A superb collection of 30 songs by Gabriel Faure arranged here for High Voice with Piano accompaniment as edited and fingered by Sergius Kagen.

The Complete Verlaine Settings (1887–1894) Critical edition-Gabriel Fauré’s seventeen settings of the poetry of Paul Verlaine mark the biggest single stylistic leap of his compositional career and arguably one of the high points of the entire art song repertoire. The present edition contains the three individual settings Claire de lune Spleen and Prison together with the Op. 58 “Venetian” Songs and the magnificient cycle La Bonne Chanson. With its focus both practical and scholarly this new Complete Edition of songs aims to encourage creative confident and well informed performance. Founded on study of hundreds of manuscripts and printedsources it has been tested internationally in masterclasses workshops seminars concerts and recordings. In this it takes a lead from the composer who prepared his own editions on the basis fo performing experience. The edition also assimilates interpretative insights from musicians who worked with Fauré as well as from his documented performing preferences.

Description Favorite French Art Songs High Voice A collection of 11 popular French songs from Debussy, Faure, Franck, Duparc, Saint-Saens and Paladilhe. Songlist Aimons-nous (Saint-Saens) Après Un Rêve [Faure, Gabriel] Aurore [Faure, Gabriel] Beau-soir (Evening Fair) [Debussy, Claude] Chanson Triste [Duparc, Henri] Ici-bas! [Faure, Gabriel] La Procession [Franck, Cesar] Mandoline [Debussy, Claude] Manoline (Faure) Nuit D'etoiles [Debussy, Claude] Nuit D'etoiles (Debussy) Psyche (Paladilhe)

This is a collection of the most famous songs of Fauré. Diction lessons were recorded by coach conductor and diction specialist Pierre Vallet. The diction for each song is recorded twice: first recited as an actor would speak it showing flow of the language and mood followed by a slow deliberate lesson allowing time for the student to repeat each line. This experienced language coach adapts the ?R? in French in the slow versions as recommended for classical singers. He is also very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in musical settings.

Selected and graded for the developing voice. Carefully chosen by Shirley Leah, this series is especially for use by singing teachers, students, and amateur performers. Includes works by Falla, Faure, Giordiani, Greig, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Munro, Nielsen, Purcell, Schubert, Wolf. / Classique / Partition /