Description

The anthology La donna è mobile serves as a sequel to the acclaimed best-seller Eine kleine Nachtmusik, which features classical music masterpieces (ED 20764). This newest installment in the Pianissimo series includes 50 of the most beloved opera melodies and popular favorites by composers such as Mozart, Rossini, Puccini, Verdi, and others. The arrangements crafted by Hans-Günter Heumann are designed to be accessible for performers while staying true to the original compositions. It is an invaluable resource for music education and enjoyable playing!

Songs / Content

• Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759): Lascia ch’io pianga aus Rinaldo
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787): Che farò senza Euridice from Orpheus and Eurydice
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): O, wie will ich triumphieren from The Abduction from the Seraglio
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Se vuol ballare, signor Contino from The Marriage of Figaro
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso from The Marriage of Figaro
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Voi, che sapete from The Marriage of Figaro
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from The Magic Flute
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791): Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen from The Magic Flute
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): O welche Lust from Fidelio
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826): Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen from The Marksman
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826): Was gleicht wohl auf Erden from The Marksman
• Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868): Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville
• Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868): Overture from William Tell
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848): Una furtiva lagrima from The Elixir of Love
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835): Casta Diva from Norma
• Albert Lortzing (1801–1851): Clog Dance from Tsar and Carpenter
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Steuermann, lass die Wacht! from The Flying Dutchman
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Song to the Evening Star from Tannhäuser
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein from The Master-Singers of Nuremberg
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Ride of the Valkyries from The Valkyrie
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Va, pensiero, sull‘ali dorate from Nabucco
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): La donna è mobile from Rigoletto
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Di quella pira from The Troubadour
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Libiamo ne’ lieti calici from La Traviata
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Noi siamo zingarelle from La Traviata
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Triumphal March from Aida
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): Celeste Aida from Aida
• Charles Gounod (1818–1893): Waltz from Faust / Margarethe
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880): Barcarole from The Tales of Hoffmann
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887): Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886): Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson and Delilah
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875): Habanera from Carmen
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875): Toréador, en garde from Carmen
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912): Aragonaise from Le Cid
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912): Méditation from Thaïs
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908): Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
• Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893): Ebben? Ne andrò lontana from La Wally
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921): Brüderchen, komm tanz mit mir from Hansel and Gretel
• Abends, will ich schlafen gehn from Hansel and Gretel
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857–1919): Vesti la giubba from The Clowns
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): In quelle trine morbide from Manon Lescaut
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): Quando m’en vo’ from La Bohème
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): Che gelida manina from La Bohème
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): E lucevan le stelle from Tosca
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): Vissi d’arte, vissi d’amore from Tosca
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): Un bel di, vedremo from Madame Butterfly
• Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945): Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana