Favorite Classical Themes - Book 1 is the first book of a series for Soprano Recorder. It features twenty famous themes regrouped and arranged for the instrument by Rose-Marie Janzen. Using a range not too high this book can be used by any young player or teacher and features tunes more or less difficult that correspond to different level of difficulty. It includes: 1. Te Deum extract by Marc-Antoine Charpentier 2. Les Saisons “Printemps” (Spring) by Antonio Vivaldi 3. Tambourin extract by Jean-Philippe Rameau 4. L’harmonieuxforgeron theme and variation by George-Frédéric Handel 5. Passion selon Saint Matthieu choral by J. S. Bach 6. ”Jesus que ma joie demeure” ritournelle by J. S. Bach 7. Quatuor “L’empereur” theme of the 2nd movement by Joseph Haydn 8. Une petite musique de nuit minuet theme by Mozart 9. La chasse du jeune Henri extract by E. N. Mehul 10. Concerto de Violon Rondo theme by Beethoven 11. Neuvième Symphonie Hymne à la joie by Beethoven 12. La truite by Schubert 13. Marche Nuptiale extract by Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 14. Le gai laboureur by Schumann 15. Faust “Paresseuse fille…” by Charles Gounod 16. Berceuse by Johannes Brahms 17. L’Arlesienne “Marche des Rois” by Georges Bizet 18. Carmen “Avec la garde montante” by Georges Bizet 19. Symphonie “du nouveau monde” Largo theme by Antonin Dvorak 20. Le lac des cygnes Lake theme by Tchaïkovsky