Gaspare Spontini, composer and conductor, was celebrated for his operas in the late 1700s and early 1800s, although he also composed several pieces of vocal chamber music at the same time. The chamber repertoire was composed with the amateur performer in mind: the tessitura of his melodies falls mostly within the medium/high range and does not call for any special techniques. This does not, however, diminish the artistic value of his chamber music- indeed, it is a body of work of great interest and beauty. Each piece was written for a single voice accompanied by the piano or the harp - the two instruments most commonly found in salons of the time - and in a variety of forms: bagatelle, barcarole, chansonnette, romance, stances, stances élégiaques, élégie, strophes, Lied, romanze, ariette, melodici accenti, duetti and duetti notturni. In addition to a selection of compositions for medium-range voices - proposed here in the original tonic key - this book also includes the most celebrated and significant of Spontini's compositions. / Voix Moyenne(s) Et Piano

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Five songs from Harmonia Sacra , for High Voice and Harp or Piano, all realised by Benjamin Britten./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par DELIUS FREDERICK. Complete Works Volume 18A CONTENTS Songs hitherto uncollected: Over the Mountains high (Bjørnson) C sharp - E; Zwei braune Augen (Hans Anderson) B - C sharp; Der Fichtenbaum (Heine) E - F; Hochgebirgsleben (Ibsen) [original version] F - A (C); O schneller mein Ross (Geibel) D sharp - G (B flat); Chanson de Fortunio (de Musset) B flat - F sharp; Mit deinen blaunen Augen (Heine) [draft] E flat - A; Ein schöner Stern (Heine) E sharp - G sharp; Hör ich das Liedchen Klingen (Heine) E dbl-flat - A flat; Aus deinen Augen fliessen meine Lieder (?Heine) E flat - G flat; Nuages (Richepin) E - G; Traum Rosen (Marie Heinitz) B flat -E flat; Five Songs from theNorwegian: Slumber Song (Bjørnson) D - F The Nightingale (Welhaven) D - G Summer Eve (Paulsen) D sharp - F dbl-sharp Longing (Th. Kjerulf) C flat - F sharp Sunset (A. Munch) D - G; Five Songs from the Danish: The Page sat in the lofty Tower (Jacobsen) D - A flat Dreamy Nights (Drachmann) C - G Summer Nights (On the Seashore) (Drachmann) C - G flat Through long, long Years (Red Roses) (Jacobsen) B flat - F Wine Roses (Jacobsen) C sharp - E shar/ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par WARLOCK PETER. Introduction by Peter Pears CONTENTS The Batchelor (C sharp - F sharp) The Birds (D - E flat) Captain Stratton's Fancy (C - F) Contented lover (E flat - A flat) Cricketers of Hambledon (B flat - F) Droll lover (B - E flat) Elore lo (C - F) Hey troly loly lo (C - F) Late summer (B - F sharp) Mr. Belloc’s Fancy (D - G (A)) Piggesnie (D - G) Tom Tyler (D - F sharp (G)) To the memory of a great singer (D flat - G) Set for the Associated Board, Guildhall School and Trinity College Grade examinations. Introduction by Peter Pears CONTENTS The Batchelor (C sharp - F sharp) The Birds (D - E flat) Captain Stratton's Fancy (C - F) Contented lover (E flat - A flat) Cricketers of Hambledon (B flat - F) Droll lover (B - E flat) Elore lo (C - F) Hey troly loly lo (C - F) Late summer (B - F sharp) Mr. Belloc’s Fancy (D - G (A)) Piggesnie (D - G) Tom Tyler (D - F sharp (G)) To the memory of a great singer (D flat - G) Set for the Associated Board, Guildhall School and Trinity College Grade examinations./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Par BUTTERWORTH GEORGE. Songs by George Butterworth CONTENTS Bredon Hill (C - G) Is my team ploughing? (E flat - E flat) Lads in their hundreds, The (C sharp - E) Look not in my eyes (C - F) Loveliest of trees (C sharp - F) O fair enough are sky and plain (B flat - E flat) On the idle hill of summer (C sharp - F) Think no more, lad (C sharp - E) When I was one and twenty (D - E) When the lad for longing sighs (D - E) With rue my heart is laden (C sharp - E)/ Recueil / Chant et Piano

