Five songs for soprano and piano with texts from The Enlightened Heart, an anthology of spiritual poetry from many countries and disciplines.

Antonio Vivaldi : Vivaldi Opera Arias for Opera Arias for Soprano   

Vivaldi's operas have been rediscovered in recent years to be thrilling vocal showpieces, championed by Cecilia Bartoli, Ewa Podles and many others. This new edition was produced by Ricordi in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano Antonio Vivaldi of Venice. With extensive introductory historical articles. Includes arias from Orlando furioso, Arsilda, La fida ninfa, and Tito Manlio. These two volumes of operatic arias represent the recent scholarship that is uncovering the immense treasures of Vivaldi's theater music...there are simple arias with short ranges and slow tempos as well as elaborate, highly ornamented arias suitable for the most extravagantly skilled virtuoso...these volumes, and ones that are sure to come for other voice types, are well worth adding to the collection of every music library.--Journal of Singing

Songlist: Un raggio di speme from ORLANDO FURIOSO (Vivaldi), Poveri affetti miei from ORLANDO FURIOSO (Vivaldi), Io son quel gelsomino from ARSILDA (Vivaldi), Tornar voglio al primo ardore from ARSILDA (Vivaldi), Quel usignolo from ARSILDA (Vivaldi), Alma oppressa da sorte crudele from LA FIDA NINFA (Vivaldi), Il mio core a chi la diede from LA FIDA NINFA (Vivaldi), Destin avaro from LA FIDA NINFA (Vivaldi), Alla caccia d'un bello adorato from TITO MANLIO (Vivaldi), Non ti lusinghi la crudeltade from TITO MANLIO (Vivaldi), Fra le procelle from TITO MANLIO (Vivaldi), Ti lascierei gl'affetti miei from TITO MANLIO (Vivaldi)

Benjamin Britten : Opera Arias - Book 1 - Soprano   

Contents: Embroidery Aria (from Peter Grimes) - Glitter of Waves (from Peter Grimes) - I'm Full of Happiness (from Albert Herring) - Is This All (from Albert Herring) - Let Her Among You (from Peter Grimes) - Now Then! Notebook! (from Albert Herring) - She Sleeps As a Rose (from Rape of Lucretia) - Time Treads Upon Hands (from Rape of Lucretia) - Tis Safe For Kings (from Gloriana).

Songlist: LET HER AMONG YOU WITHOUT FAULT, EMBROIDERY ARIA, GLITTER OF WAVES AND GLITTER OF SUNLIGHT, NOW THEN! NOTEBOOK, FLORENCE!, IS THIS ALL YOU CAN BRING?, I'M FULL OF HAPPINESS, SOLILOQUY AND PRAYER, SHE SLEEP AS A ROSE, TIME TREADS UPON THE HANDS OF WOMEN

Benjamin Britten : Opera Arias - Book 2 - Soprano   

Contents: Run, Poor Sweep Boy! (from The Little Sheep) - Soon the Coach Will Carry You Away (from The Little Sweep) - The Journey - Nearly There (from The Turn of the Screw) - Lost in My Labyrinth (from The Turn of the Screw) - Go to Sleep, My Dolly Dear (from The Turn of the Screw) - Come, Now a Roundel (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) - Be Kind and Courteous (from A Midsummer Night's Dream) - Injurious Hermia (from A Midsummer Night's Dream).

Songlist: RUN, POOR SWEEP BOY!, SOON THE COACH WILL CARRY YOU AWAY, JOURNEY, THE - NEARLY THERE, TOWER, THE - HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS, LOST IN MY LABYRINTH, GO TO SLEEP, MY DOLLY DEAR, COME, NOW A ROUNDEL, BE KIND AND COURTEOUS, INJURIOUS HERMIA

This work for soprano and string quartet was premiered at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on the 18th November 2019 by Carola Darwin and the Gildas Quartet. Commissioned by Carola Darwin with funds from Arts Council England, the Ambache Charitable Trust and the RVW Trust, this seven-song cycle sets texts by Walter Deverell (1827-1854) and the museum's three 2016 Poets-in-Residence: John Barnie, Steven Matthews and Kelley Swain. The title is taken from Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.

Multiple excellent classical exercises, in six different chapters, to help flexibility in the Soprano voice.

Songlist: Exercises in two, three and four notes, Exercises in four, fix, six and seven notes, Scales of Octaves and Ninths ascending and descending, Figured Scales ascending and descending, Exercises in Studies of Embellishments, Progressive Exercises on the ascending chromatic Scale

A set of four short art songs, in French, whose texts come from the back of a cereal box. Seriously, if that wasn't fun enough, each movement is in the style of a French composer: Faure, Ravel, Poulenc, and Debussy. Bohmler's considerable acumen brings a classical yet theatrical flair to this work.

Songlist: Ë Monsieur Faure, Ë Monsieur Ravel, Ë Monsieur Poulenc, A Monsieur Debussy

Miz Inez Sez is a cycle of five songs, for high soprano and piano, to the poetry of Colette Inez. Four of the songs were written in 1996 and one (The Beckoning) in 1998. The work was commission by the ensemble Sequitur. First performed April 28, 2000 at the Miller Theatre, New York City, by Hila Plitmann, soprano and David Del Tredici, piano. Contents: Alive and Taking Names - The Happy Child - Good News! Nilda is Back - The Beckoning - Chateauneuf du Pape, The Pope's Valet Speaks.

