Carmen (Simm)(2P4H) Review

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(More customer reviews)Bizet's CARMEN OVERTURE is well known and frequently used in the occasion that a champion comes out.In my opinion,Carmen is a champion,a champion of love,a champion of freedom.Mérimée,the author of CARMEM,describes Carmen as a sparkish and abandoned woman,searching for true love and sticking to freedom.In this book, Mérimée narrates how he ran across Don Jose' and the whole story between Don Jose' and Carmen.Don Jose',a soldier,falls in love with Carmen,a prisoner who kills a woman worker,when he is on his way to send her to prison.He gives her reins in spite of being punished.He becomes a bandit and killer so as to stay with her and please her.He kills her eventually for preventing her from loving someone else.It is a tragic ending.And I am deeply shocked.But if not for the death of Carmen,her spirit of chasing freedom can't be that striking.
There are two plots that make me consider a lot:
1.FOR OBTAINING CARMEN,DON JOSE' KILLS A SUBALTERN.
He was injured,and Carmen took good care of him until he recovered.I am moved for it.Someone may say Carmen has many lovers,and her love to Don Jose' is not true love.But I can't agree with it.From this part,we can see clearly that her love is of ligeance.Why she risked her life to save Don Jose',just for exploiting him sometime?Absolutely not.Don't forget Carmen can let any man do anything.Don Jose' is puny,but her love is significant.It can be confirmed in the latter part.When they were attacked by the army,Don Jose' was unfortunately shot,and Carmen looked after him patiently and attentively,without sleeping.She did love him with every beat of her heart.It must be noticed that only one time Carmen's crying was mentioned and this was the first time Don Jose' had seen her weep.Carmen stole Mérimée's watch but failed to get his ring for the prevention of Don Jose'.And then they quarrelled.Don Jose' beat her.A woman who is beat will cry,but a woman who cries is not certainly beat.Personaly I think Carmen cried for love,not for the beat.
2.FOR OCCUPYING CARMEN,DON JOSE' KILLS HER.
Here,the story comes to climax.Even when Don Jose' took out a knife to threaten her,Carmen did not quail a bit.she took off the ring he had given to her and threw it into the jungle.Finally,he thrust into her heart...She died for her freedom,and her freedom survived.I don't think one should give up freedom in order to love someone.Carmen is a classic example.She prefers being killed to staying with Don Jose'.Her love is for freedom,and her freedom is for love.She will love whom gives her freedom.Free love is unselfish.Don Jose' can't give her free love,and longs to occupy her on his own,so he is doomed to fail.
So,do remember that Real Love is a rational emotion!

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Carmen is a multi-movement work, and this arrangement provides all the lustre from the original orchestral score equally shared by the two pianists, creating a most exciting performance piece. Movements may be performed separately, thus making it a bit more simple to learn, or it may be performed in its entirety. Sure to be a big hit with two-piano teams.

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Salome in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a full orchestral score of this innovative opera, with which Richard Strauss shocked the opera world and surprised the avantgarde music scene in 1905.
Even after almost a century, the provocative and wildlyexciting music sounds as voluptuous, as colourful and as ruthless as hardlyany other opera written since.
Like with other publications by Dover,the printing is excellent. This is a copy of the first edition from 1905,which explains why it is so cheap. Other available editions of this scoreare either at a smaller size, or four times more expensive.

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A striking display of atmospheric color brought about by instrumental means, Salome was Strauss' first great operatic success, and now ranks among the basic works of 20th-century music-drama. This large-sized edition is nothing if not definitive-it reprints Strauss' own copy, signed by his publisher and doubtless the one Strauss used on the podium.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Vocal Selections Review

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(More customer reviews)It is hard to get a copy of The Mystery of Edwin Drood (TMOED).Really hard.Especially one that isnt ridiculously expensive.I searched for many years, and ended up paying $50 dollars for a copy.So if you see one cheap, GET IT!

TMOED is an interactive musical in which the audience finishes off the play by voting the ending.This came about since it was a Charles Dickens who-dunnit, and the author died before we learned who, precisely, dunnit.The plot is rather vague, introducing characters left and right with a convoluted story-line.But if you are looking to buy this CD, that is irrevelant.

