With companion recordings online-With companion CDs. This outstanding series is an encouragement to beginning singers in preparing a vocal solo. Songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type after consulting many official state contest repertoire lists. All the songs for instance are on the Texas list. The series will be useful to any novice singer not just limited to those preparing an actual contest solo. Each volume contains 10 songs: 5 art songs in English an African-American spiritual 2 songs in Italian a song in German and a song in Spanish. There are new editions and engravings of all songs. Biographical information is included on each composer. Interpretive suggestions are givenfor each song and the preface on Learning a Song is especially instructive. Each companion CD includes beautiful performances of all the songs by a professional singer and excellent accompaniments by pianist Laura Ward. Also on the CD are pronunciation guides in Italian German and Spanish. Soprano Book Contents: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel · Do Not Go My Love · El tra la la y el punteado · I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly · It Was a Lover and His Lass · Lachen und Weinen · Nel cor più non mi sento · Se tu m'ami · Solveig's Song · 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer.

Soprano. This series of 5 book/online 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

Piano Vocal Score and CD with instrumental and vocal versions. Par PUCCINI GIACOMO. / Recueil / Chant et Piano

Book/CD with Full Orchestra Accompaniments. With both recorded full performances and orchestra accompaniments this book presents the standard voice and piano reduction of each aria a short plot summary and translation.

The solo cantatas of Handel (most of them written in Italy during the years 1707-09) are commonly regarded as works of apprenticeship in which he forged a musical technique that would stand him in good stead as a composer of Italian operas.Available here is the second volume of solo Cantatas for Soprano with Basso Continuo. This highly authoritative edition has been edited and prepared by Andrew V. Jones.