Italian culture infects many art forms and perhaps none more so than music. In this album, David Brooker has arranged, for violin and piano, eleven well-known pieces that simply shout “ITALY” at you! “Italian Classics” includes the unforgettable “O Sole Mio”, “La Donna è Mobile”, “Funiculi, Funicula” and Verdi’s “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves”.
For intermediate players, “Italian Classics” should complement your repertoire collection just as a glass of Soave accompanies Pasta alla Carbonara. And for antipasto, try Brooker’s “Classical Favourites from Russia” for two violins.

• Discover the most popular Italian folk songs and opera classics as well as Giorgio Contes ‘Gné Gné’
• Rewarding arrangements for intermediate-level players and beyond (3–6*)
• Straightforward accompaniments support the soloist
• Ideal pieces for performing, expanding the repertoire and playing just for fun

• Arranger: David Brooker
• Table of contents:
• Conte Giorgio: Gné Gné
  Capua Eduardo di: 'O sole mio
  Trad. Italian: Santa Lucia
  Verdi Giuseppe: La donna è mobile aus der Oper „Rigoletto“
  Trad. Italian: Tarantella Neapolitana
  Curtis Ernesto de: Torna e Surriento
  Rossini Gioachino: Galopp aus der Ouverture der Oper „Wilhelm Tell“
  Verdi Giuseppe: Chor der Gefangenen aus der Oper „Nabucco“
  Trad. Italian: Funiculi, Funicula
  Bellini Vincenzo: Romanza – Una furtiva lagrima aus der Oper „L'Elisir d'amore“
  Trad. Italian: Vieni sul mar