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.
Vagabond, The (Vaughan Williams) Vaga luna, che inargenti (Bellini) Sea, The (MacDowell) Vado ben spesso cangiando loco (Rosa) O del mio amato ben (Donaudy) Bella porta di rubini (Falconieri) Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) Widmung (Schumann) Weep you no more (Quilter) NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (QUILTER) Come away, death (Quilter) La mi sola, Laureola (Obradors) Asturiana (de Falla) O ma belle rebelle (Gounoud) Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow? (Anon. 17th c.) If Music Be The Food Of Love (Purcell) I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (Purcell) Abendempfindung (Mozart) Non siate ritrosi (Così fan tutte) I Am a Pirate King from The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan) Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) Come again, sweet love (Dowland) Plaisir d'amour (Martini) For the mountains shall depart from Elijah (Mendelssohn) Wandrers Nachtlied II (Schubert) Die Forelle (Schubert) Sonntag (Brahms) Le secret (Fauré) Lydia (Fauré) Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams)