Collected Songs - High Voice
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Music
Collected Songs - High Voice Details
(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). 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 Holderlin 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).
Reviews
It is nice to see a vast collection of Britten Cycles available for the first time. Consisting of "A Charm of Lullabies", "Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo", "Winter Words", "On This Island" and many other full cycles and partial cycles, this book is a steak. I believe the Boosey &Hawkes book of "On This Island" is roughly $20. I believe I paid $25 for this full book. Individually, this works in this collection would cost well over $100. It's well worth the price to invest in this book.Please Note: THIS COLLECTION IS NOT THE FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENT COLLECTION, NOR DOES IT HAVE ANY BRITTEN FOLKSONG ARRANGEMENTS IN IT.For a full list of works and songs, go to Boosey & Hawkes website.
