Exceptional singer Reynaldo Hahn (1875-1947) owes his early successes to the 'songs for voice and piano? genre, whose raison d'être he defines in his journal as follows: 'To highlight a poem, word for word but without uniformity - to emphasize its meaning without distorting it - to shine light upon one idea, obscure another and present it all in vocal, sung form - to produce a sharp, precise sensation by touching a heartstring or evoking an image - all in a well-structured and tastefully written piece?. Enhanced by an audio version attached as a download card, this anthology of songs should dispel a good many misconceptions. This is no salon miniature: L'Heure exquise radiates an infinite tenderness, exalted by the high vocal cadences of Ô Bien-Aimée! and C'est l'heure exquise, which surely wrought tears from the author of the verses, Verlaine. Tyndaris, the jewel of Heures latines, clears a crystal-clear space given over to the delights of slumber and of love. Like D'une prison and Cygnes, these songs do more than wet the eyes: they grip the heart. / Voix Et Piano

Par WRIGHT R. / FORREST G.. Robert Wright et George Forrest adaptent à la musique de Danses polovtsiennes d'Alexandre Borodine de cette comédie musicale, qui se déroule dans la ville de Bagdad dans le times of The Arabian Nights./ Recueil / Chant et Piano

Une anthologie historique de la musique américaine du XIXe siècle. Sélectionné, avec Introduction et commentaire par Richard Jackson. Division de la musique Head, Collection américaine, la bibliothèque publique de New York. Préface de Virgil Thomson. / Voix Et Piano

Une collection de plus de 50 hits acoustiques arrangées pour piano facile. / Piano