Songlist: ALIVE AND TAKING NAMES, HAPPY CHILD, THE, GOOD NEWS! NILDA IS BACK, BECKONING, THE, CHATEAUNEUF DU PAPE, THE POPE'S VALET SPEAKS

Premiered in 2001, the nine songs of this expressive and moving cycle each begin with the line, At the news of your death.

Dvorak & Tchaikovsky : Opera Arias for Soprano    

This album of arias will make sopranos realize instantly how neglected these Slavic masterpieces have been. Includes the complete 'Letter Scene' from Evgeny Onegin as well as the once-again-popular 'Rusalka' by Dvorak. Spectacular! Includes an expansive, newly engraved vocal score, printed on high-quality ivory paper; and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) in digital stereo, followed by digital stereo orchestral accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist.

Songlist: Evgeny Onegin, Act I, Scene 2, Queen of Spades, Act I, Scene 2, Rusalka - Song To The Moon

A cycle of five songs composed on the poetry of John Hollander, current poet laureate of Connecticut.

This book consists of three parts: PART I describes the vocal mechanism and its functions briefly and in simple non-technical language. A general knowledge of the instrument often helps the student to clarify a question of tone production. PART II, forming the major portion of the book, consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. PART III presents the important elements of diction in the five languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

Songlist: PART I, The Breath System, The Phonating System, The Resonating System, The Articulating System, General Remarks, PART II, Fundamental Exercises, The Turn, The Soprano Registers, Pianissimo Studies, Staccato Studies, Trill Studies, Messa Di Voce, Style, Special Problems, PART III, English, Foreign Language Diction, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Glossary of Musical Terms, Songs for Sopranos, Recordings of Great Singers

This unique package presents a recorded master class with Metropolitan Opera star Evelyn Lear, coaching young sopranos in 9 favorite arias. The book includes interpretive essays, translations for study, and the standard vocal/piano versions of the arias, with extensive coaching comments in the score. Besides the masterclass with Miss Lear, the CD includes a piano accompaniment for practice. Arias are from La bohème, Don Giovanni, Fidelio, Le nozze di Figaro, Roméo et Juliette, Samson and Die Zauberflöte.

Songlist: Let the bright Seraphim from SAMSON (Handel), Mi chiamano Mimì from LA BOHÈME (Puccini), Batti batti, o bel Masetto from DON GIOVANNI (Mozart), Quando men vo from LA BOHÈME (Puccini), Deh vieni, non tardar from LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Mozart), Vedrai, carino from DON GIOVANNI (Mozart), Ach, ich fühl's from DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Mozart), O wär' ich schon mit dir vereint from FIDELIO (Beethoven), Ah! Je veux vivre from ROM...O ET JULIETTE (Gounod)

The Sieber Vocalises: It is important to know why Sieber is so good for the voice. He was a Viennese, Italian-trained voice teacher who knew the importance of vowel alteration and its role in keeping the balance of the registers. The Sieber Vocalises are designed to balance the registers using 8 measure melodies based on the Italian syllables da, me, ni, po, to, la, be. The register balance is achieved in the ingenious way Sieber arranges the syllables. Again, his goal it to allow the space of the open vowels in the closed vowels, and the ring of the closed vowels in the open vowels. Lindquest called these vocalises the 'bridge between vocalizing and singing music'. In my 25 years of teaching, I have never found a singer that the Sieber Vocalises did not help tremendously. 36 Eight-Measure Vocalises for Elementary Teaching for soprano voices

The Sieber Vocalises: It is important to know why Sieber is so good for the voice. He was a Viennese, Italian-trained voice teacher who knew the importance of vowel alteration and its role in keeping the balance of the registers. The Sieber Vocalises are designed to balance the registers using 8 measure melodies based on the Italian syllables da, me, ni, po, to, la, be. The register balance is achieved in the ingenious way Sieber arranges the syllables. Again, his goal it to allow the space of the open vowels in the closed vowels, and the ring of the closed vowels in the open vowels. Lindquest called these vocalises the 'bridge between vocalizing and singing music'. In my 25 years of teaching, I have never found a singer that the Sieber Vocalises did not help tremendously. Thirty-Six Eight-Measure vocalises for Sopranos, complete with solfege.

G. Schirmer Opera Anthology : Diction Coach - Coloratura Arias For Soprano   

Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translations With these book/CD packages that match the standard aria collections edited by Robert L. Larsen, any singer anywhere has access to the best diction coaching available at a very affordable price. Each aria is recorded twice. In the first version the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it, showing flow of the language and the mood. The second version is a slow, deliberate lesson, allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experienced language coaches adapt the "R" in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. The book includes International Phonetic Alphabet for each aria and word for word translations. The native speaking professional diction coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School are: Corradina Caporello for Italian, Pierre Vallet for French, Irene Spiegelman for German, Kathryn LaBouff for English, Yveta Synek Graff for Czech, and Gina Levinson for Russian. Companion to 50483986 Coloratura Arias for Soprano.

Songlist: Alcina, Ariadne Auf Naxos, Un Ballo In Maschera, Il Barbiere Di Siviglia, Les Contes D'Hoffmann, Les Deux Avares, Dinorah, Don Pasquale, Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail, La Fille Du Regiment, Die Fledermaus, Hamlet, Lakme, Linda Di Chamounix, Lucia Di Lammermoor, Manon Lescaut, Martha, Mignon, The Pirates Of Penzance, I Puritani, Der Schauspieldirektor, La Sonnambula, The Telephone, Die Zauberflote, Zolotoj Petushok

G. Schirmer Opera Anthology : Diction Coach - Arias for Soprano   

Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translations. With these book/CD packages that match the standard aria collections edited by Robert L. Larsen, any singer anywhere has access to the best diction coaching available at a very affordable price. Each aria is recorded twice. In the first version the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it, showing flow of the language and the mood. The second version is a slow, deliberate lesson, allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experienced language coaches adapt the "R" in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. The book includes International Phonetic Alphabet for each aria and word for word translations. The native speaking professional diction coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School are: Corradina Caporello for Italian, Pierre Vallet for French, Irene Spiegelman for German, Kathryn LaBouff for English, Yveta Synek Graff for Czech, and Gina Levinson for Russian. Companion to 50481097 Arias for Soprano.

Songlist: Ach, ich f?hl's, Adieu, Notre Petite Table, Ah Je Rise De Me Voir, Ah Je Veux Vivre, Batti, batti, o bel Masetto from Don Giovanni, Bester Jungling, The Black Swan, Caro Nome, Deh Vieni, Non Tardar, Donde Lieta, Dove Sono I Bei Momenti, Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle, Fair Robin I Love, Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'epouvante, Kommt Ein Schlanker Bursch Geg-, Mi Chiamano Mimi, Monica's Waltz, O Mio Babbino Caro, O War Ich Schon Mit, Porgi, amor from Le Nozze di Figaro, Quando Men Vo, Saper Vorreste, Signore Ascolta, Silver Aria, The, Stridono Lassu, Sul Fil D'un Soffio, Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta, Un Bel Di Vedremo, V'adoro, Pupille, Vedrai, Carino, and more

G. Schirmer Opera Anthology : Diction Coach - Arias for Soprano Vol 2   

Diction lessons on each aria in the series recorded by top language coaches from the Metropolitan Opera and the Juilliard School plus International Phonetic Alphabet and word for word translations. With these book/CD packages that match the standard aria collections edited by Robert L. Larsen, any singer anywhere has access to the best diction coaching available at a very affordable price. Each aria is recorded twice. In the first version the coach recites the text as an actor would speak it, showing flow of the language and the mood. The second version is a slow, deliberate lesson, allowing time for the student to repeat each line. These experienced language coaches adapt the "R" in German and French in the slow versions for singers. They also are very sensitive to liaisons between word sounds in the musical settings. The book includes International Phonetic Alphabet for each aria and word for word translations.

G. Schirmer Opera Anthology : Coloratura Arias for Soprano    

An excellent volume of coloratura arias has been added to the G. Schirmer Opera Anthology series. With 30 arias in English, Italian, German, French and Russian, this is the largest collection of coloratura operatic excerpts ever published. Because of the nature of the material, tradition-based performance suggestions are liberally found throughout the volume. For instance, you will find standard vocal variations for the "Doll Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann included in the edition, along with the original vocal line. Like the other volumes in the ground-breaking series, there are historical and plot notes about each aria, new engravings, and new translations for study.

Songlist: A vos jeux, mes amix, Ah! non credea...Ah! non giunge, Ah! O� va la jeune indoue, C'est l'historie amoureuse, Care Compagne, Chacun le sait, Da schlagt di Abschiedsstunde, Den Teuren zu versohnen, Der Holle Rache, Durch Zartlichkeit und Schmeicheln, Grossmachtige Prinzessin, Hello! Oh, Margaret, it's you, Hymn to the Sun, Il dolce suono...Spargi d'amoro piato, Les oiseaux dans la charmille, Mein Heir Marquis, O Luce di quest'anima, O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voc, O zittre nicht, Ombre legere, Plus de depit, plus de tristesse, Poor Wand'ring One, Quel guardo il cavaliere, Regnava nel silenzio, Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande, Tornami a Vagheggiar, Una voce poco fa, Vocalise, Volta la terrea fronte alle stelle

Gabriella Ravazzi : Great Opera Composers for Young Singers   

This graduated collection of opera arias offers beginning-level students the chance to explore the technical and expressive aspects of great opera music very early on. Multi-language text including English.

Songlist: Convien partir from La figlia del reggimento (Donizetti), L'ho perduta, me meschina from Le nozze di Figaro (Mozart), Canto di una Guècha from Iris (Mascagni), Una volta che Bastiano from Bastien und Bastienne (Mozart), Marito vorrei from La finta semplice (Mozart), Donne vaghe... from La serva padrona (Paisiello), Quando si trovano, le basse femmine... from Il mondo della luna (Galuppi), Anch'io son giovine from La cambiale di matrimonio(Rossini)

With standard vocal/piano aria editions, plot notes and English translations, and with a CD of full performances and orchestral accompaniments.

