Vêpres Siciliennes (Les)

Ouverture-En 1854 Giuseppe Verdi réside à Paris et se consacre à la composition des Vêpres Siciliennes (I Vespri Siciliani) une œuvre de commande pour l?Opéra de Paris. Très rapidement il se montre agacé par les exigences du « Grand Opéra français » qui lui impose de lourdes contraintes. Il déclare alors : « Lorsque j?aurai fini Les Vêpres Siciliennes je serai un homme heureux. Composer un opéra pour l?Opéra de Paris est aussi harassant que de tuer un bœuf. Cinq heures de musique ? ? Pouh ! ». Après la première de l?opéra Hector Berlioz écrivit dans un article pour le Journal des Débats : « Il faut bien reconnaître que la profonde intensitéde l?expression mélodique la somptueuse diversité de l?orchestration l?ampleur et la poésie du son d?ensemble la vivacité chaleureuse qui rayonne à travers toute l?œuvre et la force passionnée bien qu?elle se dévoile lentement - un des éléments caractéristiques du style de Verdi - donnent aux Vêpres Siciliennes une grandeur une impression de souveraineté majestueuse encore plus marquante que dans toutes les productions lyriques précédentes de Verdi. » Dans l?Ouverture véritable chef-d?œuvre d?impétuosité on trouve la fraîcheur et la puissance des premières heures du risorgimento italien.

Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. The edition offers a critically sound reading, based on the original sources, of Giuseppe Verdi?s Les vêpres siciliennes. It restores the poetic and musical text of the first performance, which took place at the Théâtre de l?Académie Impériale de Musique in Paris on 13 June 1855. What is presented here is the reduction for voice and piano. / Date parution : 2021-12-09/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

'Les vêpres siciliennes' (The Sicilian Vespers) was first performed at the Académie Impériale de Musique in Paris on June 13 1855 to great critical acclaim. However in travelling to then-conservative Italy it got Verdi intotrouble with the censors for its tale of rebellions and tyrants. The plot had to be changed and a happy ending was inserted in Naples and Palermo! This version of the libretto by Eugene Scribe is in Italian and English (thetranslation being by William Weaver).

a cura di Danilo Rossi. Par . A collection of the most important solo and ensemble excerpts for viola edited by Danilo Rossi, first viola soloist of the Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala in Milan for over 35 years. The aim of the edition is to make a significant educational, as well as professional, contribution to orchestra work. / Date parution : 2024-01-06/ Recueil / Alto

Volume 2 of the Cellissimo series contains 25 popular original pieces for cello and piano from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras and is a real treasure trove for advanced pupils, students, teachers and cello lovers.The cello literature comprises a lot of major standard works for lessons, concerts and competitions. Apart from classics by Vivaldi, Bréval, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Faurè, or Saint-Saëns, the volume also contains several lesser known pieces, e.g. by August Nölck (1862-1928) and Georg Goltermann (1824-1898).The pieces are of medium technical difficulty which corresponds to grade 3-4 or grade 5-8 of the international examination system. Some pieces can be played in the 2nd to 7th position, while several works require putting the thumb under. All selected works are particularly suitable for the development of sound, vibrato, differentiated bowing technique, as well as the performer's personal interpretation and musical presentation.Some of the pieces come with a basso part (violoncello 2) which is available for download free of charge.Other editions:Volume 1: Arietta. 40 easy original pieces for violoncello and piano (Schott, ED 22353) / Violoncelle Et Piano