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 TAILLEFERRE GERMAINE. A cycle of songs from the Les Six composer setting French texts from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. This version for voice and piano from 1930 follows the version for voice and orchestra from 1929. This is regarded as Tailleferre's most feminist work, the poems addressing the difficulties experienced by women, especially marital and affairs of the heart, and perhaps draws on her personal experiences of her turbulent relationship at the time with the American caricaturist Ralph Barton. A cycle of songs from the Les Six composer setting French texts from the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. This version for voice and piano from 1930 follows the version for voice and orchestra from 1929. This is regarded as Tailleferre's most feminist work, the poems addressing the difficulties experienced by women, especially marital and affairs of the heart, and perhaps draws on her personal experiences of her turbulent relationship at the time with the American caricaturist Ralph Barton./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano

And Other Songs and Poems. Par CARTER SYDNEY. Songbook to accompany the Lord of the Dance CD CONTENTS Poem: My Believing Bones; Lord of the Dance; Present Tense; Poem: Doubting Tom; Pluck the Rose; Poem: What is Impossible; Poem: Run the Film Backwards; Come, Holy Harlequin; Judas and Mary; Poem: The New Song; Poem: Reversal; Poem: By this Sea; Poem: Robinson Crusoe; Bird of Heaven; After Six and All Day Sunday; Poem: The Future in the Past; Green like the Leaves; Shake and Shiver; Poem: Christ’s Hospital; Poem: In Coram Fields; Poem: Interview; Creator of the Living; Julian of Norwich; One More Step; Like the Snow; Poem: This Black Light ISBN 0 85249 855 1/ Recueil / Chant et Piano

Schumann's song cycle 'Frauenliebe und Leben?, on poems by Adelbert von Chamisso, deals with the trauma of a woman who loses the man who was her first love and the guiding light of her life. Schumann himself completed what is perhaps his most unified song cycle in blissful anticipation of his union with Clara Wieck.This new edition presents the work on the basis of the first print, using Schumann's autograph for purposes of consultation. The alternative readings in the autograph vocal part also give singers valuable tips for a nuanced delivery of the words.- Original edition for medium voice- Comprehensive bilingual foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Ger)- The song texts are printed separately and include English translations taken from Richard Stokes' publication 'The Book of Lieder?ContentsI. Seit ich ihn gesehenII. Er, der Herrlichste von allenIII. Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glaubenIV. Du Ring an meinem FingerV. Helft mir, ihr SchwesternVI. Süßer Freund, du blickestVII. An meinem Herzen, an meiner BrustVIII. Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan / Voix Et Piano

12 Poems by Judith G. Wolf for Countertenor, Cello, and Orchestra. Par FUCHS KENNETH. This piece, along with three others, earned the composer a Grammy for the 2018 Best Classical Compendium. Composer's program note excerpt: Judith G. Wolf's expressive poems take us on a memorable journey through everyday life, the support of family and friends, the joy of love, and the pain of grief and loss. I was moved by her work to compose Poems of Life, an orchestral song cycle that sets to music twelve poems from Wolf's most recent volume of poetry, Otherwise. The poems weave a narrative of eternal love, the pain of loss through death, emotional transformation through grief, and spiritual enlightenment. CONTENTS: Prologue 1. Ethereal 2. Time Slips Away Movement 1 3. Gary Died 4. Just Like That 5. Watching for Death 6. Face Movement 2 7. Sisters 8. Forever Gone 9. The Retreat Movement 3 10. The Dream Epilogue 11. Conversation 12. Epiphany. Orchestra accompaniment rental item is available separately from the publisher./ Répertoire / Chant et Piano