This useful inventive collection of sacred solos is a valuable resource for classical singers looking for church service material or the songs are also appropriate for a traditional recital.The collection includes art-song type settings of traditional songs plus more conventional classical material. Contents: Ah Holy Jesus â?¢ Amazing Grace â?¢ Ave Maria â?¢ Balm in Gilead â?¢ Brother James' Air â?¢ The Call â?¢ Deep River â?¢ How Can I Keep from Singing â?¢ Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring â?¢ Just a Closer Walk with Thee â?¢ Sheep May Safely Graze â?¢ Wayfaring Stranger â?¢ Wondrous Love â?¢ We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder

The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860 1908) is rather unknown in Europe although he had his artistic roots there for he was trained as a pianist in Paris Stuttgart Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. After returning to his home country he worked as a teacher while also being the director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for eight years. During his studies in Germany the musician already began to compose songs (with German texts) still in the European tradition. From 1886 he used English lyricism as a basis and preferred a sparing yet expressive accompaniment of the piano. In his last songs he placed special emphasis on the declamatory aspect of the text and expandedthe harmonic range of his tonal language. Of his 42 solo songs the present volume contains six titles from three of his song collections: Composed or printed for the first time between 1890 and 1898 these songs are a representative selection from MacDowell's important middle creative period and without doubt a valuable addition to the song repertoire.

Ian Venables’ setting of four poems of A.E. Housman originally scored for tenor solo string quartet and piano here arranged for tenor and piano. Lyrical pieces of intermediate difficulty sometimes elegiac sometimes angry. Written in 2004 but very much in the English song tradition of Finzi Gurney and Warlock these are therefore ideal recital companions to those composers.

Italian composer Franceso Paolo Tosti (1846-1916) wrote more than 350 songs, among which were favorites of famous singers, from Caruso and Tetrazzini in his day to Pavarotti and Carreras in ours. With a direct and simple grace and sensual Italianate vocal lines, his works were in some ways an art music reply to the Neapolitan folk tradition. Featuring 30 Tosti songs available for the first time in two keys, these editions present excellent material for teaching the basics of classical singing as well as for the recital stage. They also include translations for study, a biography of the composer, and a select discography. / Voix Et Piano

Songs from the Exotic were commissioned by Josephine Nendick who gave the first performance with Michael Finnissy on 7th October 1987 in Cambridge. These four songs were inspired by folk traditions of Serbia Spain andScotland. In each case the text comes from a folksong source but the music is entirely invented. The duration is approximately 10 minutes.

Low Voice Compiled by Joan Frey Boytim-Joan Boytim compiler of The First Book of Solos series is the most respected name in widely-used publications for the developing singer. She brings her expertise and vast knowledge of literature into the sacred genre with thiscollection which presents traditional sacred solos for classical voice and piano. The songs span from the easy to the more challenging but all are within the realm of a reasonable ?classical? solo for a churchservice. Some of the songs included have long been out of print. The 43 selections range from classics by Bach and Mozart to early 20th century favorites and rarities.