Instrumentation : 1-2 soprano recorders Version : edition with CD Description : Hasn't every recorder player dreamed of playing the most celebrated classical melodies as a soloist? Here you will find the finest pieces in arrangements for one or two descant recorders, with a CD to play along with. On a musical journey of discovery you will encounter many famous compositions, from Eine kleine Nachtmusik and Beethoven's Ode to Joy to the Birdcatcher's song from the Magic Flute and La donna è mobile from Verdi's Rigoletto. So that you can really enjoy making music the arrangements have been recorded in two versions on the CD: with and without recorders. Contenu : A. Vivaldi: Spring (The Four Seasons) - W.A. Mozart: The Birdcather's song (The Magic Flute) - J.S. Bach: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (St. Matthew Passion) - W.A. Mozart: Das klinget so herrlich (The Magic Flute) - J. Brahms: Cradle Song Guten Abend, gut Nacht - M.A. Charpentier: Prélude from Te Deum - J. Haydn: Andante from the Symphony No. 94 The Surprise - L.v. Beethoven: Ode to Joy (9. Sinfonie) - C.M.v. Weber: Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz (Der Freischütz) - G. Verdi: La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) - J. Haydn: Imperial anthem (Emperor Quartet) - G.F. Händel: Ombra mai fù (Largo from Xerxes) - B. Smetana: The Moldau (My Homeland) - G. Bizet: Toréador, en garde! (Carmen) - J. Offenbach: Barcarole (Tales of Hoffmann) - G. Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Sevilla - R. Wagner: Wedding Chorus Treulich geführt (Lohengrin) - G. Verdi: Gefangenenchor Va, pensiero (Nabucco) - W.A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik - P.I. Tschaikowsky: Main theme (Schwanensee) - J. Offenbach: Cancan (Orpheus in the Underworld) Date de parution : 17/02/2003 Nombre de pages : 24 Langue : English Format : Parisien portrait

These three Suites are taken from Purcell's Suites For Clavecin and have been arranged for Soprano and Alto Recorder duet by Ernest Leeuwenburgh.