Songlist: Piangete Voi?, Regnava nel Silenzio, Le ricchezze ed il grado fastoso, convien partir, Allenta il pie regina, Oh nube! che lieve, Nella pace del mesto riposo

Gaetano Donizetti : Arias for Soprano   

Songlist: Piangete voi? from Anna Bolena, Al dolce guidami castel natio from ANNA BOLENA (Donizetti), Tu che voli, già spirto beato from Fausta, Sogno talor di correre from Parisina, Com'è bello! Quale incanto from Lucrezia Borgia, Oh nube! che lieve from Maria Stuarda, Nella pace del mesto riposo from Maria Stuarda, E Sara in questi orribili momenti poté lasciarmi? from Roberto Devereux, Vivi, ingrato, a lei d'accanto from Roberto Devereux, Di quai soavi lagrime from Poliuto, Havvi un Dio che in sua clemenza from Maria di Rohan, Vieni o tu, che ognor io chiamo from Caterina Cornaro

Gaetano Donizetti : Favorite Soprano Arias   

Songlist: Della Crudele Isotta, Prendi, Per Me Sei Libero, Piangete voi?, Al Dolce Guidami Castel Natio, Coppia Iniqua, Vieni O Tu, Che Ognor Io Chiamo, In Estasi Soave, Par Che Mi Dica Ancora, Convien Partir, Le Ricchezze Ed Il Grado Fastoso, Quando Rapito in Estasi, So Anch'Io La Virtu Magica, O Luce Di Quest'Anima

Here is a practical learning tool for church and community orchestras who want to streamline the rehearsal process for preparing Handel's Messiah. New choristers will appreciate the opportunity to learn at their own pace and veteran singers will enjoy an easily accessed refresher course! - Visual Learning DVD - A voice part recorded by professional singer (Soprano, Alto, Tenor or Bass). The notes and words are displayed on the screen and change color in time with the music - all you have to do is join in as if singing a duet to learn your part. - Voice Part Rehearsal Audio CD - In this second step a narrator guides you, telling you when to sing and calling out where you are so that you don't get lost. Rehearse using your vocal score (available separately) and you will soon know the words and be singing the right notes. - Chorus Backing Track CD - Put what you've learned into practice with the third step, the Chorus Backing Track CD. Listen for your part and sing along with the choir and background music - it's like singing with a real choir.

A series of carefully graded progressive exercises to improve singing technique, for both solo singers and choirs. Includes exercises focussing on breathing and breath control, the production of vowel-sounds and consonants, good singing technique, and ear-training.

Songlist: Voice Placing Exercises for Loose Throat, Forward Tone and Resonance, Tongue Loosening Exercises, Sustained Notes, Attack, Flexibility and Rhythm, Voice Placing Exercises, Sustained Notes, Breath Pressure Variation, Attack and Staccato, Flexibility and Rhythm, Voice Placing Exercises, Flexibility, Major Scales and Arpeggi, Attack, Staccato, and Legato, Minor Scales, Breath Pressure Variations, Range Extension and Ear Training, Single Vowel-Sounds, Compound Vowel-Sounds, Consonants, Breath Pressure Variations

A collection of pieces for Soprano or Alto, composed by George Frideric Handel.

A collection of Gershwin songs, curated for today's singer, transposed into appropriate keys, based on original sources. SOPRANO CONTENTS: Bess, You Is My Woman - Blah, Blah, Blah - But Not for Me - By Strauss - Embraceable You - Fascinating Rhythm - A Foggy Day (In London Town) - He Loves and She Loves - How Long Has This Been Going On? - I Got Rhythm - I Loves You, Porgy - I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise - I've Got a Crush on You - Isn't It a Pity? - Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Love Is Here to Stay - Love Walked In - The Man I Love - Maybe - My Man's Gone Now - Nice Work If You Can Get It - 'S Wonderful - Somebody Loves Me - Someone to Watch Over Me - Soon - Summertime - They All Laughed - They Can't Take That Away from Me - Who Cares? (So Long As You Care for Me).

Songlist: Soon, Somebody Loves Me, Isn't It A Pity?, Maybe, Summertime, Bess, You Is My Woman, I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise, But Not For Me, By Strauss, I Got Rhythm, Embraceable You, Blah, Blah, Blah, Fascinating Rhythm, A Foggy Day (In London Town), He Loves And She Loves, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I Loves You, Porgy, I've Got A Crush On You, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, Love Is Here To Stay, Love Walked In, The Man I Love, My Man's Gone Now, Nice Work If You Can Get It, 'S Wonderful, Someone To Watch Over Me, They All Laughed, They Can't Take That Away From Me, Who Cares? (So Long As You Care For Me)

Contains twenty of Bizet's best-known songs in French text. Is also available for Mezzo Soprano or Baritone (Item #K06832).

Giacomo Puccini : Two Arias from La Rondine   

Magda's arias from this bewitching score. The familiar Canzone di Doretta and the enchanting Act I waltz song Ore dolci e divine. Includes translations and plot synopses By Martha Gerhart.

Songlist: Canzone di Doretta, Ore dolci e divine

Giacomo Puccini : 3 Puccini Arias for Soprano   

Recorded in Prague with the Czech Symphony Orchestra. The CDs in these packs contain two versions of each selection: one with a singer, and one with orchestra accompaniment only. All books in the series contain historical and plot notes about each opera, operetta or show, and piano/vocal reductions of the music. The singers heard on these recordings are top professionals from Covent Garden, English National Opera, and other main stages.

Songlist: Quando Men Vo, O Mio Babbino Caro, Un Bel Di Vedremo

Giacomo Puccini : Cantolopera - Arias for Soprano Vol. 2   

Includes a CD with a full performance with orchestra, as well as a fully-orchestrated accompaniment track. Contains the lyrics of the arias, plus a short plot summary and background information on the orchestra and the performers.

