Handel's most famous operatic aria Ombra Mai Fu is adroitly set for SSA voices and piano taken from the Oratorio Xerxes of 1738. An excellent spring concert or festival piece.

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 given for each song and the prefaceon 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. Mezzo-Soprano Book Contents: An die Musik · The Blue-Bell · He Shall Feed His Flock · My Lord What a Mornin' · Now Is the Month of Maying · Nymphs and Shepherds · Ombra mai fù · Porque toco el pandero · Silent Noon · Vergin tutto amor.

Handel's Largo - Deep In Thy Shade (Ombra Mai Fu) is a beautiful aria from Act I of Xerses and is available here in both English and Italian with Piano Accompaniment. The English translation has been provided byMay Murke.

This aria from the opera Serse (Xerxes) is commonly known as Handel's Largo and is a wonderful selection for teaching phrasing line and Baroque style. In Latin.Available separately: 2-Part. Performance Time: Approx. 2:15.

Par BOCELLI ANDREA. Une collection de sacrés arias et cantates choisis par Andrea Bocelli, arrangé pour voix solo et piano. Parmi les 15 chansons dans la collection sont Schubert et Bach versions de ' Ave Maria './ Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare