ARIA - Peter Breiner, piano

ARIA

Peter Breiner, piano

Release Date: 13th September 2024

Tracklist:

  • 1. La bohème, SC 67: Che gelida manina (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 2. Gianni Schicchi, SC 88: O mio babbino caro (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 3. Madama Butterfly, SC 74: Un bel dì vedremo (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 4. L'elisir d'amore, A. 36: Una furtiva lagrima (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 5. Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Che farò senza Euridice? (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 6. Don Giovanni, K. 527: Dalla sua pace (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 7. Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 8. Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: When I Am Laid in Earth (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 9. Rigoletto: La donna è mobile (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 10. Tosca, SC 69: E lucevan le stelle (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 11. La traviata: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 12. Turandot, SC 91: Nessun dorma (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 13. Lakmé: Sous le dôme épais (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 14. Die lustige Witwe: Vilja Lied (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 15. Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu "Largo" (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 16. Les contes d'Hoffmann: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour "Barcarolle" (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 17. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Voi, che sapete (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 18. Don Giovanni, K. 527: Deh, vieni alla finestra (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 19. Das Land des Lächelns: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 20. Carmen, WD 31 (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner): La fleur que tu m'avais jetée
  • 21. Carmen, WD 31 (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner): L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
  • 22. Manon Lescaut, SC 64 (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner): Donna non vidi mai
  • 23. Manon Lescaut, SC 64 (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner): Tra voi belle brune e bionde
  • 24. Rigoletto: Questa o quella (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 25. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17: Piangerò la sorte mia (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)
  • 26. Die Fledermaus: Brüderlein, Brüderlein und Schwesterlein (Arr. for Piano by Peter Breiner)

An album featuring many of the most beautiful opera arias ever written, transcribed for piano and performed by Peter Breiner. Including Habanera from Carmen, the great Flower Duet from Lakmé, and, of course, Nessun dorma.

Known as a conductor, pianist, arranger, and composer, Peter Breiner has conducted, often doubling as a pianist, some of the most prestigious orchestras around the world. He is one of the world's most recorded musicians, with over 260 CDs released and millions of albums sold. Peter Breiner has conducted, often doubling as a pianist, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, the Westdeutsche Rundfunk Symphony, Hungarian State Radio Orchestra, Nicolaus Esterhazy Orchestra Budapest, Polish Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra National de Lille, France, and Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, to mention just a few.