Italian opera was at the centre of Handel's output for over 35 years with solo arias constituting one of the most important elements in Baroque opera. Dramatic roles, with their various moods and reactions, are characterised through arias. A large number of Handel's operas also contain at least one entire scene for two to three voices. These numbers make use not only of similar lyrical or expressi…

Four comprehensive anthologies of Mozarts opera arias. Includes Mozart's complete vocal repertoire from the first opera to the final masterpieces plus historical notes and plot information. The song texts are in their original languages, as well as Italian, French and German. / Soprano Et Piano

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Basé sur les partitions vocales Bärenreiter, ces trois volumes contiennent quelques-uns des airs les plus connus de Haendel pour mezzo-soprano/contralto, ténor et basse, avec quelques numéros de qualité musicale tout aussi élevé moins connus. Les arias dans ces volumes contiennent des oeuvres de période de trente ans de Haendel comme un compositeur d'opéra à Londres et…

As a continuation of the new Urtext edition of the Schubert lieder, Walther Dürr has now edited volume five for high, medium and low voices. Volumes 1 to 4 of this edition contain mainly lieder which Schubert himself saw into print (in his own choice and order) and in the fourth volume works from the last two years of his life are included. The lieder in volume 5 onwards are strictly presented in …

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach ’s Christmas Oratorio, composed in 1734, narrates the story of the birth of Jesus in a cycle of six cantatas with a text probably by Christian Friedrich Henrici (known as Picander) who provided several libretti for Bach during his Leipzig period. Like the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio is narrated by an Evangelist and includes devices from…