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.
Tu ch'hai le penne, amore (Caccini) O del mio amato ben (Donaudy) Sento nel core (Scarlatti) Dalle sua pace from DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) Vainemant, ma bien-aimee from LE ROIS D'YS (Lalo) Ständchen (Schubert) Ma rendi pur contento (Bellini) Widmung (Schumann) Allerseelen (R. Strauss) Take, o take those lips away (Quilter) O MISTRESS MINE (QUILTER) Hey, ho, the wind and the rain (Quilter) Del cabello más sutil (Obradors) Asturiana (de Falla) If Music Be The Food Of Love (Purcell) I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (Purcell) Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow? (anon early 17th c.) Tell Me No More (Blow) Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast (Sullivan) Du bist wie eine Blume (Schumann) Come again, sweet love (Dowland) Plaisir d'amour (Martini) If with all your hearts from ELIJAH (Mendelssohn) Wohin? (Schubert) Ständchen (Brahms) Clair de lune (G. Fauré) Chanson (Fauré) Lydia (Fauré) O Come, O Come, My Dearest (Arne) Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)