1 score (62 pages) : 31 cm + 1 CD 4 3/4 in 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording score
Notes:
24 excerpts from operas, arranged for piano CD published by Omnibus Media CD contains demonstration tracks Includes historical introduction by Jonathan Paxman Edited by Ruth Power Staff notation
Contents:
Art thou troubled (from Rodelinda) / Handel Au fond du temple saint (duet from The pearl fishers) / Bizet Barcarolle (from Tales of Hoffmann) / Offenbach Dance of the blessed spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice) / Gluck Entr'acte (from Rosamunde) / Schubert Flower duet (from Lakme)́ / Delibes Der Vogelfan̈ger bin ich ja (Birdcatcher's song from The magic flute) / Mozart Habanẽra: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (from Carmen) / Bizet Intermezzo (from Aleko) / Rachmaninoff La ́ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) / Mozart J'ai perdu mon Euridice (from Orfeo ed Euridice) / Gluck La donna e ̀mobile (from Rigoletto) / Verdi Largo (from Xerxes) / Handel Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) / Handel Med́itation (from Thais) / Massenet Minuet (from Don Giovanni) / Mozart Prince Gremin's aria (from Eugene Onegin) / Tchaikovsky Rondeau (from The fairy queen) / Purcell Soave sia il vento (from Cosi fan tutte) / Mozart The ride of the Valkyries (from Die Walkur̈e) / Wagner To the evening star (from Tannhaüser) / Wagner Valse lente (from Coppeĺia) / Delibes Voi che sapete (from The marriage of Figaro) / Mozart When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) / Purcell