63 songs, with extensive historical introductory notes. Includes all art songs originally composed for voice and piano published by Boosey & Hawkes. The content is the same for the High Voice and Medium/Low Voice volumes, with newly published transpositions as necessary. Contents: The Birds - A Charm of Lullabies (5 songs) - Evening, Morning, Night - Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (6 songs) - The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (8 songs) - On This Island (5 songs) - Sechs Hˆlderlin Fragmente (6 songs) - Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo) - Songs from the Chinese (6 songs, transcribed for voice and piano) - Three Songs from The Heart of the Matter (with horn) - Winter Words (8 songs plus 2 songs cut from the cycle) - Two Ballads (duets). |
