A brilliant anthology of virtuoso works that will delight serious organists, this collection of 26 arrangements from the scores of the great composers encompasses true masterpieces of the transcriberls art. The transcribers include such masters as Liszt, Saint-Saens, Guilmant, Vierne, and Best, transforming the music of Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Vivaldi, and many others.

Highlights include the "Chaconne" from J. S. Bach's Partita No. 2 in D Minor for solo violin; Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5; Handel's The Harmonious Blacksmith and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah; Rossini's William Tell Overture; "The Swan" from Saint-Saens' The Carnival of the Animals; three "Danses caracteristiques" from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (featuring the ever-popular "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy"); and Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin.

Editor Rollin Smith supplies an informative Introduction, with notes on the history of each piece.

BACH, Johann Sebastian          Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29

                         Chaconne, BWV 1004

                         Sicilienne, BWV 1031

BRAHMS, Johannes             Hungarian Dance No. 5

CHOPIN, Frederic             Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4

COUPERIN, Frangois            Soeur Monique - Rondo

DEBUSSY, Claude             Prelude to The Blessed Damozel

GOUNOD, Charles             Funeral March of a Marionette

HANDEL, George Frideric         Hallelujah Chorus from Messkrh

                         Largo from Xerxes

                         The Harmonious Blacksmith

LISZT, Franz                St. Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds

MASSENET, JULES             Ang4lus, from Scnes p#toresques

LE FROID DE MgREAUX, Nicolas-Jean    Toccata from (Edipe etdocaste

ROSSINI, Gioacchino            William Tell Overture

RUBINSTEIN, Anton            R4ve Anglique from Kamennoi-Ostrow, Op. 10, No. 22

SANT-SAiCNS, Camille           The Nightingale and the Rose from Parysitis

                         The Swan from Carnaval des animaux

SCHUMANN, Robert           Abendlied, Op. 85, No. 12

TCHAIKOVSKY, Peter Ilyitch        Three Danses Caracteristiques from The Nutcracker Suite, Op 7 la

                            I. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

                            Ii. Danse Arabe

                           III. Dance of the Reed Pipes

VIVALDI, Antonio            Largo e Spiccato, Op. 3, No. 11

WAGNER, Richard             Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

                         Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannh2[user

                         Introduction to Act III and Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin