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