Thats right.I am here to sell you the music.And the music is worth it.With about a billion songs on the CD, a few are fillers that are just sort of pleasant to listen to.But there are a few songs that make the CD extraordinary rather than the mundane.The reason why I bought the CD was because I had had one of the songs stuck in my head for about a year.Two Kinsman is a remarkable piece, and would be reason enough for purchasing the 25ish songs.The melodies are fresh, but the harmonies are what strike the listener as being new and bold.Other noteworthy tracks include Wages of Sin, Never the Luck, Dont Quite While Youre Ahead, and the rousing finale The Writing on the Wall.The recording is even generous, by providing most of the songs of the outcomes that the audience can vote for.So they dont just give us one ending.With an all star cast that is often forgetten, including Betty Buckly, Donna Murphy, and Cleo Laine, you cannot go wrong in buying this really wonderful recording of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

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This Charles Dickens novel was adapted for Broadway by Rupert Holmes in 1986, and went on to win 5 Tony Awards. 12 selections: There You Are * A Man Could Go Quite Mad * Two Kinsmen * Moonfall * The Wages of Sin * Both Sides of the Coin * Perfect Strangers * Never the Luck * Off to the Races * Don't Quit While You're Ahead * The Garden Path to Hell * The Writing on the Wall.

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Jane Austen's World: Evocative Music from the Classic Feature Films Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Emma, and Persuasion - For Piano Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book and several others that have not arrived yet. It is a lovely book and I'm so happy to have it in my collection. It includes:
From EMMA by Rachel Portman:
Frank Churchill Arrives
End Titles

From SENSE & SENSIBILITY by Patrick Doyle
My Father's Favorite
Devonshire
ALl the Better for Her
Excellent Notion
The Dreame

From PRIDE & PREJUDICE by Carl Davis
Theme
Canon Collins
The Gardiners
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From PERSUASION by Jeremy Sams
Theme
Tristesse
Italian Aria

I purchased this book without really knowing which music was included, but I definitely wanted the Sense & Sensibility pieces.I really enjoy all of them, especially the pieces from Persuasion.Funny, but that soundtrack never stood out to me when I watched this film. I really wouldn't have thought those pieces would be my favorite. Italian Aria, though, is gorgeous and, though simple, even my 11 year old son came over to the piano when I was playing and exclaimed how pretty the music was!The pieces range from cheerful and upbeat to haunting and sad.Additionally, some sound as if they were written during the baroque period, and some sound as if they were written during the Romantic period. A real variety of music is presented here.

I am thoroughly enjoying this book. The transcriptions are really for beginners to intermediate level players.The easier pieces, though, are not "EASY PIANO". It's just easier because the tempo is simple and there are only a couple of sharps or flats at one time.There is nothing too difficult here, but they still sound wonderful.

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Evocative music from the classic feature films "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility," "Emma" and "Persuasion" arranged by Richard Harris for piano solo.

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Pride & Prejudice - Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack - Piano Solo Songbook Review

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(More customer reviews)If you enjoy the music fom Pride & Prejudice you will love this piano book!!! If you, a friend, a family, etc. is not advanced in piano playing I would advise you to wait on getting this book, but if not... go for it! The songs are:
1. "Dawn" with occasional sharps, naturals, and flats.
2. "Stars and Butterflies" with mostly sharps
3. "The Living Sculputures of Pemberly" with two flats
4. "Meryton Hall" one sharp
5. "Georgiana" three sharps
6. "Arrival at Netherfield" occasional sharps and naturals
7. "Liz on top of the World" two flats
8. "Leaving Netherfield" two flats
9. "Another Dance" two flats
10. "The Secret Life of Daydreams" two flats
11. "Darcy's Letter" three flats
12. "Mrs. Darcy" occasional flats, sharps, and naturals

Overall, this book is positively miraculous in everyway! I hope you will enjoy if you get it! Thank you.

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12 piano pieces from the 2006 Oscar-nominated film, including: Another DanceDarcy's LetterGeorgianaLeaving NetherfieldLiz on Top of the WorldMeryton TownhallThe Secret Life of DaydreamsStars and Butterfliesand more.

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