Carmen Variations for piano based on motifs by Georges Bizet

as played and recorded on December 22, 1947, for RCA Victor

 

Com­poser:Horowitz, Vladimir

mu­si­cal mo­tifs:Bizet, Georges

In­stru­men­ta­tion:piano

Edi­tion:Separate edition

Se­ries:The Horowitz Edition

Order No.:ED 23084

ISMN:979-0-001-20665-5

UPC:842819103813

 

當霍洛維茨與小提琴家內森·米爾斯坦一起在俄羅斯巡迴演出時，兩人經常演奏巴勃羅·德·薩拉薩蒂的《卡門幻想曲》作品25，為小提琴和管弦樂隊而作，改編自比才的歌劇。 霍洛維茨對稀疏的管弦樂縮減感到厭倦，在發現莫里茨·莫什科夫斯基為鋼琴獨奏改編的同一首作品後，開始編寫自己的改編版。 於是，比才的《卡門》主題變奏曲應運而生。

 

改編於 1926 年，霍洛維茨經常演奏並進一步發展，直至 1978 年。該版本以 1947 年的錄音為基礎，技術上具有挑戰性，以精湛的方式編寫，適合專業鋼琴演奏者。

 

Whilst Horowitz toured across Russia with violinist Nathan Milstein, the two regularly played Pablo de Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy op. 25, for violin and orchestra, based on the opera by Bizet. Horowitz was bored of the sparse orchestral reduction and started writing his own transcription after discovering Moritz Moszkowski’s arrangement of the same piece for solo piano. Thus emerged Variations on a Theme from Bizet’s Carmen.

 

The transcription was made in 1926 and was regularly played and further developed by Horowitz until 1978. Technically challenging and written in a virtuoso manner, this edition is based on a recording from 1947 and is suitable for advanced piano players.

 

 

Binding：Saddle-wire stitching

ISMN：979-0-001-20665-5

Performance duration：8' 0"

Publisher：Schott Music

Series：The Horowitz Edition

UPC：842819103813

Year of composition：1942 - 1950

page number：20