Frank Bridge’s Three Songs for Medium Voice Viola and Piano is the second volume in a 30-volume series by The Frank Bridge Trust in association with Thames Publishing celebrating the works of Frank Bridge. This publication features the songs Far far from each other Where is it that our soul doth go? and Music when soft voices die and includes the score for Viola separately making the collaboration of the three musicians easier. The songs can be and often are performed together as a cycle but also work as short individual pieces. The first performance of the three songs in December 1908 marked a rareoccurrence as Frank Bridge played the Piano part himself. Far far from each other is the most ambitious of the three pieces for all three musicians. The words are excerpts from Matthew Arnold’s ‘Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems Parting’.Where is it that our soul doth go? is the shortest of the three songs and the words are a translation of the last stanza of Heinrich Heine’s Clarisse translated by K. F. Kroeker.While the first two songs are original settings Bridge first wrote Music when soft voices die for High Voice Piano and Cello in 1903. The present version was transcribed in 1907. Music when soft voices die the short poem providing the words for this piece is one of the most influential and well-known of Shelley’s works.Watch Three Songs performed by Rebecca Ringle (Mezzo-Soprano) Luke Fleming (Viola) and Roger Steptoe (Piano):

A second volume of glorious Turnbull songs for Medium Voice and Piano accompaniment. These eight songs are typical of Turnbull's unostentatious uncluttered style yet one with a great lyricism feature lyrics by esteemed and reverred writers such as Shakespeare Longfellow Thomas Moore and Stevenson and form a beautiful and effective pastiche.

Volume Iv - Songs 1920-1923-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the fourth volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1920-1923. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With sixteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

Volume Ii - Songs 1911-1919-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the second volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1911-1919. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With sixteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

Volume Vi - Songs 1923-1926-The Peter Warlock Critical Edition series represents a treasure trove of English song.This the sixth volume focuses upon songs for the Medium Voice from the period 1923-1926. The songs of Peter Warlock are inspiring and intriguing pieces that rank him with the greatest English composers of all time. This is truly a superb collection of some of the best of his work painstakingly and meticulously edited by Michael Pilkington. This revised Critical Edition is an accurate faithful and exhaustive volume that maintains Warlock’s original keys and intentions. With fourteen songs each featuring an in-depth commentary this is a tremendousacquisition for any enthusiasts of English song.

Volume 2 - Songs 1918-1919-This society edition contains fifteen songs chronologically arranged and each with a detailed preface giving the relevant historical background to the composition. Warlock was very pedantic about original keys. He deplored transpositions but bowed to their necessity in performing editions. In this edition keys have been chosen to suit the medium voice. This generally means a range of about an octave and a fifth with nothing below B flat and nothing above F sharp/G flat.

Volume 3 - Songs 1920-1922-This society edition contains fourteen songs chronologically arranged and each with a detailed preface giving the relevant historical background to the composition. Warlock was very pedantic about original keys. He deplored transpositions but bowed to their necessity in performing editions. In this edition keys have been chosen to suit the medium voice. This generally means a range of about an octave and a fifth with nothing below B flat and nothing above F sharp/G flat.

This volume offers a sampling of fourteen great vocal works from the Romantic era for Medium and Low voice that have long been out of the common consciousness but not been entirely forgotten! Rossini and Donizetti among others wrote songs for everybody from prima donnas to amateurs each with an impressive sensitivity and depth. Editor and mezzo-soprano Patricia Atkins Chiti has drawn from her personal collection of songs many of which have been out of print for more than a century. Italian Art Songs of the Romantic Era contains fourteen fabulous songs a detailed foreword that introduces the Romantic era and the Romanze providing an excellentway for young singers to learn the style of major composers. There is carefully edited text and music an extensive background to each composer and each song translations and even phonetic pronunciation guides for Italian.

Volume 5 - Songs 1923-1924-The critically and editorially authoritative editions of the songs of Peter Warlock. This fifth collection spans the years of 1923 and 1924 containing eleven groups of songs for voice and Piano by Warlock including Candlelight a cycle of nursary rhymes. Edited and introduced by Fred Tomlinson.

The corresponding CD to 26 Italian Songs And Arias (FMS3397) which features a collection of the most popular Arias sung and loved by the greatest singers. Set in fresh updated versions this edition draws on original manuscripts and first editions to meet a high standard of accuracy and authenticity. This CD features backings and accompaniments to all 26 songs expertly played by Joan Thompson.

Philip Stone is an actor of long and wide experience. In cinema he has worked with distinguished directors such as Stanley Kubrick Lindsay Anderson and Stephen Spielburg.he has also been a familiar face on our televisions for the past thirty years as well. Down those years he's always had a quiet ability to compose songs-words and music. They were written en passant in various places: in a tubercular chalet on the shores of Morecambe Bay - in a back room in Brixton - in a bedroom in Leeds - in a friend's house in St John's Wood. Some of these songs feature in his one-man show Beginnings and Endings and these eight are a varied example of that ability.

15 Vocal Masterworks from the Baroque Era Through the Twenty-First Century-This superb vocal collection features 15 of the world???s best-loved arias from the Baroque era through the 21st Century presented with comprehensive historical information accurate translations IPA pronunciation guides and performance suggestions designed to enhance and educate developing vocalists. Available in Medium High and Medium Low editions with optional piano accompaniment CDs. Songs include: Domine Deus (Vivaldi) Gioite al canto mio (Peri) I Attempt from Love???s Sickness (Purcell) I Got Plenty O??? Nuttin??? (Gershwin) La donna ? mobile (Verdi) Non siate ritrosi (Mozart) O mio babbino caro (Puccini) O Rest in the Lord (Mendelssohn) Ombra mai f?(Handel) Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach) Sorry Her Lot (Gilbert and Sullivan) Time To Say Goodbye (Sartori) Voi che sapete (Mozart) Where???er You Walk (Handel) and You Raise Me Up (L?vland)

11 folk songs arranged as concert solos for medium or low voices. From Amamzing Grace to Scarborough Fair this heart-warming collection perfectly captures the pastoral atmosphere of rural life and is an ideal source for recitals concerts and contests. The specially produced CD of Piano backing tracks ensures that you are never short of accompaniment!