SKU: GI.WLG163
UPC: 785147009061.
Rachmaninoff's Vocalise was originally written for high voice and piano, containing no words. This lovely setting by Tanner Wilemon was written for the Kellar High School Chanteurs for their performance at the 2017 National ACDA conference in honor of all people impacted by Alzheimer's disease. Lynne Gackle Choral Series.
SKU: HL.48025127
ISBN 9781784547615. UPC: 196288082026. 7.25x10.25x0.033 inches.
International choral director Stephen Jackson brings his vast experience working with the BBC Symphony Chorus, conductors Boulez, Haitink and Rattle, and composers Tippett, Berio and Adams, to bear in creating this close harmony arrangement of Rachmaninoff's evergreen Vocalise. First published in 2004, this re-issue reduces the pagination and retail price, to the benefit of choirs everywhere.
SKU: BT.EMBZ12001
Vocalise, for soprano (or tenor) voice with piano accompaniment, came into being in 1910 as the final piece in Rachmaninov's Op. 34 song series. Most of the songs were tailored to suit the personalities of various outstanding Russian singers (including Chaliapin), and dedicated to them. An interesting feature of Vocalise, which was written for the soprano Antonina Nezhdanova, is that, as its title indicates, the vocal solo has no text: the performer can sing it through on any one vowel of her choice. This song became one of the composer's most popular pieces, and countless arrangements have been made of it (for orchestra, for various chamber ensembles, for violin, for cello,for almost every kind of brass instrument, for clarinet, for guitar, for harmonica, even for cello orchestra!). One of the most successful transcriptions for solo piano, first published in 1981, is the work of the world-famous Hungarian concert pianist, conductor and composer, Zoltán Kocsis.
