Publisher's Synopsis
(Vocal Collection). 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. Recordings of recitation, diction lessons and piano accompaniments are accessed online via a unique code included in each book, and can be downloaded or streamed. Contents: ANONYMOUS: Have you seen but a white lily grow? * BELLINI: Vaga luna, che inargenti * BRAHMS: Sonntag * DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben * DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love * FALCONIERI: Bella porta di rubini * DE FALLA: Asturiana * FAURE: Lydia * Le secret * GOUNOD: O ma belle rebelle * MACDOWELL: The Sea * MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour * MENDELSSOHN: For the mountains shall depart * MOZART: Abendempfindung * Non siate ritrosi * Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja * OBRADORS: La mi sola, Laureola * PURCELL: I'll sail upon the Dog Star * If music be the food of love * QUILTER: Weep you no more * Now sleeps the crimson petal * Come away, death * ROSA: Vado ben spesso cangiando loco * SCHUBERT: Die Forelle * Wandrers Nachtlied II * SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere * Widmung * SULLIVAN: I Am a Pirate King * VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea * The Vagabond
