Description
This collection of over thirty harp solos features Yolanda Kondonassis’ most popular transcriptions and compositions, including those found on her many Telarc recordings. With complete editorial markings and extensive performer’s notes, this volume offers a wide variety of selections from Bach, Handel, Telemann, Scarlatti and Vivaldi to Chopin, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Puccini, Satie, Fauré, Debussy and Respighi.
[The Yolanda Kondonassis Collection] is a wonderful recent publication from Carl Fischer that no harpist should be without . . . professional harpists should have much of this music in their repertoire and this book puts it all at their fingertips . . . THE HARP COLUMN MAGAZINE
Includes:
The Baroque Masters
Arioso (Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156) by J.S. Bach
Prelude No. 1 in C Major (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk. I) by J.S. Bach
Prelude No. 17 in A-flat Major (from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Bk II) by J.S. Bach
Passacaglia (from Suite No. 7) by G.F. Handel
Sarabande (from Suite No. 4) by G.F. Handel
Sonata in A Major, K. 300 (Andante) by Dominico Scarlatti
Sonata in A Major, K. 208 (Andante e cantabile) by Dominico Scarlatti
Sonata in B Minor, K. 27 (Allegro) by Dominico Scarlatti
Fantasia No. 2 in D Major by G.P. Telemann
Largo from The Four Seasons, L’Inverno (Winter) by Antonio Vivaldi
The Romantics
Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No 7 by Frederic Chopin
Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No 20 by Frederic Chopin
Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No 4 by Frederic Chopin
Meditation (from Songs without Words, Op. 67, No.1) by Felix Mendelssohn
Berceuse (from Pensees lyriques, Op. 40) by Jean Sibelius
Chanson sans paroles (from Pensees lyriques, Op. 40) by Jean Sibelius
Quando men vo (Musetta’s Waltz) (from the opera, La Boheme) by Giacomo Puccini
The Impressionists
En Bateau (from Petite Suite) by Claude Debussy
Valse romantique by Claude Debussy
Clair de lune (No. 3 from Suite Bergamasque) by Claude Debussy
Reverie by Claude Debussy
Sarabande (from Pour le piano) by Claude Debussy
The Little Shepherd (No. 5 from Children’s Corner Suite) by Claude Debussy
Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1 by Gabriel Faure
Gymnopedie No. 1 (from Trois Gymnopedies) by Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 1 by Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 2 by Erik Satie
Gnossienne No. 3 by Erik Satie
The 20th Century
Notturno (from Six Pieces) by Ottorino Respighi
Small River Flowing (Chinese Folk Song) Version for Solo Harp
Small River Flowing (Chinese Folk Song) Optional Harp II Version
Liquid Shadows by Yolanda Kondonassis
