Greek folk music is characterised by the sound of the 'buzuki' which is often used in combination with the clarinet, the mandolin, the violin and various types of tambourines. In Greek Folk Song Suite...
The main theme of this overture is based on an old Indian song from the Arapaho tribe. The name Colorado comes from the Spanish word meaning 'coloured'. This term was originally used to refer to the r...
Danze bulgare è una rapsodia libera, divisa in quattro movimenti distinti, basata su famose canzoni popolari bulgare. Questi canti hanno una tradizione antichissima e provengono sia dal mondo antico d...
With Caucasian Sketches Franco Cesarini completes the series of piecesbased on dances in the Caucasian style which started with his CossackFolk Dances. The charming, melancholy dances and songs bring...
Con gli splendidi brani di questa collezione, i flautisti possono familiarizzare con l'impressionismo musicale. Franco Cesarini ha selezionato e adattato otto famosi brani di Claude Debussy, il più no...
This collection contains works from the so-called 'Belle Époque', the time period right around the turn of the 20th century which have been arranged for flute and piano by Franco Cesarini. It includes...
This joyous fanfare offers many members of the band the opportunityto shine. The opening subject is passed from the clarinets to thesaxophones and then to the oboes before being taken up by thecomplet...
Arizona is written in a typical three-part overture form. The composition is not strictly descriptive as such, but rather conveys moods and emotions, inspired by impressions of the American desert sta...
Demand for studies which - in addition to technique - also concentrate on musicality, interpretation and expression, has increased during recent years. These are precisely the aspects advanced players...
It is often the case that at the end of a concert a soloist is requested to perform an additional item not listed in the programme, in other words an encore. In general the piece that is chosen is sho...
The pieces collected in LA FLAUTA ROMANTICA were written by three of the greatest Spanish instrumental virtuosi of their time: the pianists Isaac Albéniz and Enrique Granados as well as the violinist...
The Cossacks played an integral part in Russia's history which finally ended with the Soviet occupation in the 1920s. Franco Cesarini had the opportunity to attend performances by an ethnic group of C...
In the monumental overture to the opera La Gazza Ladra (The Thieving Magpie) Gioachino Rossini employs themes from the opera itself in order to prepare the audience for the material to come. The overt...
Nimrod ist der Name der neunten und bekanntesten Variation in Edward Elgars Enigma Variations, einem Orchesterwerk mit 14 Variationen über ein ursprüngliches Thema, das zwischen 1898 und 1899 komponie...
Franco Cesarini presents this valuable collection of pieces, intermediate in difficulty, from the Baroque period to the Impressionists at the beginning of the 20th century. Using these carefully selec...
In his 1st flute quartet, Swiss composer Franco Cesarini (born in 1961) is mainly trying to combine musical and didactic contents. In the progress of its musical development, the harmonic dissonances...
Following La fl te au salon and Belle Époque, Franco Cesarini dedicated himself once more to French chamber music: Joueurs de fl te presents a delightful selection of compositions for flute and piano...
The term 'salon music' - making music in private salons - was coined in the 19th century. During this period, the invention of the Böhm System and the resulting new sound and technical capabilities of...
Il tema principale di questa ouverture si basa su un'antica canzone indiana della tribù degli Arapaho. Il nome Colorado deriva dalla parola spagnola che significa "colorato". Questo termine era origin...
Franco Cesarini has used four anonymous renaissance pieces as the basis for this four-movement composition, and, by exploiting the many colours of the brass band, he has recreated the atmosphere of th...
Questi "quadri di città" non vogliono tanto evocare immagini visive, quanto piuttosto un quadro d'atmosfera di una grande città moderna. La musica riflette gli stati d'animo della vita contemporanea e...
Bulgarian folk music has a long tradition and numerous typical characteristics, such as particular dissonances and complex, irregular rhythms. In Bulgarian Dances (Part II) (which can be performed tog...
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral comes originally from the second act of Richard Wagner's famous romantic opera Lohengrin. This solemn and stately music accompanies the wedding procession that carri...
Piotta is a lively 6/8 march from well-known concert band composer, Franco Cesarini. This exciting and musically witty piece is as impressive rhythmically as it is melodically, and will make for an el...
With Convergents Franco Cesarini has succeeded in composing a piece suitable for both concerts or contests which whilst not being too difficult still has the feel of a major work. This extremely rhyth...
Dieses kurze Werk für Altsaxophon und Streichquartett ist in seiner Grundstimmung leicht und stilistisch dem Divertimento im klassischen Sinn von 'Unterhaltung' verpflichtet. Im Verlauf der Kompositio...
A Triumphant Fanfare ist - wie der Name schon sagt - eine triumphale, majestätische Fanfare. In dieser neuen Komposition von Franco Cesarini dürfen die die Blechbläser brillieren, die Holzbläser mit L...
Viennese Fanfare di Richard Strauss, una versione più breve della Festmusik der Stadt Wien, originariamente composta per dieci trombe, sette tromboni, due tuba e timpani, è stata la base dell'arrangia...
This overture, called Sinfonia, is without doubt one of the best original works for concert band to emerge from the 19th century. It is characterised by its fluid spontaneity as well as its rich textu...
Questo famoso brano del compositore svizzero Franco Cesarini è un modo festoso per iniziare il concerto.
Diese 'Bilder einer Stadt' wollen nicht so sehr visuale Bilder, sondern vielmehr ein Stimmungsbild einer modernen Großstadt heraufbeschwören. Die Musik spiegelt die Stimmungslagen des heutigen Lebens...
Inspired by the operas of Bellini, Saverio Mercadante created this richly contrasting overture from lyrical and dramatic moments in his own works. This arrangement offers modern concert bands access t...
Tancredi, composed in 1813, is rarely performed in today's opera houses, however its overture, or Sinfonia, as it was called at the time, is well-liked and has received regular performances over the y...
Genève is a festive march, composed on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the 'La Musique Municipale de la Ville Genève' music association. The composer, Franco Cesarini, integrated a traditiona...
C'era una volta in Nord America, una madre e la sua bambina che facevano parte di una comunità di persone Ojibwa. La ragazza soffriva di gravi incubi. La madre chiese aiuto alla 'Donna Ragno' nota anc...
Bright Dawn Overture è stata commissionata a Franco Cesarini dall’Associazione Bandistica Svizzera nell’ambito di un progetto di rinnovo e ampiamento del repertorio artistico. “Non c’è mai stata una n...
Possa il vostro cammino essere tortuoso, ventoso, solitario e pericoloso, e condurvi alla vista più spettacolare. Che le tue montagne si innalzino fino alle nuvole e le superino. - Edward Abbey
This collection contains works, selected and arranged by Franco Cesarini, that explore the wide spectrum of Russian romantic music. On one side are the followers of Russian nationalism, including comp...
This collection will give you the opportunity to concentrate on all the technical and expressive aspects of flute playing, switching from 'brilliant' pieces to works with a more cantabile character, i...
This book, which contains several arrangements of Romantic movements for flute and piano, is intended to give advanced flutists the opportunity to experience and become acquainted with more music of t...
Under the title LUX NORDICA, this edition contains a selection of Romantic pieces by various composers of northern origin. Franco Cesarini collected seven works from Niels W. Gade and Carl Nielsen (De...
German Romanticism includes selected works from some of the most important composers of the style, to whom-in terms of musical history-the Austrian Franz Schubert also belongs. Besides Carl Maria von...