Par ESENVALDS ERIKS. O Salutaris Hostia is one of Eriks E?envalds? most popular pieces. Originally written for female voices, the composer later created a version for full choir on which this arrangement is based. It has a gentle meditation with the two soloists drifting across the soft band accompaniment, alternately echoing and imitating each other or joining together in thirds. The effect is qu…

Setting texts by Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, this is Zoë Martlew's first vocal work published by Schott. Beauty, space and control feature strongly in this work for 6 female voices that would be perfect for any ambitious vocal ensemble. / 6 Voix De Femmes

Cantata for solo loudspeaker, female voices and orchestra / Voix Et Instruments Divers

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. These three partsongs together represent some of the best of Schubert's output for groups of female voices, including his well-known setting of the Der 23. Psalm , Gott In Der Natur and Standchen . / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / SSAA

Par DICKINSON EMILY / SIXTEN FREDRIK. A Hymn of Hope by Emily Dickinson (1830–1899) describes hope as ‘the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words’. It is strong enough to supply the soul with warmth, even in ‘the chillest land and on the strangest sea’. Fredrik Sixten sets the poem for high (female) voices, comparing hope with a songbird using musical motifs…

Vesperpsalm. Par HASSE JOHANN ADOLF. The Laudate pueri was composed between 1735 and 1749 for the Ospedale degl’Incurabili in Venice. Since the Ospedale was an institution for the musical training of gifted girls and young women, the vocal parts are scored for female voices. As Director of Music at the Saxon-Polish Court of Dresden, Hasse was also responsible for church music, and therefore he arr…

Par BENJAMIN GEORGE. A beguiling 20-minute work for countertenor, women's voices and orchestra, Dream of the Song, George Benjamin's first work since his ground-breaking opera Written on Skin, was premiered in 2015 by the countertenor Bejun Mehta, the Netherlands Chamber Choir and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by the composer. Employing a reduced orchestra (two oboes, four horns, two…

30 classic songs by the greatest female artists, arranged for pinao, voice and guitar, with two soundalike backing CDs. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

Nineteen fantastic songs from the leading female artists, all arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. Featuring Duffy (Hanging On Too Long), Leona Lewis (Bleeding Love), Goldfrapp (Happiness), Amy Winehouse (Rehab), Gabriella Cilmi (Sweet About Me) and many more./ Recueil / Piano, Chant et Guitare

'Ingenting utanför / Nothing Beyond? is another collaboration between Mårten Jansson and the Swedish poet Einar Askestad. This a cappella choral work deals with sorrow and loss. After a forceful, harmonically ambiguous section and a clear break in the music, the piece ends with a comforting decrescendo of reconciliation. It was commissioned by the Uppsala female choir 'La Cappella? and is dedicate…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The works for solo voice(s) and Orchestra assembled in this volume owe their composition to the most diverse occasions. Some were tailor-made for female singers in Beethoven ’s milieu, while with others he was dabbling in the field of Italian opera (under the tutelage of none other than Antonio Salieri). Scarcely any of them made it into print during Beethoven ’s lifetime…