Favorite Classical Themes - 1

Favorite Classical Themes - Book 1 is the first book of a series for Soprano Recorder. It features twenty famous themes, regrouped and arranged for the instrument by Rose-Marie Janzen.

Using a range not too high, this book can be used by any young player or teacher and features tunes more or less difficult that correspond to different level of difficulty.

It includes:
1. Te Deum, extract, by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
2. Les Saisons, “Printemps” (Spring), by Antonio Vivaldi
3. Tambourin, extract, by Jean-Philippe Rameau
4. L’harmonieuxforgeron, theme and variation, by George-Frédéric Handel
5. Passion selon Saint Matthieu, choral, by J. S. Bach
6. ”Jesus que ma joie demeure”, ritournelle, by J. S. Bach
7. Quatuor “L’empereur”, theme of the 2nd movement, by Joseph Haydn
8. Une petite musique de nuit, minuet theme, by Mozart
9. La chasse du jeune Henri, extract, by E. N. Mehul
10. Concerto de Violon, Rondo theme, by Beethoven
11. Neuvième Symphonie, Hymne à la joie, by Beethoven
12. La truite by Schubert
13. Marche Nuptiale, extract, by Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
14. Le gai laboureur by Schumann
15. Faust, “Paresseuse fille…”, by Charles Gounod
16. Berceuse by Johannes Brahms
17. L’Arlesienne, “Marche des Rois”, by Georges Bizet
18. Carmen, “Avec la garde montante”, by Georges Bizet
19. Symphonie “du nouveau monde”, Largo theme, by Antonin Dvorak
20. Le lac des cygnes, Lake theme, by Tchaïkovsky