The Fiddler of the Opera: Virtuoso Opera Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

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1The Barber of Seville: Paraphrase on “Largo al factotum”
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
recording of:
Figaro (for violin and piano)
composer:
Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco (composer)
is based on:
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Atto I, N°2. Cavatina “Largo al factotum” (Figaro) (Arie des Figaro)
Gioachino Rossini4:43
2The Magic Flute: Fantaisie
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Fantaisie sur La Flûte enchantée de Mozart Op. 54 (for violin and piano)
composer:
Pablo de Sarasate (violinist and composer)
is based on:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart11:48
3Orphée et Euridice: Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits)
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) (for violin and piano, arr. Kreisler)
composer:
Christoph Willibald Gluck (composer) (in 1774)
piano and violin arranger:
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer) (in 1913)
arrangement of:
Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Ballet in D minor “Dance of the Blessed Spirits” (Italian version)
Christoph Willibald Gluck2:49
4Tancredi: I palpiti
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
I palpiti, op. 13 (for violin and piano, Kreisler)
composer:
Niccolò Paganini (composer and violinist)
arranger:
Fritz Kreisler (violinist / composer)
arrangement of:
I Palpiti, op. 13, MS 77 (for violin and orchestra)
Gioachino Rossini9:40
5The Love for Three Oranges: March
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
March from The Love for Three Oranges (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Russian composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
arrangement of:
Suite from “Love for Three Oranges”, op. 33A: III. Marche (original for orchestra)
Sergei Prokofiev1:29
6Der Rosenkavalier: Waltzes
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier" (for violin and piano, Příhoda)
composer:
Richard Strauss (German composer)
arranger:
Váša Příhoda
Richard Strauss7:29
7Porgy and Bess: “Summertime”
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Summertime (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
arrangement of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
George Gershwin3:31
8Porgy and Bess: “My Man's Gone Now”
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: My Man's Gone Now (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
arrangement of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”
George Gershwin3:48
9Porgy and Bess: “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Bess, You Is My Woman Now (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
arrangement of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene I. “Bess, You Is My Woman Now”
George Gershwin3:47
10Porgy and Bess: “It Ain't Necessarily So”
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: It Ain’t Necessarily So (for piano and violin, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
arrangement of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene II. “It ain’t necessarily so”
George Gershwin2:26
11Porgy and Bess: Tempo di Blues
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Porgy and Bess: Tempo di Blues (for violin and piano, arr. Heifetz)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
piano and violin arranger:
Jascha Heifetz (violinist)
arrangement of:
Porgy and Bess: Act III, Scene II. “There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ Soon for New York”
George Gershwin2:51
12Sadko: Hindoo Song (Song of India)
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Hindu Song from Sadko (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Russian composer)
arrangement of:
Sadko: Scene IV. Song of the Indian Guest
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov2:46
13Carmen: Fantaisie brillante
piano:
Akira Eguchi (pianist)
violin:
Gil Shaham (violinist)
recording of:
Carmen Fantaisie brillante (for violin and piano)
composer:
Jenő Hubay
is based on:
Carmen, WD 31 (opera by Georges Bizet)
Georges Bizet8:52