Songlist: Se come voi piccina io fossi, Sola, perdutta, abbandonata, Donde lieta usci, Che tua madre dovra, Tu, tu, piccolo Iddio!, Chi il bel songo di Doretta, Laggiu nel Soledad, Singore, ascolta, Tanto amore segreto

Giacomo Puccini : Cantolopera - Arias for Soprano - Vol 1   

Cantolopera is a series that proposes a totally new way to approach the great opera repertoire: versions for voice and piano of the most famous arias, accompanied by a compact disc containing the corresponding orchestral bases, recorded with a 130-piece orchestra, to allow the professional, the student and the opera fan to practice, as well as a version sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias plus a short summary and background information on the 'Compagnia d'Opera Italiana' Orchestra and the performers.

Songlist: O mio babbino caro, Un bel di vedremo, Quando men vo, Mi chiamano Mimi, In quelle trine morbide, Tu che di gel sei cinta, Vissi d'arte, in qusta reggia, Senza mamma

Giacomo Puccini : Puccini Arias for Soprano with Orchestra - Volume III   

Performed by Zvetelina Maldjanska, soprano Accompaniment: Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera Conductor: Nayden Todorov A gorgeous collection of soprano arias from the master of romantic opera, Giacomo Puccini. Includes Butterfly's famous entrance ('Spira sul mare') and others from Tosca, Turandot, and Manon Lescaut. Includes an expansive, newly engraved vocal score, printed on high-quality ivory paper; and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) in digital stereo, followed by digital stereo orchestral accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist.

Giacomo Puccini : Arias for Soprano   

19 arias from 8 operas. Including all the major soprano arias from Manon Lescaut, La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, La fanciulla del West, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi, and Turandot. Contents: Che tua madre dovra - Non la sospiri - Donde lieta - In quelle trine morbide - In questa reggia - L'ora o tirsi - Mi chiamano Mimi - mio babbino caro - Oh se sapeste - Quando men vo - Senza mamma - Signore ascolta - Sola, perduta, abbandonata - Spira sul mare - Tanto amore segreto - Tu che di gel sei cinta - Tu, tu, piccolo iddio! - Un bel dì vedremo - Vissi d'arte.

Songlist: Mi Chiamano Mimi, O Mio Babbino Caro, In Quelle Trine Morbide, Quando Men Vo, Signore Ascolta, Tu Che Di Gel Sei Cinta, Un Bel Di Vedremo, Vissi D'Arte, Vissi D'Amore, Sola, Perduta, Abbandonata, L'Ora O Tirsi, Donde Lieta, Spira Sul Mare, Che Tua Madre Dovra, Oh, Se Sapeste, Senza Mamma, In Questa Reggia, Tanto Amore Segreto, Tu, tu, Piccolo Iddio!, Non La Sospiri La Nostra Casetta

Giovanni Battista Lamperti was a highly-regarded Italian singing teacher who was considered to one of the best of his era. Many of Giovanni's students became international opera stars. These vocalises are designed to prepare the soprano voice for performance. "I recommend the daily use of these Exercises, particularly to Soprano and Mezzo-soprano singing a melodramatic repertory; because exercises of this kind promote length of respiration, and delay the deterioration and undue vibration (tremolo) of the voice. Beginners should confine themselves to a regularly limited range, so as not to weaken the medium of the voice and should extend their compass according to individual progress and development." - G.B. Lamperti

Giuseppe Verdi : Cantolopera - Arias for Soprano Vol. 2   

Includes a CD with a full performance with orchestra, as well as a fully-orchestrated accompaniment track. Contains the lyrics of the arias, plus a short plot summary and background information on the orchestra and the performers.

Songlist: Ancho'io dischiuso un giorno, Ben io t'invenni, Ecco l'orrido campo, Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa, O cieli azzurri, Qui Radam?s verr?!, Salgo gia del trono aurato, Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo, Vieni! t'affretta! Or tutti sorgete, Nel di della vittoria

Giuseppe Verdi : Cantolopera - Arias for Soprano   

Cantolopera is a series that proposes a totally new way to approach the great opera repertoire: versions for voice and piano of the most famous arias, accompanied by a compact disc containing the corresponding orchestral bases, recorded with a 130-piece orchestra, to allow the professional, the student and the opera fan to practice, as well as a version sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias plus a short summary and background information on the 'Compagnia d'Opera Italiana' Orchestra and the performers.

Songlist: Ernani! Ernani, involami, Tacea la notte placida, Caro nome che il mio cor, Addio, del passato, D'amor sull'ali rosee, La Vergine degli Angeli, Merce, dilette amiche, Morro, ma prima in grazia

Giuseppe Verdi : Great Arias for Soprano   

This new compilation features 16 memorable arias, arranged for voice and piano, from the perennially popular operas of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. Reproduced from authoritative early editions, the arias include "Oh patria mia," and "Ritorna vincitor!" from Aïda; "Saper vorreste" from Un Ballo in Maschera; "Ah, fors' è lui," from La Traviata; "Pace, pace, mio Dio" from La Forza del Destino; "Caro nome" from Rigoletto; as well as selections from Simon Boccanegra, Don Carlo, and Il Trovatore. Singers, pianists, and opera lovers will treasure this excellent collection of unforgettable arias by one of the supreme masters of the form. Original compilation of works from authoritative early editions.

