Instrumental Play-Along. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. Who needs a singer? With Play Puccini, instrumentalists can bathe themselves in luxurious Italian melody! These ten opera arias are among the composer's most famous and distinctive achievements, here transcribed forintermediate level solo instrument and piano. The book includes a biography of Puccini, notes about the plot of each opera, and the dramatic context of the selected aria. The companion CD features excellent performances, as wellas piano accompaniments for practice. Includes arias from: La Bohème, La Fanciulla Del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca and Turandot . / Classique / Répertoire / Alto et Piano

The famous Golliwogg's Cakewalk is the final piece from Debussy's cycle Children's Corner which consists of 6 miniatures for piano, written for his daughter in the years 1906-1908.The style corresponds to that of ragtime, a dance which was in vogue around the turn of the century. In the middle section, he parodies several times the beginning of the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner with whom Debussy had a rather ambiguous relationship.The present arrangement now allows musicians to play the popular movement in a version for melodic instrument with accompaniment. / Alto Et Piano

'Faits saillants classique' présente les pièces les plus connues et les plus populaires performances du répertoire classique dans des arrangements pour alto et piano. La sélection complète des travaux permet au musicien d'accéder à des chefs-d'oeuvre classiques - de Haendel et Bach par Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann et Wagner à Fauré, Elgar, Debussy et Satie. Il y aura quelque chose pour tout altiste qui est à la recherche d'un travail classique populaire pour enseigner ou d'effectuer fins. / Alto Et Piano