This series of 5 book/CD 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.
Clair de lune (G. Fauré) An die Nachtigall (Schubert) Der Tod und das Mädchen (Schubert) Voi che sapete from LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart) Plaisir d'amour (Martini) Che faro senza Euridice? from ORFEO ED EURIDICE (Gluck) Come again, sweet love (Dowland) Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams) Zueignung (Strauss) Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen (Mozart) Flow my tears (Dowland) Weep You No More, Sad Fountains (Dowland) When Daisies Pied (Arne) Nymphs and Shepherds (Purcell) If Music Be The Food Of Love (Purcell) Ouvre ton coeur (Bizet) El pano moruno (de Falla) La maja dolorosa No. 1 (Granados) Fair House of Joy (Quilter) It was a lover and his lass (Quilter) Love's Philosophy (Quilter) Mandoline (Fauré) Du Ring an meinem Finger (Schumann) Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Brahms) Qui sedes from GLORIA (A. Vivaldi) When Frederic Was a Little Lad from THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Sullivan) O del mio amato ben (Donaudy) Dolente immagine di Fille mia (Bellini) Cara e dolce (Scarlatti) Se nel ben sempre incostante (Stradella)