?Sing your country sing your land!? Such was the advice of Déodat de Séverac to the young Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879-1957) when the latter shared his dismay at the petty squabbles taking over the Parisian music scene in the Belle-Epoque. Although Canteloube had started collecting folk songs from his native Cantal in 1895 he only began the harmonisation of Baïlero in 1923 thus inaugurating the first of the five Chants d?Auvergne series that would bring him fame. Renowned baritone François Le Roux chose to begin his anthology with a famous shepherd song recorded near Vic-sur-Cère(in the Haute Auvergne) in which the baïles (shepherds in pasture commons) call to each other from hilltops soaring their vocals across rivers valleys and hills. Singers who wish to immerse themselves in one of the ten melodies that compose this tender picturesque musical landscape can use the Piano accompaniment audio file accessible through a download card. Contents: Baïlèro (Shepherd Songs from the Cantal) ? Bourrées: N?aï pas iéu de mîo (Loved by no woman) and Lo Calhé (The Quail) ? L?Antouèno (The Antoine) ? Lou Boussu (The Hunchback) ? Lo Fiolaire (The Spinner) ? Là-haut sur le rocher ? Uno jionto Postouro (The Pretty Shepherdess) ? Pour l?enfant (Lullaby from Auvergne)

Originally for Piano and String Quartet and later provided with piano accompaniment by the composer. Newly edited with an introduction by Michael Pilkington. CONTENTSThe Aspens (C - E)The Far Country (C sharp - E)Golden Friends (E flat - E flat)Is my team ploughing? (A - E flat)Loveliest of trees (D flat - F)March (C - F)Reveille (E - F)Twice a week (E - F)Recorded by Graham Trew on Meridian CD6 84815 and by Adrian Thompson on Hyperion CDA663852Set for the Associated Board FRSM examination.

This collection includes all 61 of Benjamin Britten's arrangements of folk songs combining the contents of the seven published books in editions for High and Low Voice. Included are the well-loved traditional tunes Bonny At Morn The Ash Grove The Salley Gardens Greensleeves The Holly And The Ivy and many more. Some of the songs featured in this volume for Medium/Low Voice have never before been transposed. The songs of Volume 6 for Voice and Guitar have been transcribed for Voice and Piano for this edition.