Giuseppe Verdi : Arias for Soprano   

Nineteenth-century Italian composer and national hero Giuseppe Verdi provides the collection of bravura soprano pieces on this album, and John Wustman accompanies you in your own interpretations. Includes a high-quality printed vocal score and a compact disc with stereo accompaniments to each piece. Accompaniment: John Wustman, piano

Giuseppe Verdi : Operatic Arias for Soprano & Orchestra   

Prima donna Zvetelina Maldjanska sings great Verdi soprano arias, and you have the same orchestra as backup - polish those chords and wow them! Includes a printed vocal score on high-quality ivory paper, with informative liner notes; and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) followed by stereo orchestral accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist. Performed by Zvetelina Maldjanska, soprano Accompaniment: Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov

Giuseppe Verdi : Opera Arias for Soprano & Orchestra, Volume III   

More Verdi classics for Soprano and Orchestra, including great classics from Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Don Carlo, and Un Ballo in Maschera. Enjoy! Includes an expansive, newly engraved vocal score, printed on high-quality ivory paper; and a CD+G graphics-enabled compact disc with complete versions (with soloist) in digital stereo, followed by digital stereo orchestral accompaniments to each piece, minus the soloist. Performed by Zvetelina Vassileva, soprano Accompaniment: Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera Conductor: Nayden Todorov

Giuseppe Verdi : Verdi - Arias for Soprano Vol. 1   

This terrific collection includes 9 Verdi arias from Nabucco, Giovanna d'Arco, Il corsaro, Luisa Miller, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, La forza del destino, Aïda, and Otello. Includes an extensive introduction and notes for each piece.

Songlist: Caro nome che il mio cor from RIGOLETTO (Verdi), Ritorna vincitor from AIDA (Verdi), Canzone del salice e Ave Maria di Desdemona from OTELLO (Verdi), Ancho'io dischiuso un giorno from NABUCCO (Verdi), O patria mia from AIDA (Verdi), Non so le tetre immagini from IL CORSARO (Verdi), Vola talor dal carcere from IL CORSARO (Verdi), Madre, pietosa Vergine from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (Verdi), Pace, pace, mio Dio from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO (Verdi), Sempre all'alba ed alla sera from GIOVANNA D'ARCO (Verdi), O fatidica foresta from GIOVANNA D'ARCO (Verdi), To puniscimi, o Signore from LUISA MILLER (Verdi), Come in quest' ora bruna from SIMON BOCCANEGRA (Verdi)

The poetry of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is especially appealing due to the wide range of topics, diversity of mood and peculiar imagination of the poet. The writings are reflective, passionate, witty, sensuous, observant and ridiculously humorous. Her heart soars. Her mind pokes fun! Emily was truly a New Englander. Her poems are understated and compact. Her love of Nature focuses on small things- birds, bees, meadows and a pond.

In creating the musical settings, the composer (herself a New Englander) endeavored to capture the spirit of the poetry, and of the poet, with songs diverse in style, and concise in form. Everything from romance to frogs is explored, briefly.

Great delight is taken in creating musical translations of the colorful imagery: the letters floating off on the breeze ("My Letter to the World"); the shimmering moonlight ("The Moon and the Sea"); a frog croaking in a bog ("The Frog in the Bog"); hopeful birds hopping about ("Hope" with Feathers"); the boat of passion riding the waves and then settling into its mooring ("Passion"); the ship's cannon firing in celebration ("Joy"); and the tiniest, lightest gifts of Nature ("All I Have to Bring").

These are the poet's Letters to the World. She lived as a recluse, yet her words took flight-traveling the universe as messengers of the soul.
Duration: 14'00"

A collection of songs based upon the writings of Will Cather and Carl Sandburg. Originally conceived as a set, but pieces may also used individually. The Sandberg texts which connect the Cather poems are all excerpted from the poem "Prairie." The music and the Sandburg writing is personal, narrative and expressive and contrasts with Cather's style of descriptive imagery.

Songlist: Prairie, Going Home, Prairie, Prairie Dawn, Prairie, Prairie Spring

Panofka (1807-1887) was one of the great 19th century voice teachers. His background as a choral composer greatly influenced these athletic bel canto vocalise compositions. This work presents 24 studies in The Art Of Singing and is suitable for Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, or Tenor.

Songlist: Major Scales, Minor Scales, Agility, Triplets, Groups of 2 Slurred Notes, Portamento, Dotted Notes, Syncopation, Legato, Appoggitura, Gruppetto, Turn and Mordent, Preparatory Study for the Trill, Agility, Trills, Arpeggios, Chromatic Scales, Study on Chromatics, Intervals

This rich collection of 23 soprano-range opera arias ranges from the dawn of Italian opera through the late 1800s, featuring early opera arias by Caccini, Campra, and Bononcini; works by eighteenth-century composers Rameau, Pergolesi, Gluck, and Mozart; and selections by nineteenth-century composers, including Beethoven, Weber, Meyerbeer, Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, and Bizet. This edition features a detailed and scholarly preface by musicologist Henry E. Krehbiel and a new Introduction by Roelof Oostwoud. Soprano-range vocal majors, vocal instructors, classically trained professional singers, and enthusiasts of vocal music will appreciate this well-chosen and modestly priced compilation.

A fifteen-minute song cycle for soprano and piano, which was first performed on 8 September 2007 at the European Music Festival, Stuttgart by Diana Damrau (soprano) and Matthias Lademann (piano). Both the music and the text are by Iain Bell.

In this cycle, Raminsh explores the relationship between mother and child. Includes vocal texts and notes on the songs.

An amazing collection of witty and romantic songs from the hit RCA Victor recording featuring Renee Fleming, Sylvia McNair, Frederica von Stade, Jennifer Larmore and Carol Vaness. All songs are in their original keys.