And Other Songs. Par IRELAND JOHN. Introduction by John Longmire CONTENTS Encounter (G - G) Epilogue (F - A flat) Goal and wicket (E - G) If we must part (D - E) Ladslove (F - A flat) Lent Lily (G - F sharp) Vain desire (E - A flat) What art thou thinking of (E - G flat) When lights go rolling (D - F sharp) Set for the Associated Board DipABRSM and LRSM examinations. Introduction by John Longmire CONTENTS Encounter (G - G) Epilogue (F - A flat) Goal and wicket (E - G) If we must part (D - E) Ladslove (F - A flat) Lent Lily (G - F sharp) Vain desire (E - A flat) What art thou thinking of (E - G flat) When lights go rolling (D - F sharp) Set for the Associated Board DipABRSM and LRSM examinations./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Volume 5. Par IRELAND JOHN. CONTENTS Bed in Summer (C - D) Blind (D - D) Cost (C - F) Friendship in misfortune (D flat - F) Hope the hornblower (F - G) I have twelve oxen (C - F) If there were dreams to sell (E flat - F) If we must part (D - E) Journey (E - E) Love and friendship (C - G) Merry month of May (C - F sharp) One hope (B flat - F sharp) Song from o'er the hill (D - E flat) Three ravens (C - E flat) Tutto e Sciolto (E - E) When lights go rolling (D - F sharp) Set for the Associated Board and Guildhall School examinations. / Niveau : Moyen / Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Book 4. Par FELLOWES E.H.. Edited by Edmund Fellowes CONTENTS ATTEY, John: On a time the amorous Silvy (A - D) CAMPION, Thomas: Fair, if you expect admiring (B - C); Follow thy fair sun (C sharp - C sharp) CAVENDISH, Michael: Finetta, fair and feat (D - D) DOWLAND, John: Fine knacks for ladies (C - D); I saw my lady weep (D - D) FORD, Thomas: Come, Phyllis, come into these bow'rs (D sharp - D); Not full twelve years twice old (A - E) JONES, Robert: Love's god is a boy (C - C) PILKINGTON, Francis: Now peep, Bo peep (B - D)/ Recueil / Chant et Piano

Par BUTTERWORTH GEORGE. The songs of George Butterworth with piano accompaniment. Introduction by Peter J. Pirie CONTENTS A Blacksmith courted me (E - F sharp) A brisk young sailor courted me (E - E) Come my own one (C - F) The Cuckoo (D - C) I fear thy kisses (B flat - E) I will make you brooches (C - F) A lawyer he went out (C - E) Requiescat (C - F) Roving in the dew (E flat - E flat) Seventeen come Sunday (D - E) Sowing the seeds of love (C - D) Tarry trousers (D - E) The true lover’s farewell (D - E flat) Yonder stands a lovely creature (C sharp - E) Set for the Guildhall School examinations./ Recueil / Chant et Piano

Barker Noelle (Compiler). Par BARKER NOELLE. Compiled by Noelle Barker CONTENTS BUSH, Geoffrey: The end of love (C - F) DOWLAND, John: Come away, come sweet love (F sharp - F) HATTON, John Liptrot: The Hag (A - F) HOLST, Gustav: Betelgeuse (B - F) IRELAND, John: My true love hath my heart (D - F sharp) PARRY, Hubert: Dirge in the woods (B - E) PINTO, George Frederick: Invocation to nature (D - F) PURCELL, Henry: Dear pretty youth (D - E); Sweeter than roses (B - E) SULLIVAN, Arthur: The Willow Song (B - E) THIMAN, Eric: I wandered lonely as a cloud (C - F) WEBB, William: As life what is so sweet (C - E) WELDON, John: The wakeful nightingale (D - F)/ Recueil / Chant et Piano

