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Transkription von Cyprien Katsaris. Par KATSARIS CYPRIEN. La Cumparsita, which means something like 'little street parade', is among the best-known tangos and melodies ever. The pianist and composer Cyprien Katsaris has transcribed the work by the Uruguayan tango master Rodriguez into a highly virtuoso piano piece. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Piano

Arie Des Belmonte Hier Soll Ich Dich Denn Sehen. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The Virtuoso Piano Transcription Series presents sophisticated piano transcriptions of well-known past and present works. The art of transcription and paraphrase, particularly established by Franz Liszt, is still a favourite form of piano music today. For this edition, in 2002, Cyprien Katsaris transcribed one of the most important arias from Die Entführung aus dem Serail by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. / Niveau : 4 / Répertoire / Piano

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 1908) was a prolific composer of orchestral works and many other forms of music including chamber works and art songs. He also wrote many operas excerpts from which are featured in this collection.Contents include the famous orchestral interlude The Flight Of The Bumblebee as well as the suite from The Tale Of Tsar Saltan. This fanciful opera was based on Alexander Pushkin's poem 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan of His Son the Renowned and Mighty Bogatyr Prince Gvidon Saltanovich and of the Beautiful Princess-Swan'. Additional selections include the suite fromanother work inspired by Pushkin's poetry The GoldenCockerel a controversial satire of the disastrous events of the tsarist regime. Nikolai Gogol's Evenings On A Farm Near Dikana served as a basis for Christmas Eve a tale of magical doings on Christmas Eve. The final piece is Dubinushka Op.62 a work rooted in a song the composer overheard protesters singing during the 1905 revolution. Musicians and music lovers will appreciate this inexpensive collection of works all reproduced from authoritative sources.

This gentle anthem is built around a warm hymn-like refrain which gives way first to a free-flowing and expressive section and then to a more sombre section. With a Latin text from Ruth 1 this affecting piece with highly-expressive harmony will serve well for weddings services and concerts.