selections here as the arias most beloved by millions of listeners around the world. This project a labor of love by master guitarist Steve Eckels contains the most famous melodies by composers Verdi andPuccini including the great operas La Traviata  Madame Butterfly  La Bohème  Turandot  Nabucco  Tosca and Rigoletto. Alsoincluded are Massenet’s Meditation Delibes’ Flower Duet Offenbach’s Barcarolle  Bizet’s Habanera and others. The pieces have been arrangedfor recreational or concert guitarists and have been meticulously fingered and engraved for ease of learning. The author has also provided music reading warm-ups to assist in learning the pieces. Eckels’ performances of allthe arrangements on YouTube will provide an aid in familiarizing yourself with the most beloved songs ever written.  Includes access to online audio.

This collection of 16 Guitar duets offers professionals teachers or students a wide variety of styles from the Baroque to the Post-Romantic periods. Some of this music is unique to the Guitar repertoire. For example the six Serenades introduce some of the most popular music of the late 19th century by Georges Bizet Franz Drdla Enrico Toselli Moritz Moszkowski Ricardo Drigo and Sigmund Romberg. The collection ends with selectedworks by Tchaikovsky and Brahms. These arrangements are skillfully crafted and will delight the intermediate student.