Par VILATTE J.. Nous avons essayé de donner une vue d'ensemble sur le canon en groupant des textes d'origine les plus diverses, depuis les canons (français ou étrangers) d'usage courant, le plus souvent populaires, jusqu'aux oeuvres d'auteurs classiques (50 auteurs cités, du XVe siècle jusqu'à Brahms, 167 textes musicaux reproduits) quelques extraits d'oeuvres religieuses ou profanes anciennes (Palestrina, Ockeghem...), terminent le recueil. / classique / Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Dramma lirico in quattro atti-Manon Lescaut is the fi rst volume of the series ?The operas of Giacomo Puccini? - Critical Edition - in collaboration with Archivio storico Ricordi and Fondazione Simonetta Puccini. It makes available the three main versions of the opera thathave survived in various sources: an 1893 version with the original Act I finale the fi rst version of Manon?s Act IV aria and the uncut version of the fi nal duet in Act IV; a ?midcareer? version imagined by Puccini in the fi rst decade of thenew century when he sanctioned the almost complete omission of Manon?s Act IV aria; and fi nally the last version that Puccini lived to approve with Manon?saria restored albeit with a revised literary text. The volume is introduced by a preface to the Puccini Critical Edition an historical introduction a detailed description of the opera?s many sources and a lengthy critical commentary whichdiscusses numerous problematic details in the musical text.

None But The Longing Heart (Often translated as None But The Lonely Heart) is a song for solo Voice with Piano accompaniment. Written in 1869 it is the last in a collection of six Romancesthat formed the composer's opus 6. The words were originally written in German by Goethe and translated into Russian by Lev Mey. The English words have been produced here by E. Teschemacher.Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) is one of the best-known Russian composers in the west. He was the first Russian composer to write in the European style generating criticism from his peers for abandoning the Russian culturalheritage but gathering acclaim across both Europe and America.

Chant et piano / Avec son Tra-La-La (Lopez, Francis) C'est Merveilleux (Monnot, Marguerite Theme de Borsalino (Bolling, Claude) Calling You (Telson, Bob) La Chanson de Lara (Jarre, Maurice) Can You Feel The Love Tonight (John, Elton) Chi Mai (Morricone, Ennio) La Complainte Des Infideles (Van Parys, Georges) La Danse De Zorba (Theodorakis, Mikis) Exodus (Gold, Ernest) Deux Petits Chaussons (Chaplin, Charlie) Les Enfants Du Piree (Hadjidakis, Manos) Ete 42 (Legrand, Michel) Gelsomina (Rota, Nino) Le Grisbi (Wiener, Jean) Il Etait Une Fois Dans L'Ouest (Morricone, Ennio) Jeux Interdits (Anonyme) Ignace (Dumas, Roger) Les Lavandieres Du Portugal (Popp, André) Maria (Bernstein, Leonard) New York, New York (Kander, John) Les Moulins De Mon Coeur (Legrand, Michel) Parle Plus Bas (Rota, Nino) Si Toi Aussi Tu M'Abandonnes (Tiomkin, Dimitri) Singin'In The Rain (Brown, Nacio Herb) The Entertainer (Joplin, Scott) Le Troisieme Homme (Karas, Anton) The Pink Panther (Mancini, Henry) Un Ano De Amor (Ferrer, Nino) Une Histoire D'Amour (Lai, Francis) / Facile (debutant)