Various: Italian Classics for violin and piano UE38027 Favourite Italian melodies - David Brooker's 'Italian Classics' for violin and piano contains intermediate arrangements of great Italian hits from the classics and folk music. Italian culture infects many art forms and perhaps none more so than music. In this album, David Brooker has arranged, for violin and piano, eleven well-known pieces that simply shout 'ITALY' at you! 'Italian Classics' includes the unforgettable 'O Sole Mio', 'La Donna è Mobile', 'Funiculi, Funicula' and Verdi's 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves'. For intermediate players, 'Italian Classics' should complement your repertoire collection just as a glass of Soave accompanies Pasta alla Carbonara. And for antipasto, try Brooker's 'Classical Favourites from Russia' for two violins. Discover the most popular Italian folk songs and opera classics as well as Giorgio Contes 'Gné Gné' Rewarding arrangements for intermediate-level players and beyond (3'6*) Straightforward accompaniments support the soloist Ideal pieces for performing, expanding the repertoire and playing just for fun Conte Giorgio: Gné Gné Capua Eduardo di: 'O sole mio Trad. Italian: Santa Lucia Verdi Giuseppe: La donna è mobile aus der Oper 'Rigoletto' Trad. Italian: Tarantella Neapolitana Curtis Ernesto de: Torna e Surriento Rossini Gioachino: Galopp aus der Ouverture der Oper 'Wilhelm Tell' Verdi Giuseppe: Chor der Gefangenen aus der Oper 'Nabucco' Trad. Italian: Funiculi, Funicula Bellini Vincenzo: Romanza ' Una furtiva lagrima aus der Oper 'L'Elisir d'amore' Trad. Italian: Vieni sul mar
