The ABRSM Songbook Book 4 - Book and CD
The five-volume ABRSM Songbook series offers singers and their teachers an unrivalled choice of core repertoire that will provide the bedrock for many years of rewarding vocal study. The series features:
Over 100 art songs, drawn from Grades 1–5 of the Associated Board’s Singing syllabus.
A massive range of repertoire from the Medieval to modern musicals – many in practical new editions.
Irresistible new arrangements by Carol Barratt of 18 classic songs.
A rich collection of 60 authentic unaccompanied traditional songs, sourced from around the world
English singing translations for every non-English-language song – many newly-commissioned.
Useful notes on the songs containing background information and performance suggestions.
CDs of piano accompaniments to all the art songs, performed by Simon Lepper, as well as recordings of the text to every song, performed by native speakers.
Includes:
Vaughan Williams - A Cradle Song
A mi házunk eleje
Britten - A New Year Carol
Le Fleming - A Smuggler’s Song
Black is the colour
Arne - Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Bunclody
Rodney Bennett - Clock-a-clay
Bart - Consider yourself
Schumann - Die Waise
arr. Barratt - Down by the salley gardens
El galán incógnito
arr. Barratt - Fy nghalon
Greenland Whale Fishery
Bernstein - I feel pretty
Kern - Long ago and far away
arr. Copland - Long Time Ago
Purcell - Love quickly is pall’d
Mak Inang
Grieg - Med en Primula veris
Mengjiang nü
Scarlatti - O cessate di piagarmi from Il Pompeo
Bernstein - One Hand, One Heart
Schubert - Seligkeit
She’s like the swallow
Cope - Shiny
Handel arr. Somervell - Silent Worship
Ford - Since first I saw your face
The Cage
The Donside Emigrant’s Farewell
Poston - The Dormouse’s Carol
The Wings of a Gull
Vaughan Williams - The Woodcutter’s Song
Tudora
Arne - When daisies pied
Y deryn pur
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