Songlist: I SHALL NOT LIVE IN VAIN, AS WELL AS JESUS?, IF YOU WERE COMMING IN THE FALL, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE ABROAD, AT LAST, TO BE IDENTIFIED!, CREATION, ANIMAL PASSION, ALAS! ALACK!, INDIAN SUMMER - BLUE, JOY ALONE (CONNECTION), MY NAME, EVEN, GOOD, LISTEN, SNAKE, WOE TO MAN, THE WOUND, THE FARM

More great theatre literature especially useful with young singers, compiled by veteran voice teacher Joan Frey Boytim. These collections are at the same level as the original volumes, with no song duplications, and again stress traditional lyric singing. There are 20-23 songs per volume, with a different song list for each voice type.

Songlist: Home, No Other Love, So In Love, Before I Gaze At You Again, Come Home, Bewitched, In My Life, Think Of Me, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Show Me, Carousel In The Park, Everything Beautiful Happens At Night, Far From The Home I Love, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, It's A Most Unusual Day, Love, Look Away, A Lovely Night, Mister Snow, Much More, One Boy (Girl), Strange Music, Ten Minutes Ago

This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable.

Songlist: All The Things You Are, And This Is My Beloved, Make Believe, Look For The Silver Lining, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Goodnight, My Someone, Hello, Young Lovers, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Have Dreamed, I'll Know, It's A Grand Night For Singing, Just Imagine, Look To The Rainbow, Many A New Day, Once You Lose Your Heart, Out Of My Dreams, The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood, The Sound Of Music, Till There Was You, Why Do I Love You?, With A Song In My Heart, Wouldn't It Be Loverly, You'll Never Walk Alone

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction and works perfectly as preparatory literature. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range, perfect for the beginning singer as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

Songlist: Alice Blue Gown, April Showers, Butterflies, Cradle Song, Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel, The False Prophet, Florian's Song, Golden Slumbers, It Was A Lover and His Lass, Ladybird, The Lilac Tree, The Little Sandman, My Little Heart, The Nightingale, Oh, Dear! What Can the Matter Be?, Oh, Pretty Birds, The Rosebush, The Sweetest Flower That Blows, Two Marionettes, The Willow Song, The Willow Tree, The Winter It Is Past

Lovers, Lasses and Spring complements The First Book of Soprano Solos and The First Book of Soprano Solos Part II. It is a selection of beginning coloratura songs, to be used to teach vocal agility, and comes with an accompaniment CD. The songs are all in English, and the ranges tend to explore the higher end of the soprano voice, using melismas and scale passages within a moderately florid style of singing. The style of music in Lovers, Lasses and Spring permits a freedom of singing that allows the voice to soar, something that sopranos really enjoy at this stage of development.

Songlist: Be Still, Blackbird, Charming Chloe, Cherry Ripe, A Heart That's Free, It A Lover And His Lass, The Kerry Dance, The Lass With The Delicate Air, The Little Damozel, The Little Shepard's Song, Love's A Merchant, The Piper Of Love, The Smile Of Spring, When Love Is Lind, Woodland Voices

This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful, each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

Songlist: All The Things You Are, And This Is My Beloved, Can't Help Lovin' That Man, Climb Ev'ry Mountain, Goodnight My Someone, Hello, Young Lovers, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Have Dreamed, I'll Know, It's A Grand Night For Singing, Just Imagine, Look For The Silver Lining, Look To The Rainbow, Make Believe, Many A New Day, Once You Lose Your Heart, Out Of My Dreams, The Simple Joys Of Maidenhood, The Sound Of Music, Till There Was You, Why Do I Love You, With A Song In My Heart, Wouldn't It Be Loverly, You'll Never Walk Alone

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.

Songlist: Lullaby, The Beatitudes (Malotte), Bel piacere (Handel), The Crucifixion, Bonne Nuit (Massenet), El Majo Discreto (Granados), Et tra la la y el punteado (Granados), Everywhere I Look (Carew), The Green Dog (Kingsley), Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow?, Hear My Cry, O God (Franck), Heffle Cuckoo Fair (Shaw), I Love All Graceful Things (Thiman), Into the Night (Edwards), The K'e (Dougherty), Let My Song Fill Your Heart (Charles), Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing (Purcell), Lied Der Mignon (Schubert), A Little China Figure (Leoni), Little Elegy (Duke), Love has eyes (Bishop), The Mermaid's Song, Minnelied (Mendelssohn), My Johann (Grieg), Night Is Falling (Haydn), O Peace, Thou Fairest Child of Heaven (Arne), Oh, What A Beautiful City, Piercing Eyes (Haydn), Rose Softly Blooming (Spohr), Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes, and more

More great teaching material at the same level as the first volume. Over 30 songs in each volume with no song duplicated between voice types. A student could easily begin either in The First Book or The First Book Part II, or the books may be used concurrently.

