Par PEGLER HEIDI / KEMP N.J.. This graded songbook will help you develop the skills -required to sing in a foreign language. An invaluable resource for all singing students and teachers. This edition is for elementary level low voices, and contains songs in French, German and Italian. A detailed pronunciation guide is included using the International Phonetic Alphabet. Each song includes background information, as well as technical and musical teaching points. The accompanying CD boasts a full pronunciation guide by native speakers, as well as full recordings of all accompaniments for practice and performance. / Niveau : Facile / Recueil / Chant et Piano

This edition is more oriented to practical performance than the New Complete Critical Edition. From the range designations of the Lieder, one can see that, despite the transpositions, not all fifteen Lieder of a volume are suited to one and the same voice. The alternative pitches and easier passages written by Mahler often for only one of the voice ranges of a Lied (and not necessarily always for the original voice range) are here provided for both voices. The Notes (pp.165-170) show for which voice these were originally conceived and whether this has to do with a purely vocal facilitation or a musical variant. Unlike the Kindertotenlieder , the fifteen Wunderhorn Lieder do not form a cycle and do not even suggest a unified collection of songs such as the Rückert Lieder. They can only be organized according to their sequence of composition, which should, however, have no influence on the choice or order of a performance. As Mahler himself urged upon his singers: I ask at the very least that you determine the sequence of the Lieder yourself. (Letter to the baritone Johannes Messchaert, 1906)Langue : German / Ténor - piano / Universal Edition

Par STRAUSS RICHARD. New practical edition of “Two Songs” op. 26 by Richard Strauss for voice and piano. It comprises “Frühlingsgedränge“ (“Voices of Spring“) and “O wärst du mein!“ (“O, wert thou mine!“) based on poems by Nikolaus Lenau. Strauss composed these songs from 1891-1894. He often accompanied his wife, the soprano Pauline Strauss-de Ahna, on the piano and worked with her on interpretations of his piano songs. The resulting entries of the composer (e.g. performance markings) are reproduced here. Based on the text of “Richard Strauss Works” – Critical Edition (RSW), with English translations by John Bernhoff./ Répertoire / Voix Basse et Piano