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.
Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams) Crucifixus from MESSA DI GLORIA (Puccini) Le secret (Fauré) Seule! (Fauré) Meeres Stille (Schubert) Vecchia zimarra, senti from LA BOHÈME (Puccini) Plaisir d'amour (Martini) Zueignung (Strauss) Der Doppelgänger (Schubert) Du bist wie eine Blume (Schumann) In diesen heil'gen Hallen from DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart) Policeman's Song, The from THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Sullivan) Abendempfindung (Mozart) Fair, if you expect admiring (Campion) If music be the food of love (First Version) (Purcell) What If I Never Speed? (Dowland) Asturiana (de Falla) La mi sola, Laureola (Obradors) Come away, death (Quilter) NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL (QUILTER) Weep you no more (Quilter) Die beiden Grenadiere (Schumann) Vagabond, The (Vaughan Williams) Vaga luna, che inargenti (Bellini) Sea, The (MacDowell) We sing to Him (Purcell) Bois épais (Lully) Caldi sospiri (Rontani) Perchè dolce, caro bene (Donaudy) Vado ben spesso cangiando loco (Rosa)