from "The Barber of Seville"
for | Cello, piano |
Musical Editions | Piano score, solo part |
Item no. | 798124 |
Author / Composer | Gioachino Rossini, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco |
Editor | Gregor Piatigorsky |
Scope | 28 pages; 22.5 × 30.5 cm |
Publisher / Producer | Carl Fischer |
Producer No. | B2670 |
ISBN | 9781491158883 |
UPC | 0680160907182 |
Rossini wrote an opera and named it The Barber of Seville. Featured was a character named Figaro, who sang some pretty catchy tunes, including one with the somewhat clunky title Largo al factotum.
So catchy was this tune, in fact, that Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (who knew catchy tunes, having scored more than 200 films) was taken to writing a set of variations for his good friend Gregor Piatigorsky who knew a thing or two about the cello.
But, devious as he was, Castelnuovo-Tedesco's variations were increasingly virtuosic, a challenge for even the best cellists. We are pleased to make the Rossini / Castelnuovo-Tedesco / Piatigorsky Figaro once again available, throwing the gauntlet down for a new generation.