Description
Oxford Choral Classics: Opera Choruses is a collection of 35 of the best-known opera choruses brought together for the first time in a single volume. The book opens a whole new repertory for choirs and choral societies of all descriptions. This music has not been readily available until now, a collection that covers a range of periods and styles which will prove to be a big hit with both singers and their audiences. The pieces included range from Purcell to Puccinni and Mozart to Mascagni!
Contents:
- Anvil Chorus (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Bell Chorus (I Pagliacci) [Leoncavallo, Ruggiero]
- Bridal March (Lohengrin) [Wagner, Richard]
- Brindisi (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Chorus Of Enchanted Islanders (Alcina) [Handel, George Frideric]
- Chorus Of Peasant Girls (Eugene Onegin) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
- Chorus Of Scottish Refugees (Macbeth) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Chorus Of Wedding Guests (Lucia Di Lammermoor) [Donizetti, Gaetano]
- Coronation Scene (Boris Godunov) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
- Dido’s Lament, And Final Chorus (Dido And Aeneas) [Purcell, Henry]
- Easter Hymn (Cavalleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro]
- Habanera (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
- Humming Chorus (Madama Butterfly) [Puccini, Giacomo]
- Huntsmen’s Chorus (Der Freischutz) [Weber, Carl Maria Von]
- March Of The Toreadors (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]
- Matadors’ Chorus (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhauser) [Wagner, Richard]
- Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) [Borodin, Alexander]
- Prayer (Moise) [Rossini, Gioachino]
- Priests’ Chorus (Die Zauberflote) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- Prisoners’ Chorus (Fidelio) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
- Procession And Chorale (Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg) [Wagner, Richard]
- Procession Of The Nobles (Mlada) [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai]
- Rataplan (La Forza Del Destino) [Verdi, Guiseppe]
- Roman Carnival (Benvenuto Cellini) [Berlioz, Hector]
- Sailors’ Chorus (Der Fliegende Hollander) [Wagner, Richard]
- Soldiers’ Chorus (Faust) [Gounod, Charles]
- Soldiers’ Chorus (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Spinning Chorus (Der Fliegende Hollander) [Wagner, Richard]
- Triumphal Scene (Aida) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
- Villagers’ Chorus (Guillaume Tell) [Rossini, Gioachino]
- Voyagers’ Chorus (Idomeneo) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
- Waltz Scene (Eugene Onegin) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
- Witches’ Chorus (Macbeth) [Verdi, Giuseppe]
