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.
Contents: BELLINI: Vaga luna, che inargenti • BONONCINI: Vado ben spesso cangiando loco • CAMPION: Fair, if you expect admiring • DONAUDY: Perche dolce, caro bene • DOWLAND: What if I never speed? DE FALLA: Asturiana • FAURE: Le secret • Seule! • LULLY: Bois epais • MACDOWELL: The Sea • MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour • MOZART: Abendempfindung • In diesen heil'gen Hallen • OBRADORS: La mi sola, Laureola • PUCCINI: Crucifixus • Vecchia zimarra, senti • PURCELL: If music be the food of love • We sing to Him • QUILTER: Come away, death • Now sleeps the crimson petal • weep you no more • RONTANI: Caldi sospiri • SCHUBERT: Der Doppelganger • Meeres Stille • SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere • Du bist wie eine Blume • RICHARD STRAUSS: Zueignung • SULLIVAN: The Policeman's Song • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea • The Vagabond
Song List
Thoughts At Eventide (Abendempfindung)
Asturiana
Bois Epais (Sombre Woods)
Caldi Sospiri
Come Away, Death
Crucifixus
Fair, If You Expect Admiring
If Music Be The Food Of Love
In Diesen Heil'gen Hallen (The Magic Flute)
La Mi Sola Laureola
Le Secret
Linden Lea
Meeres Stille
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
Perche Dolce, Caro Bene
Plaisir D'Amour
The Policeman's Song
The Sea
Seule!
Thou'rt Like A Lovely Flower (Du Bist Wie Eine Blume)
