Review: 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 & Sullivan. Recordings of recitation, diction lessons and piano accompaniments are accessed online via a unique code included in each book, and can be downloaded or streamed.

Songlist: Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams), Lydia (Fauré), Le secret (Fauré), Sonntag (Brahms), Die Forelle, Wandrers Nachtlied II, For the mountains shall depart from Elijah (Mendelssohn), Plaisir d'amour (Martini), Come again, sweet love (Dowland), Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), I Am a Pirate King from The Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan), Non siate ritrosi (Così fan tutte), Abendempfindung (Mozart), I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (Purcell), If Music Be The Food Of Love (Purcell), and more

Voicing: Baritone

4130b | Songbook & Online Audio | $22.95 | Solo | | Baritone Voices