SKU: HL.50012880
UPC: 073999165111. 8.0x12.0x0.35 inches.
Contents: Don Giovanni: Dalla sua pace la mia dipende * Il mio tesoro intanto - Le Nozze di Figaro: In quegli anni in cui val poco - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail: O wie angstlich, wie feuring * Wenn der Freude Tranen fliessen * Ich baue ganz auf deine Starke * Frisch zum Kampfe! - Cosi fan tutte: Un'aura amorosa * Ah! lo veggio, quell'anima bella - Die Zauberflote: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon - La Clemenza di Tito: Tu fosti tradito * Se all'impero, amici Dei - Idomeneo: Fuor del mar ho un mar in seno * Torna la pace al core * No, la morte io non pavento - Il Re Pastore: Si spande al sole in faccia * Se vincendo vi rendo felici * Voi che fausti ognor donate.
SKU: HL.49041675
ISBN 9783254080073. Italian - German.
'La folle journee ou La mariage de Figaro' is the title of a stage play by Pierre Augustin Caron, called Beaumarchais, which caused a sensation in Paris at the beginning of the 1780s. In this 'sequel' of 'The Barber of Seville', Beaumarchais zeroed in on numerous deplorable circumstances in absolutist France. Admittedly, Mozart's librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte could not adopt the subject matter for an opera that was to be performed at a house under the control of the Austrian Emperor with all its acerbity, but he managed to write a sparkling libretto which was crested by Mozart's incomparable music.Apart from the libretto, this edition contains introductory commentaries of Kurt Pahlen who also adds information on the compositional structure and context to the musical as well as external and internal dramatic action of the opera. A short synopsis and a brief outline of the genesis bring the work into relation with the composer's entire oeuvre and life, thus offering a comprehensive, richly illustrated introduction.
SKU: FP.FSS14
ISBN 979-0-57050-290-5.
The albums in Forsyth's Silhouette Series are widely acknowledged to provide as some of the finest piano arrangements of the works of the great composers available to the player of intermediate ability. These albums provide excellent teaching material, as well as superb recreational pieces for the adult player.