Caro Nome (from Rigoletto)

The New Essential Companion. Henrik Wiese, the internationally renowned orchestral and solo flautist, has spent four years compiling what promises to be the definitive guide to audition repertoire for students preparing for a seat in a professional orchestra. He has worked with his own students in Salzburg as they engaged in auditions, as well as with other professional players and his teaching colleagues at the conservatorium. He sourced repertoire lists from job advertisements past and present and referred to other audition lists such as those of Baxtresser and Wye. Considerable research has gone into the differences between existing editions of the chosen pieces even, surprisingly, from twentieth century composers such as Prokofiev and Stravinsky. 'The Flute Audition” then looks at practical matters such as page turns and metronome markings. Wiese comments, for example, that Hindemith's own recording takes a passage from 'Symphonic Metamorphoses” markedly slower than in the score. The result of all this painstaking research is the most comprehensive collection of international audition pieces yet published in a single volume. 'This is an excellent collection of orchestral excerpts for the next generation of young musicians. You can use it to prepare for auditions anywhere in the world. Whether it's for an opera house, symphony or chamber orchestra, everything you need is here.'/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

A unique CD and matching folio specially developed for female singers auditioning for shows, revues and bands. The CD gives you full professional backing tracks, each recorded in the most appropriate key for the female voice. The music book features each song in Voice and Piano arrangements that are accessible for you or your accompanist. This broad collection offers 10 popular classical favourites from German Lieder to Italian Arias, ranging from the easily accessible to more the challenging. The CD features a mixture of orchestral backing tracks and live Steinway accompaniments, making this the ideal choice for both rehearsal and for the all-important audition performance. You are sure to impress with this winning combination of classical sophistication and popular familiarity!