Description
Book/CD 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 for intermediate 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 well as piano accompaniments for practice. Includes arias from:
La Boheme
La Fanciulla Del West
Gianni Schicchi
Madama Butterfly
Manon Lescaut
Suor Angelica
Tosca
and Turandot.
The Three Tenors’ theme song Nessun dorma is also in the collection.