Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Carmen Fantasie (1946) is a virtuoso showpiece for violin and orchestra. The piece is part of Franz Waxman’s score to the movie Humoresque. The music based on various themes from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen (and an adaptation from the similarly titled work of Pablo de Sarasate) was initially meant to be played by Jascha Heifetz. However he was replaced by a young Isaac Stern for the first recording of the score.