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• Fantasy on two themes from Samson et Dalila / Camille Saint-Saëns ; arranged Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Randy Kerber (6:55)
• Ramble on the last love duet in Der Rosenkavalier / Richard Strauss ; arranged Percy Grainger (7:27)
• O mio babbino caro : Lauretta's aria : from Gianni Schicchi / Giacomo Puccini ; arranged Yvar Mikhashoff (2:53)
• Glück, das mir verblieb : Marietta's song : from Die tote Stadt / Erich Wolfgang Korngold ; arranged Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Randy Kerber (6:06)
• Soirée de Vienne : concert paraphrase on waltz themes by Johann Strauss (from Die Fledermaus and other works) / Johann Strauss II ; arranged Alfred Grünfeld (5:40)
• Vissi d'arte : from Tosca / Giacomo Puccini ; arranged Yvar Mikhashoff (3:25)
• Casta diva : from Norma / Vincenzo Bellini ; arranged Yvar Mikhashoff (6:58)
• Mélodie : from Dance of the blessed spirits : in Orphée et Eurydice / Christoph Willibald Gluck ; arranged Giovanni Sgambati (3:25)
• Portrait of Madame Butterfly : an operatic sonata-fantasy on themes of Puccini in four parts / Giacomo Puccini ; arranged Yvar Mikhashoff (12:18)
• The ride of the Valkyries : from Die Walküre / Richard Wagner ; arranged Louis Brassin (5:05).

Contributors:

Thibaudet, Jean-Yves, 1961- , performer, arranger of music

Kerber, Randy , arranger of music

Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961

Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957

Grünfeld, Alfred

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835

Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787

Mikhashoff, Yvar, 1941-1993

Brassin, Louis, 1840-1884

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Accompanying materials: English

Included Works:

Fantasy on two themes from Samson et Dalila [by Thibaudet, J.Y.]

Free settings of favourite melodies [by Grainger, P.] > Ramble on love

Trittico [by Puccini, G.] > Gianni Schicchi > O mio babbino caro (arranged)

Tote Stadt [by Korngold, E.W.] > Glück, das mir verblieb (arranged)

Soirée de Vienne [by Grünfeld, A.]

Tosca [by Puccini, G.] > Vissi d'arte (arranged)

Norma [by Bellini, V.] > Casta diva (arranged)

Orphée et Eurydice [by Gluck, C.W.] > Ballet des ombres heureuses > Même mouvement (arranged)

Portrait of Madame Butterfly [by Mikhashoff, Y.]

Aus Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen [by Brassin, L.] > Ritt der Walküren

Subjects:

Piano music, Arranged

Operas — Excerpts, Arranged

Operas

Genres:

Operas

Excerpts

Arrangements (Music)

Excerpts, Arranged

Performers:

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano.

Performance Medium:

1 performer: piano
1 performer: piano

General Notes:

Recorded at Reitstadl, Neumarkt, Germany, 2006 June 24-28.
Program notes by Rodney L. Mobley (12 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Title from disc label.
From the collection of Joe Morris.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 028947576686
Global Trade Identification Number 14: 00028947576686
Publisher Number, Decca: B0008431-02

OCLC Numbers:

85456268