Song For The Duke Of Gloucester's Birthday 1695 (Full Score)-Henry Purcell (1659-1695) held numerous appointments at the Royal court and Westminster Abbey and is considered by many to be the greatest ever English-born composer. His prolific work covered all fields: orchestral ecclesiastical operatic theatrical incidental and chamber music were all enriched by his output.One of Purcell’s last pieces Who Can From Joy Refrain? (Z 342) was written for the 6th birthday of Prince William Duke of Gloucester in June 1695. The Prince was said to enjoy the brash tone of the Trumpet so the prominent Trumpet part was written especially for him. Unusually Purcell also made use of therecently-introduced Oboe and Bassoon.A real asset to the catalogue A Song For The Duke Of Gloucester's Birthday showcases the very best of Purcell’s genius.

Henry Purcell’s only Opera proper Dido and Aeneas is a magnificent example of English Baroque music with lively dances and passionate aria sections that demonstrate Purcell’s masterful compositional and choral writing skill. Based on a libretto by Nahum Tate it was first performed in 1689 comprises three acts and lasts about an hour. Filled with dramatic lyricism with a wide range of musical and emotional content it is a monumental Baroque composition considered to be one of England’s foremost operatic works. Dido and Aeneas contains all the elements for a successful opera including a shipwreck sorcery love and lost love anddeath. This is the Vocal and Full Operatic Score edited by Margaret Laurie and Thurston Dart. With its interesting and imaginative realization and authentic editorial process this is an excellent edition that features some performing choices and variants and also includes the reconstructed prologue.

King Arthur (Arr. Laurie)-King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera; the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrate the music into the drama but since he ascribed to the dramatic conventions of the period which virtually confined music to allegorical or supernatural beings and thier worshippers or servants shepherds and similar characters the main action mostly occurs in the spoken sections and even the two singing characters Philidel and Grimbald speak more than they sing.

Cette collection généreuse de 29 ténor de gamme airs plages du XVIIe jusqu'à la fin des dix-neuvième siècles, reproduisant des oeuvres de Purcell ainsi que des compositions de Gluck, Saccini, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, et autres. Cette édition comporte une préface détaillée et savante par le musicologue Henry E. Krehbiel et une nouvelle introduction par Roelof Oostwoud. Tenor-majors gamme vocale, les instructeurs vocales, des chanteurs professionnels de formation classique, et les amateurs de musique vocale apprécieront cette compilation bien choisie et à prix modique. / Tenor

Description G. Schirmer Opera Anthology - Arias For Mezzo-Soprano Carefully chosen arias to anticipate the needs of singers, teachers and coaches for years to come. Includes historical notes, plot synopses and translations for study. Edited by Robert L. Larsen. Songlist Acerba Volutta (Adriana Lecouvreur) [Cilea, Francesco] Ah, Michele, Don't You Know (The Saint Of Bleecker Street) [Menotti, Gian Carlo] Amour Viens Aider Ma Faiblesse (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Augusta How Can You Turn Away? (The Ballad Of Baby Doe) [Moore, Douglas] Chacun A Son Gout (Die Fledermaus) [Strauss Ii, Johann] Che Faro Senza Euridice (Orfeo) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald] Cruda Sorte..Gia So Per Pratica (L'italiana In Algeri) [Rossini, Gioacchino] En Vain Pour Eviter (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Faites-lui Mes Aveux (Faust) [Gounod, Charles] Il Segreto Per Esser Felici (Lucrezia Borgia) [Donizetti, Gaetano] L'amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Lullaby (The Consul) [Menotti, Gian Carlo] Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Must The Winter Come So Soon? (Vanessa) [Barber, Samuel] Nobles Seigneurs, Salut (Les Hugenots) [Meyerbeer, Giacomo] Non Piu Mesta (La Cenerentola) [Rossini, Gioacchino] Non So Più Cosa Son (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] O Mio Fernando (La Favorita) [Donizetti, Gaetano] Pres Des Remparts (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges] Printemps Qui Commence (Samson Et Dalila) [Saint-Saens, Camille] Que Fais-tu, Blanche Tourterelle (Romeo Et Juliette) [Gounod, Charles] Smanie Implacabili (Cosi Fan Tutte) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Stride La Vampa (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe] Una Voce Poco Fa (Il Barbiere Di Siviglia) [Rossini, Gioacchino[ Va Laisse Couler Mes Larmes (Werther) [Massenet, Jules] Voce Di Donna (La Gioconda) [Ponchielli, Amilcare] Voi Che Sapete (Le Nozze Di Figaro) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Voi Lo Sapete (Cavelleria Rusticana) [Mascagni, Pietro] We Cannot Retrace Our Steps (The Mother Of Us All) [Thomson, Virgil] When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido And Aeneas) [Purcell, Henry]

Mezzo-Soprano. Véritable référence parmi les recueils d'airs lyriques, voici des airs et des extraits de rôles tirés des opéras de John Adams, Benjamin Britten, Carlisle Floyd, Richard Strauss et beaucoup d'autres édités par Boosey and Hawkes. Ce volume propose des indications détaillées sur le déroulement des oeuvres, ainsi, le cas échéant, que des traductions (en anglais). / Niveau : Difficile / Recueil / Mezzo-Soprano et Piano

An Introduction to Repertoire. This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert and Sullivan. Contents: BELLINI: Vaga luna, che inargenti · BONONCINI: Vado ben spesso cangiando loco · CAMPION: Fair, if you expect admiring · DONAUDY: Perche dolce, caro bene · DOWLAND: What if I never speed' DE FALLA: Asturiana · FAURE: Le secret · Seule! · LULLY: Bois epais · MACDOWELL: The Sea · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · MOZART: Abendempfindung · In diesen heil'gen Hallen · OBRADORS: La mi sola, Laureola · PUCCINI: Crucifixus · Vecchia zimarra, senti · PURCELL: If music be the food of love · We sing to Him · QUILTER: Come away, death · Now sleeps the crimson petal · weep you no more · RONTANI: Caldi sospiri · SCHUBERT: Der Doppelganger · Meeres Stille · SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere · Du bist wie eine Blume · RICHARD STRAUSS: Zueignung · SULLIVAN: The Policeman's Song · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea · The Vagabond

An Introduction to Repertoire. This series of five book/online audio access packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert and Sullivan. Each book includes a unique code for access to professionally-recorded pronunciation lessons and piano accompaniments. Contents: ARNE: When daisies pied · DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love · Flow my tears · Weep you no more, sad fountains · PURCELL: If music be the food of love · Nymphs and Shepherds · QUILTER: Fair House of Joy · It was a lover and his lass · Love's Philosophy · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Silent Noon · BIZET: Ouvre ton coeur · FAURE: Clair de lune · Mandoline · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · BRAHMS: Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer · MOZART: Als Luise die Briefe ihres · Ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte · SCHUBERT: An die Nachtigall · SCHUMANN: Du Ring an meinem Finger · RICHARD STRAUSS: Zueignung · BELLINI: Dolente immagine di Fille mia · DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben · SCARLATTI: Cara e dolce · STRADELLA: Se nel ben sempre incostante · DE FALLA: El pano moruno · GRANADOS: La maja dolorosa (2) · MOZART: Voi che sapete · GLUCK: Che faro senza Euridice · SULLIVAN: When Frederic Was a Little Lad · VIVALDI: Qui sedes ad dextram Patris