SKU: A0.884729

Massenet's simple yet intensely moving aria from his opera, Manon. The impressionable young girl, Manon, has been told that her love, Des Grieux will soon be kidnapped by his father's men in order to get him away from her. She knows that the happy days they have spent in Des Grieux's apartment will soon be at an end and takes the opportunity to bid adieu to the table where they ate many meals together.

SKU: A0.869653

I am not a huge fan of Mahler's music but his Kindertotenlieder is a cultural gem!   I inadvertently discovered that the poet Friedrich Rückert who penned Kindertodtenlieder (yes, with a d ... LOL!) wrote 400-plus of these KTL poems after his two youngest children died of scarlet fever.  I bought the book @ Amazon.   After plowing through 442 of them, I winnowed it down to ten poems for my song cycle.  It is scored for soprano and piano.  NB: I cannot afford an orchestra, and it would be too much unnecessary work.  LOL!!!  The entire song cycle has a duration of ca. 35 minutes.  It ends like a mechanical music box while the soprano sings a lullaby.  Sleep is of course a perfect metaphor for being dead.  

Enjoy!!!

https://thomasoboelee.bandcamp.com/album/kindertodtenlieder-2020

SKU: A0.1008220

I Won't See Him Again is an emotional love ballad from the musical, Amber Avenues, which is set in 1964. The main character, Yvonne, is regretting breaking up with her younger lover, Matthew. This song is suitable for general audiences, including high schools and community theatres.