Songlist: Andenken (I Think of Thee) (Beethoven), Ave Maria (O Lord, Most Holy) (Abt), Charmant Papillon (Charming Butterfly) (Campra), Come And Trip It (Handel), Come To The Fair (Martin), Drift Down, Drift Down (Ronald), Grandma (Chanler), Animal Crackers (Hageman), Here Amid the Shady Woods (Handel), How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings (Liddle), Lachen und Weinen (Laughing and Crying) (Schubert), The Last Rose of Summer (Miliken/Flotow), La Pastorella (Shepherd Maid) (Schubert), Per Non Penar (For My Heart's Peace) D'astorga, Petit Noël (Little Noel) (Louis), Quella Barbara Catena (This Hard Bondage) (Ciampi), Romance (Debussy), A Spirit Flower (Campbell-Tipton), When I Was Seventeen (Swedish Folksong), Orpheus With His Lute, Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus), When Daisies Pied (Arne), Solvejg's Song (Grieg), None But The Lonely Heart (Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt), Op. 6, O Saviour, Hear Me! (Gluck), To A Wild Rose, The Crying of Water (Campbell-Tipton), Intorno All'idol Mio, A Nun Takes the Veil (Barber), Bliss (Schubert), and more

Step up to the next level with more student repertoire, continuing from The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos - Part II. The more than 30 songs in each book require a little more vocal range and musical sophistication, but are still decidedly student material.

Songlist: Les cloches, Die Nacht, The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze, Down In The Forest, Hark! The Echoing Air, Love's Philosophy, Un Moto Di Gioja, My Heart Is Like A Singing Bird, A Pastoral, Shepherd! Thy Demeanour Vary, Sleep, Gentle Cherub, Sleep Descend, Song Of The Blackbird, A Spring Morning, The Sun Shall Be No More Thy Light, To The Birds (A des Oiseaux), Villanelle (I Saw The Swift Swallow Flying), Vieille Chanson, My Heart Ever Faithful, Hear My Prayer, O Lord, O Divine Redeemer (Repentir), Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre (Handel), Take O Take Those Lips(Beach Hha, La Zingara (Donizetti), Das Verlassene Magdlein(Maid Fo), Bescheidebne Liebe (Wolf), Vergebliches Standchen (Brahms), These Are They Which Came(Gaul), Fiocca La Neve(Snow) (Cimara), Art Is Calling For Me

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type.

Songlist: Lullaby, The Beatitudes (Malotte), Bel piacere (Handel), The Crucifixion, Bonne Nuit (Massenet), El Majo Discreto (Granados), Et tra la la y el punteado (Granados), Everywhere I Look (Carew), The Green Dog (Kingsley), Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow?, Hear My Cry, O God (Franck), Heffle Cuckoo Fair (Shaw), I Love All Graceful Things (Thiman), Into the Night (Edwards), The K'e (Dougherty), Let My Song Fill Your Heart (Charles), Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing (Purcell), Lied Der Mignon (Schubert), A Little China Figure (Leoni), Little Elegy (Duke), Love has eyes (Bishop), The Mermaid's Song, Minnelied (Mendelssohn), My Johann (Grieg), Night Is Falling (Haydn), O Peace, Thou Fairest Child of Heaven (Arne), Oh, What A Beautiful City, Piercing Eyes (Haydn), Rose Softly Blooming (Spohr), Si Mes Vers Avaient Des Ailes, and more

More great teaching material at the same level as the first volume. Over 30 songs in each volume with no song duplicated between voice types. A student could easily begin either in The First Book or The First Book Part II, or the books may be used concurrently. Book includes access to online recordings of piano accompaniments for each piece.

Songlist: Andenken (I Think of Thee) (Beethoven), Ave Maria (O Lord, Most Holy) (Abt), Charmant Papillon (Charming Butterfly) (Campra), Come And Trip It (Handel), Come To The Fair (Martin), Drift Down, Drift Down (Ronald), Grandma (Chanler), Animal Crackers (Hageman), Here Amid the Shady Woods (Handel), How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings (Liddle), Lachen und Weinen (Laughing and Crying) (Schubert), The Last Rose of Summer (Miliken/Flotow), La Pastorella (Shepherd Maid) (Schubert), Per Non Penar (For My Heart's Peace) D'astorga, Petit Noël (Little Noel) (Louis), Quella Barbara Catena (This Hard Bondage) (Ciampi), Romance (Debussy), A Spirit Flower (Campbell-Tipton), When I Was Seventeen (Swedish Folksong), Orpheus With His Lute, Gesù Bambino (The Infant Jesus), When Daisies Pied (Arne), Solvejg's Song (Grieg), None But The Lonely Heart (Nur Wer Die Sehnsucht Kennt), Op. 6, O Saviour, Hear Me! (Gluck), To A Wild Rose, The Crying of Water (Campbell-Tipton), Intorno All'idol Mio, A Nun Takes the Veil (Barber), Bliss (Schubert), and more

Step up to the next level with more student repertoire, continuing from The First Book of Solos and The First Book of Solos - Part II. The more than 30 songs in each book require a little more vocal range and musical sophistication, but are still decidedly student material.

Songlist: Les cloches, Die Nacht, The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze, Down In The Forest, Hark! The Echoing Air, Love's Philosophy, Un Moto Di Gioja, My Heart Is Like A Singing Bird, A Pastoral, Shepherd! Thy Demeanour Vary, Sleep, Gentle Cherub, Sleep Descend, Song Of The Blackbird, A Spring Morning, The Sun Shall Be No More Thy Light, To The Birds (A des Oiseaux), Villanelle (I Saw The Swift Swallow Flying), Vieille Chanson, My Heart Ever Faithful, Hear My Prayer, O Lord, O Divine Redeemer (Repentir), Oh! Had I Jubal's Lyre (Handel), Take O Take Those Lips(Beach Hha, La Zingara (Donizetti), Das Verlassene Magdlein(Maid Fo), Bescheidebne Liebe (Wolf), Vergebliches Standchen (Brahms), These Are They Which Came(Gaul), Fiocca La Neve(Snow) (Cimara), Art Is Calling For Me