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