Sacred Masterpieces for Soprano Vol. 3-CANTOLOPERA is a publishing project that offers a completely new way of approaching the great vocal repertoire. CANTOLOPERA is made up of various series: the Favourite Opera Collection dedicated to operatic works organized by voice category; theComposers Collection devoted to individual composers; and the Songs Collection consisting of lyric songs romanzas an d traditional songs.The editions include a vocal score and one or more CDs containing for each number a complete versionand the respective orchestral accompaniment over which students enthusiasts and professionals can practise. Each volume also contains the texts to be sung in both ltalian and English accompanied by a note on their context as well as informationon the performers and the Compagnia d Opera Italiana with its orchestra of over 130 instrumentalists.

With companion recordings online-With companion CDs. This outstanding series is an encouragement to beginning singers in preparing a vocal solo. Songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type after consulting many official state contest repertoire lists. All the songs for instance are on the Texas list. The series will be useful to any novice singer not just limited to those preparing an actual contest solo. Each volume contains 10 songs: 5 art songs in English an African-American spiritual 2 songs in Italian a song in German and a song in Spanish. There are new editions and engravings of all songs. Biographical information is included on each composer. Interpretive suggestions are givenfor each song and the preface on Learning a Song is especially instructive. Each companion CD includes beautiful performances of all the songs by a professional singer and excellent accompaniments by pianist Laura Ward. Also on the CD are pronunciation guides in Italian German and Spanish. Soprano Book Contents: Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel · Do Not Go My Love · El tra la la y el punteado · I Attempt from Love's Sickness to Fly · It Was a Lover and His Lass · Lachen und Weinen · Nel cor più non mi sento · Se tu m'ami · Solveig's Song · 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer.

Contemporary English composer singer and Vocal coach Betty Roe is best known for her church and Choral music revue songs music for schools and solo songs like these. This group of three songs sets poems of Langston Hughes concerning the feisty Alberta K Johnson who successfully sees off the census man the minister and Death himself when they come calling.Roe has set the three texts in bluesy jazzy style with delightful sliding and sinister tones to suggest the threat of death. While the score calls for Soprano the highest note is F sharp and the lowest an F below middle C with quite a lot fo time spent in the lower register. A mezzo-Soprano would find this trio ofworks well within range.

But Stars Remaining was written in 1970 for the English soprano Jane Manning. It sets lines from two poems by Cecil Day-Lewis bringing them together to create a scena lasting some seven minutes. It is an aubade or dawn love-song; it begins with outward extravert energy and moves to an inward intimate centre. It closes as the imagery moves out again to the expanse of the sky at first light.

Compiled by Joan Frey Boytim. Each volume contains several very easy songs progressing to moderate difficulty. Includes a wide variety of music focusing primarily on literature in English with art songs folk songs and sacredsongs.

150th Anniversary Edition 1858 - 2008-With standard vocal/piano aria editions plot notes and English translations and with two CDs of full performances and orchestral accompaniments.Arias from: Le Villi - Manon Lescaut - La Bohème - Tosca - Madama Butterfly - La fanciulla del West - La rondine - Suor Angelica - Gianni Schicchi - Turandot .