Operatic Album

SKU: BT.EMBZ20004A

English-German-Hungarian.

Supplementary Volume 16 of the New Liszt Edition contains free arrangements and technical exercises. In the first section can be found early versions of three arrangements. The first consists of the first and intermediary versions of a transcription of Die Rose, a song Schubert composed to a poem by Schlegel. The arrangement of the second movement of Berlioz's Harold Symphony also draws on literary inspiration: Lord Byron's (1788-1824) narrative poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812-18) was a literary experience Liszt shared with Berlioz. The fantasy on themes from Bellini's opera La sonnambula [The Sleepwalker] (here the first version of 1842, and the second version dating from the following decade are given) is important in music history because it was while he worked on this (and other operatic fantasies) that Liszt developed a new concept of the form, which took shape in more complex and more concentrated fantasies than before. Particularly interesting material can be found in the appendix. In addition to sketches and drafts for arrangements of Spanish themes, there are three sources published here for the first time, which shed light on technical aspects of Liszt's piano teaching. These are three sets of exercises: the first written by Liszt himself for Valérie Boissier in 1832; the second a copy in an unidentified hand from the same period or slightly later; and finally the third which was noted down in 1871 by Henri Maréchal in Rome based on the composer's dictation. This latest volume of the New Liszt Edition includes a detailed preface in German, English, and Hungarian containing new research findings, together with five manuscript facsimiles and critical notes. Simultaneously with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a practical paperback version has been published, the contents of which are identical to those of the hardcover edition, minus the inclusion of critical notes.

SKU: BT.DHP-1074237-140

9x12 inches.

Bohemian Rhapsody was a massive worldwide hit for the pop groupQueen. It topped the charts in 1975 and again in 1991 and 1992. The song is somewhat unusual for a pop hit as it is in the style of a rock opera and pushed the boundaries of both pop music and promotional music video. This arrangement for concert band retains all the operatic gymnastics of the original and will be an extremely popular item at any concert!

Bohemian Rhapsody, het klassieke popnummer van de Engelse groep Queen, gooit altijd hoge ogen in de strijd om de hoogste notering in hitlijsten aller tijden. In deze schitterende rapsodie worden pop, rock en opera-achtige elementengecombineerd. De arrangeur Masamicz Amano schreef een overtuigende bewerking voor harmonieorkest.

Der Titel Bohemian Rhapsody, mit dem die Gruppe Queen 1975 und noch einmal 1991 und 1992 in vielen Ländern auf den ersten Platz der Charts schoss, sprengte besonders in stilistischer Hinsicht die Grenzen der damaligen - und heutigen - Pop- und Rockmusik mit Elementen aus der Oper bis hin zum Hard Rock. Auch in der Blasorchesterbearbeitung von Masamicz Amano ist die Bohemian Rhapsody sehr überzeugend!

Sorti le 31 octobre 1975, Bohemian Rhapsody va propulser le groupe Queen au sommet des hit-parades anglais pendant deux mois et révéler au monde entier les textes et la voix uniques de Freddie Mercury, le chanteur, qui transforme chaque concert en un véritable show médiatique.

Bohemian Rhapsody è una delle canzoni più famose della Band britannica Queen e della musica rock in generale. Scritta da Freddie Mercury, quando fu estratta come primo singolo dall’album A Night at the Opera il 31 ottobre 1975, Bohemian Rhapsody ottenne subito un enorme successo commerciale. La canzone rimane il terzo singolo più venduto di sempre nel Regno Unito.