(Vocal Collection). 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. 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 Bass Pages: 130 Instrumentation: Vocal