Favorite Classical Themes - Book 1 is the first book of a series for Soprano Recorder. It features twenty famous themes, regrouped and arranged for the instrument by Rose-Marie Janzen . Using a range not too high, this book can be used by any young player or teacher and features tunes more or less difficult that correspond to different level of difficulty. It includes: 1. Te Deum , extract, by Marc-Antoine Charpentier 2. Les Saisons , “Printemps” (Spring), by Antonio Vivaldi 3. Tambourin , extract, by Jean-Philippe Rameau 4. L’harmonieux forgeron , theme and variation, by George-Frédéric Handel 5. Passion selon Saint Matthieu , choral, by J. S. Bach 6. ”Jesus que ma joie demeure” , ritournelle, by J. S. Bach 7. Quatuor “L’empereur” , theme of the 2nd movement, by Joseph Haydn 8. Une petite musique de nuit , minuet theme, by Mozart 9. La chasse du jeune Henri , extract, by E. N. Mehul 10. Concerto de Violon , Rondo theme, by Beethoven 11. Neuvième Symphonie , Hymne à la joie, by Beethoven 12. La truite by Schubert 13. Marche Nuptiale , extract, by Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy 14. Le gai laboureur by Schumann 15. Faust , “Paresseuse fille…”, by Charles Gounod 16. Berceuse by Johannes Brahms 17. L’Arlesienne , “Marche des Rois”, by Georges Bizet 18. Carmen , “Avec la garde montante”, by Georges Bizet 19. Symphonie “du nouveau monde” , Largo theme, by Antonin Dvorak 20. Le lac des cygnes , Lake theme, by Tchaïkovsky
| Arrangement | Recorder, Soprano (Descant) Recorder |
| Genres | Classical |
| Format | Instrumental Album, Score |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Alphonse Leduc, United Music Publishers |
| Contributors | Janzen, Rose-Marie (Composer) |
| Language | English, French |
| ISBN | 9790046256967 |
| ISMN | M046256967 |