Piano (Piano Solo)
SKU: HL.49047018
Based on motifs by
Georges Bizet for
Piano. Composed by
Vladimir Horowitz. Piano
Solo. Classical,
Transcription. Softcover.
20 pages. Duration 480
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23084. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49047018).
UPC:
842819103813.
9.0x12.0x0.083
inches.
Whilst
Horowitz toured across
Russia with violinist
Nathan Milstein, the two
regularly played Pablo de
Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy
op.25, for violin and
orchestra, based on the
opera by Bizet. Horowitz
was bored of the sparse
orchestral reduction and
started writing his own
transcription after
discovering Moritz
Moszkowski's arrangement
of the same piece for
solo piano. Thus emerged
Variations on a Theme
from Bizet's Carmen. The
transcription was made in
1926 and was regularly
played and further
developed by Horowitz
until 1978. Technically
challenging and written
in a virtuoso manner,
this edition is based on
a recording from 1947 and
is suitable for advanced
piano players.
