Aria - Softly Awakes My Heart (from Samson and Delilah)
SKU: MB.31129M
ISBN 9781513476896. 8.75X11.75 inches.
The name of this book is no exaggeration. It includes some of the most gorgeous music that the authors El McMeen and Sandy Shalk know. To make things even more interesting, none of the music was originally written for guitar.In addition to Celtic favorites, El includes his arrangements of two of the most beautiful arias in all of opera: Che Gelida Manina from Puccinis La Boheme and My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice ôMon Coeur Souvre ? ta Voixö from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint-Sa?ns. Sandys contributions range from Celtic to French love songs to Stephen Foster, manifesting Sandys gift for chordal subtleties and innovation.Each piece is in either standard tuning EADGBE or Drop D tuning DADGBE .Written in standard notation and tablature with computer generated audio files of each arrangement.
SKU: BA.BA08710-90
ISBN 9790006537891. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: French, German. Translation: Pohl, Richard. Text: Ferdinand Lemaire.
Saint-Saens' setting of the biblical story of Samson, a hero equipped with superhuman powers, and his seduction by the Philistine Dalila is considered his magnum opus for the musical stage. It stands alongside Gounod'sFaustand Bizet'sCarmenamong the most popular operas in the French repertoire.Lust, hate, frailty and religious war are the ingredients of the plot. Among other things, the sensual music includes Dalila's famous ariasMon coeur s'ouvre a ta voixandPrintemps qui commence. The Barenreiter vocal score, newly engraved with a clear presentation, contains Richard Pohl's authentic singable translation of the libretto used at the Weimar premiere in 1877.
