This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature for The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos Part II.Each piece is in Englishand has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs folksongs humorous songs and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contestsolos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments. Soprano Contents: Alice Blue Gown · April Showers · Butterflies (Schulz) · Cradle Song (Brahms) · Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel(Humperdinck) · The False Prophet (Scott) · Florian's Song (Godard) · Golden Slumbers (English folksong) · It Was a Lover and His Lass (Austin) · Ladybird (Schumann) · The Lilac Tree (Gartlin) · The Little Sandman (arr. Brahms) ·My Little Heart (Weckerlin) · The Nightingale (Alabieff) · Oh! Dear What Can the Matter Be? (16th Century) · Oh Pretty Birds (Rigel) · The Rosebush (Himmel) · The Sweetest Flower that Blows (Hawley) · Two Marionettes (Cooke) ·The Willow Song (16th Century) · The Willow Tree (arr. Reimann) · The Winter It Is Past (arr. Hopekirk).

Per Voce E Pianoforte-Rarities - Arie per Soprano Vol. 2 contains an exclusive selecion of arias that discovers a less known and yet important repertoire. Also included: original texts with English translations and CD with instrumental and vocal versions.The Cantolopera series is made up of various collections: the Favourite Opera Collection dedicated to operatic works organized by voice category; the Composers Collection devoted to individual composers; and the SongsCollection consisting of lyric songs romanzas and traditional songs.

Incorporating many interesting cultural aspects Eugène Bozza's Cinq Chansons sur des Thèmes Japonais is a sublime addition to the Flute player's repertoire. Bozza (1905-1991) was a brilliant student at the Paris Conservatoire winning prizes for the Violin conducting and composing as well as the Grand Prix de Rome. He predominantly composed chamber music for wind instruments but his solo works for the family are also held in high esteem. Cinq Chansons sur des Thèmes Japonais is made up of five movements 1. Sad Song to Iwate 2. Fight of the Warriors on Horseback 3. The Waters of Kusatu 4. Love Song and 5. The Reapers of Miyazaki. Each movement is based on traditional Japanese themes. Incorporating the beautiful lyricism of the Flute as well as its versatility in playing fast staccato passages Bozza's Cinq Chansons sur des Thèmes Japonais is a compelling addition to the intermediate flautist's repertoire.

The last words of famous people whether real or invented exert a strange fascination. Breaking with the tradition that a song cycle is a setting of poetry Timothy Bowers has chosen the last words of fourteen famous (in one case infamous) characters from history and two comic/ironic epitaphs by Byron as his texts. Each collection provides a short (c 7’) concert work with settings ranging from fifteen seconds to five minutes duration.Book 1 is for Soprano and Piano. Two poets (Gertrude Stein and Emily Dickenson) followed by two martyrs - St Joan of Arc and Anne Boleyn.

This unique collection presents celebrated songs from the Zarzuela Spain's uniquely popular tradition of music theatre which draws on elements of opera popular song dance and spoken drama. This selection contains material from the best Spanish composers and the songs chosen for their suitability for singers first and foremost rather than the actor-singers who are such a distinctive feature of zarzuela in performance.