This unique and exciting series gives you the chance to learn some of the greatest songs of Francesco Tosti with full orchestral backing tracks. 10 operatic showstoppers have been selected including Aprile La Serenata and L'Ultima Canzone presented in full notation with concert accompaniments for Piano. Furthermore a professionally recorded CD is included that features the full-scale orchestral arrangement of each aria so you can experience the power and magic of a grand-scale performance. There's even a version of each featuring an established singer so you can hear the piece in full.An excellent rehearsal tool or the ideal way to introduceyour voice to the wonders and rigors of the Opera.

High Voice-High Voice. Italian composer Franceso Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) wrote more than 350 songs among which were favorites of famous singers from Caruso and Tetrazzini in his day to Pavarotti and Carreras in ours. With a direct andsimple grace and sensual Italianate vocal lines his works were in some ways an art music reply to the Neapolitan folk tradition. Featuring 30 Tosti songs available for the first time in two keys these editions present excellentmaterial for teaching the basics of classical singing as well as for the recital stage. They also include translations for study a biography of the composer and a select discography.