This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. This edition features access to online recorded accompaniments and diction lessons.
Contents: ARNE: Blow, blow thou winter wind • Where the bee sucks • DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love • Flow my tears • GIBBONS: The Silver Swan • PURCELL: I attempt from love's sickness • If music be the food of love • QUILTER: It was a lover and his lass • Love's Philosophy • Weep you no more • FAURE: Apres un reve • Chanson d'amour • HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes • MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour • BRAHMS: Vergebliches Standchen • Wie Melodien zieht es mir • MOZART: Das Veilchen • SCHUBERT: Du bist die Ruh • Gretchen am Spinnrade • RICHARD STRAUSS: Breit' uber mein Haupt • BELLINI: L'abbandono • CESTI: Intorno all'idol mio • DONAUDY: Come l'allodoletta • MOZART: Ridente la calma • GRANADOS: El majo discreto • OBRADORS: Del cabello mas sutil • MOZART: Deh vieni, non tardar (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) • PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (GIANNI SCHICCHI) • SULLIVAN: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (THE MIKADO) • FAURE: Pie Jesu (Requiem).
inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Song List
Apres Un Reve
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Breit' Uber Mein Haupt
Chanson D'Amour
Come Again, Sweet Love
Come L'Allodoletta
Das Veilchen
Deh Vieni, Non Tardar (The Marriage Of Figaro)
Del Cabello Mas Sutil
Du Bist Die Ruh
El Majo Discreto
Flow My Tears
Gretchen At The Spinning Wheel (Gretchen Am Spinnrade)
I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly
If Music Be The Food Of Love
Intorno All'Idol Mio
It Was A Lover And His Lass
L'Abbandono
Love's Philosophy, Op. 3, No. 1
O Mio Babbino Caro
Pie Jesu
Plaisir D'Amour
Ridente La Calma, K. 152
Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes
The Silver Swan
The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze
Vergebliches Standchen (The Vain Suit), Op. 83, No. 4