The Children's and Female Choruses were composed in a single burst of creative activity at the zenith of Bartók's career, in the summer of 1935, between such masterpieces as the String Quartet #5 and the Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. These short choral pieces are based on folk texts that Bartók further polished and stylized. The music, however, is wholly the composer's own, although it frequently includes motifs, rhythmic formulas and line structures reminiscent of Hungarian folk songs. Both editions contain nine of the two-part pieces of the set, transcribed idiomatically but faithfully for descant and treble recorders, respectively. / 2 Flûtes A Bec Soprano

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