50 Arrangements-These original transcriptions of fifty popular opera melodies for solo Piano constitute about half of the current performance repertoire. From A da to Turandot and more the collection includes contributions from nearly all ofthe major composers. Individual introductions offer a brief synopsis of the source opera and archival images place each piece within its larger context.Suitable for intermediate-level pianists selections include piecesfrom Amahl and the Night Visitors The Barber of Seville The Bartered Bride Carmen Cavalleria Rusticana Die Fledermaus Der Rosenkavalier Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Don Giovanni Eugene Onegin Faust Hansel andGretel I Pagliacci I Puritani Il Trovatore La Bohème L'Africaine Lakmé La Traviata Lohengrin Lucia di Lammermoor Madama Butterfly The Magic Flute Martha Prince Igor Rinaldo Samson et Dalila Tales of Hoffmann Tannhäuser Tha s Tosca Tristan und Isolde and more.

Level 3A-3B-Contents include: Blue Danube Waltz by J. Strauss Jr.; Overture to The Barber of Seville by Rossini; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (from the ballet The Nutcracker) by Tchaikovsky Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart; In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt Suite) by Grieg; Light Cavalry Overture by Suppé; Musetta?s Song (from the opera La Bohème); Theme from Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev; Pomp and Circumstance by Elgar; Theme from Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov; Theme from The ?Unfinished? Symphony by Schubert; Waltz by Brahms.

Sympathetic arrangements with optional practice backing tracks and performances on the accompanying CD. All highly playable. Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville.

Lower Intermediate to Intermediate-103 arrangements of must-know classical standards by 41 composers at the lower intermediate to intermediate level. BACH: Air on the G String · Arioso · Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring · Sheep May Safely Graze · Sleepers Awake BEETHOVEN: Theme from Symphony No. 5 · Theme from Symphony No. 6 · Theme from Symphony No. 7 · Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9 BIZET: Themes from Carmen · Farandole from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2 BOCCHERINI: Minuet from String Quintet BORODIN: Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance · Lullaby · Theme from Symphony No. 1 · Theme from Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's March) DVORÁK: Themes from Symphony No. 9 ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations · Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 FAUR??: Pavane · Pie Jesu · Sicilienne GOUNOD: Ave Maria adapted from Prelude in C Major by JS Bach GRIEG: Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite · Morning from Peer Gynt Suite · Solveig's Song from Peer Gynt Suite · Theme from Piano Concerto HANDEL: Harmonious Blacksmith · Bourrée from Music for the Royal Fireworks · Largo (Ombra mai fu) from Serse · Where'er You Walk from Semele · Hornpipe from Water Music HOLST: Jupiter Chorale from The Planets HUMPERDINCK: Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel MAHLER: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream MOZART: Theme from Clarinet Concerto · Minuet from Don Giovanni · Allegro from Eine kleine Nachtmusik · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 20 · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 21 · Theme from Symphony No. 40 MUSSORGSKY: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition OFFENBACH: Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld · Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann PACHELBEL: Canon in D PAGANINI: Caprice No. 24 from 24 Caprices PARRY: Jerusalem PONCHIELLI: The Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi · Themes from Madama Butterfly PURCELL: Rondeau from Abdelazar ROSAS: Over the Waves ROSSINI: Themes from The Barber of Seville · Theme from William Tell SCHUBERT: Ave Maria · Serenade · Theme from Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) · Theme from Symphony No. 9 · To Music · The Trout · SEMTANA: The Moldau from My Homeland SOUSA: The Liberty Bell · The Stars and Stripes Forever · The Washington Post STRAUSS I: Radetzky March STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltz · On the Beautiful Blue Danube · Tales from the Vienna Woods · Tritsch-Tratsch Polka · Viennese Blood · Wine Women and Song TCHAIKOVSKY: Themes from 1812 Overture · Marche slave · Dance of the Reed Flutes from The Nutcracker · Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker · Theme from Piano Concerto No. 1 · Theme from Romeo and Juliet Theme from Swan Lake · Theme from Symphony No. 5 · Theme from Symphony No.6 VERDI: Grand March · La donn

Ce volume contient une large sélection de célèbres thèmes musicaux de Bach à Carl Orff. Certains d'entre eux ont été écrites pour le piano - la plupart ont eu leurs scores soigneusement arrangés pour les rendre facile à jouer au piano. Chaque pièce est suivie avec un / Piano