Benjamin Britten is widely held to be one of the greatest opera composers of the 20th century. His works are regularl performed in opera houses throughout the world and many of the arias have become essential repertoire for students and professional singers.This second book includes arias from the famous operas The Little Sweep The Turn of the Screw and A Midsummer Night?s Dream. The German singing translations are also included.

Description The Second Book Of Soprano Solos The songs in this collection represent various periods of music history as well as selected sacred solos. Compiled by Joan Frey Boytim. Songlist A Pastoral [Veracini, Francesco Maria] A Spring Morning [Carey, Henry] Art Is Calling For Me [Herbert, Victor] Bescheidebne Liebe [Wolf, Hugo] Das Verlassene Magdlein [Wolf, Hugo] Die Nacht [Strauss, Richard] Down In The Forest [Ronald, Landon] Fiocca La Neve [Cimara, Pietro] Hark! The Echoing Air [Purcell, Henry] Hear My Prayer, O Lord [Dvorak, Antonin] La Zingara [Donizetti, Gaetano] Les Cloches [Debussy, Claude] Love's Philosophy [Quilter, Roger] Mein Glaubiges Herze (My Heart Ever Faithful) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] My Heart Is Like A Singing Bird [Parry, Hubert] O Divine Redeemer [Gounod, Charles] Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre [Handel, George Frideric] Shepherd! Thy Demeanour Vary [Brown, Thomas] Sleep, Gentle Cherub, Sleep Descend [Arne, Thomas] Song Of The Blackbird [Quilter, Roger] Take O Take Those Lips Away [Beach, Amy] The Sun Shall Be No More Thy Light [Greene, Maurice] The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (The Mikado) [Sullivan, Arthur] These Are They Which Came [Gaul, Alfred Robert] To The Birds (A Des Oiseaux) [Hue, Georges] Un Moto Di Gioja [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Vergebliches Standchen Op.84 No.4 [Brahms, Johannes] Vieille Chanson [Bizet, Georges] Villanelle (I Saw The Swift Swallow Flying) [Dell'acqua, Eva]