Pleading is a song for solo voice with Piano accompaniment written in 1908. It was composed for and dedicated to the composer's great friend Lady Maud Warrender. It was published as the composer's opus 41 in three arrangements: No. 1 is for medium voice and is set in the Key of G major. Versions for low and high voices are also available. The text is from a poem by Arthur L. Salmon.Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is one of England’s best-known and most-loved composers. He was self-taught as composer coming from outside the musical and social establishment which allowed his music to be fresh and unencumbered.

17 Choruses for mixed voices from Handel's sacred works. Selected with introductory notes by Brian Kay. Rarely brought together, these diverse choruses demonstrate the enduring vitality of Handel's writing. / Chant Et Piano

This work takes its title from a poem by Lord Berners dedicated to Salvador Dali and written for the opening of his first London exhibition. Surrealist Landscape can be performed either for voice piano and tape playback or by two voice and piano teams.

Gustav Holst has earned a place among the most revered of late 19th and early 20th century composers and is best known for his enduring Orchestral suite The Planets.But before that great work in his use of Englsh folksongs Gnostic texts and these Vedic hymns one can discern Holst’s search for a compositional Voice beyond the constraints of the European canon in the early 1900’s. Some see composition of the Vedic Hymns as a turning point in Holst’scompositional life. The quality is not completely consistent and Holst remained true to his Western musical inheritance for the most part in setting them but as art songs they are deeply felt and moving to hear.The nine songsare scored for mezzo-Soprano or baritone Voice. The texts are taken from the Rigveda one of the four sacred texts of Hinduism and the oldest religious text in the world.The first set of three comprises Ushas Varuna and Maruts or Dawn Sky and Stormclouds respectively. The second includes Indra (God of Storm and Battle) Varuna II (the Waters) and Song of the Frogs. The third group moves into the human sphere with Vac (Speech) Creation and Faith.

Brighton born modern composer Roger Quilter managed to produce a sizeable canon of work especially that of 'art song' and an inspiration to others such as Peter Warlock. 'Two Songs In B Flat' is arranged for voice and piano.