La partition Giner Bruno : Charlie. Voix Piano. de Giner Bruno a été composée pour Musique de chambre et plus particulièrement pour Quintette. Cette partition musicale est éditée par une des nombreuses maisons d'édition française à savoir Dhalmann. Cette oeuvre musicale fait partie intégrante des oeuvres de style Classique.' La vision première de l'oeuvre est sonore, fugace, violente et définitive. Et puis... et puis vient le temps de l'écriture...une errance chargée d'encre et de papier, tentative d'écrire dans sa propre langue ce qu'on ne sait pas encore écrire 'Né en 1960 à Perpignan, Bruno Giner commence ses études musicales à Toulouse, puis dans sa ville natale et à Barcelone. A Paris, il suit régulièrement les cours de Pierre Boulez au Collège de France et travaille la composition (électroacoustique et instrumentale) successivement avec Luis de Pablo, Ivo Malec et Brian Ferneyhough.Aujourd'hui, ses oeuvres sont jouées dans de nombreux festivals français et internationaux, et sont interprétées par différents ensembles de musique contemporaine (Aleph, Sic, Fa, L'instant donné, Grame, Nomos, Motus, Intercontemporain, Quatuor Arditti, Klangheimlich, Frullato, Xasax, Ars Nova Nürnberg, Ixtla, Slowind). ' Ce n'est pas la moindre qualité de la musique de Bruno Giner que de nous permettre de mesurer l'étendue de nos préjugés (enfin, je parle pour moi), a écrit Bertrand Dubedout. Restons à l'écoute. Ce compositeur, dont la réflexion et la démarche se nourrissent aussi bien de Boulez ou Ferneyhough, que de Schaeffer ou de Malec, et qu'une insatiable curiosité conduit aussi bien chez Schumann ou Machaut que chez les Pygmées, nous réserve encore bien des surprises, nous mijote bien des émerveillements 'Son catalogue comporte des pièces pour solistes, des partitions de musique de chambre, de la musique vocale, orchestrale, des oeuvres pour l'apprentissage, etc. Sa musique révèle un caractère charnel, parfois virtuose, une énergie canalisée par la formalisation d'une écriture rigoureuse qui n'empêche pas un travail plus empirique sur la morphologie et la matière sonore.En 1998, Bruno Giner reçoit le Prix Hervé Dugardin décerné par la SACEM pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre.Parmi ses dernières compositions, citons Paraphrase sur ' Guernica ' de Paul Dessau pour clarinette, violoncelle, piano et percussions (2003), TCP 17 pour harpe, guitare et mandoline (2005), Clameurs, concertino pour deux percussions et ensemble à vents (2006), Charlie opéra de chambre d'après Matin brun de Franck Pavloff (2007), Extra pour huit violoncelles (2007-2008), Quatuor #3 pour quatuor à cordes et percussion (2008). Parallèlement à ses activités compositionnelles, Bruno Giner a régulièrement collaboré à différentes revues musicales, encyclopédies ou labels discographiques (The New Grove, La Lettre du Musicien, Les cahiers du CIREM, Musica falsa, Motus, etc). Par ailleurs, il signe trois livres : Musique contemporaine : le second vingtième siècle (Editions Durand, 2000), Toute la musique ' (Editions Autrement Junior, 2003), De Weimar à Térézine 1933-1945 : l'épuration musicale (Editions Van de Velde, 2006). / Quintette

Par GURNEY IVOR. Originally for Piano and String Quartet, and later provided with piano accompaniment by the composer. Newly edited, with an introduction by Michael Pilkington. Contents Far in a Western Brookland (D flat - G flat) The Lent Lily (E - A) Ludlow Fair (E - G) On the idle hill of summer (F - A) 'Tis time, I think (F - G flat) When I was one and twenty (E - G) When smoke stood up from Ludlow (D - G sharp) Recorded by Adrian Thompson on Hyperion CDA663852 Set for the Associated Board FRSM examination./ Recueil / Chant et Piano

Handel's 'Agrippina? HWV 6 was performed with great success at the 2015 International Handel Festival in Göttingen (Germany) using the new Bärenreiter edition including the performance material and this vocal score.'Agrippina? is the last opera that Handel completed and premiered in Italy. The excellent libretto is one of the few original opera libretti that he set to music. The plot is tightly constructed, the characters sharply etched and equipped with a wide range of human emotions.Agrippina is married to her third husband, the Roman emperor Claudius. After he is presumed dead, she attempts with deception and intrigue to place her son Nero on the throne.The vocal score includes all the numbers from the appendix of the full score. These were used either during the successful Venetian series of performances in 1709/10 or were deleted or replaced by other numbers, versions and variants.- Urtext edition based on the 'Halle Handel Edition?- Includes a singing translation in German- Extensive bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) - Idiomatic uncluttered piano reduction / Chant Et Piano