Based on the Bärenreiter vocal scores the three volumes in this series contain some of Handel's best-known arias for mezzo-soprano/contralto tenor and bass together with some less well-known numbers of equally high musical quality. The arias in these volumes contain works from Handel's thirty-year period as an opera composer in London and give an impression of the variety of this extensive repertoire. The arias placed in the chronological order of the operas display various distinctive technical features and are mostly presented with the pre-ceding recitative or in a few cases in the context of an entire scene. The forewords by DonaldBurrows contain detailed notes on Handel's singers and on the context of the arias of the operas. Mio cor (Goffredo Rinaldo)Sorge nel petto (Goffredo Rinaldo)Pena tiranna io sento al core (Dardano Amadigi)Quando mai spietata sorte (Zenobia Radamisto)Già che morir non posso (Zenobia Radamisto)Fatemi o Cieli almen (Zenobia Radamisto)Deggio dunque oh Dio lasciarti(Zenobia Radamisto)Che colpa è la mia (Teodata Flavio Re de’ Longobardi)Priva son d’ogni conforto (Cornelia Giulio Cesare in Egitto)Par che mi nasca in seno (Irene Tamerlano)No che sei tanto costante (Irene Tamerlano)Crudel più non son io (Irene Tamerlano)Quanto più fiera tempesta freme (Eduige Rodelinda Regina de’ Longobardi)Orgogliosetto va l’augelletto (Matilde Lotario)Arma lo sguardo (Matilde Lotario)S’è delitto trar da’ lacci (Idelberto Lotario)Per tutto il timore (Valentiniano Ezio)Verdi allori (Medoro Orlando)Vorrei poterti amar (Medoro Orlando)Se l’inganno sortisce felice (Polinesso Ariodante)Dover giustizia amor (Polinesso Ariodante)Or che siete speranze tradite (Amastre Serse)Anima infida tradita io sono (Amastre Serse)Cagion son io del mio dolore (Amastre Serse)Meglio in voi col mio partire (Arsamene Serse)Non so se sia la speme (Arsamene Serse)Quella che tutta fé (Arsamene Serse)Sì la voglio e la

A soft haunting vocal duet written in 1868 by Alice Hawthorne - the pseudonymn of Philadelphia composer Septimus Winner.

Includes fresh new settings of: All Through the Night * Amazing Grace * Camptown Races * Cindy * He's Gone Away * Poor Wayfaring Stranger * Scarborough Fair * Shenandoah * Siyahamba * Skye Boat Song * Homeward Bound. Appropriate for any combination of voices, male or female. 64 pages.

Features seventeen duets in all for women and men two women and also two men from The Phantom Of The Opera The Beautiful Game Cats Requiem Aspects Of Love Sunset Boulevard and more.