Mélodies pour voix haute et piano
Songs for high Voice and Piano, Volume 2
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Edited by Ian Rumbold
BA 5985 · € 24.95
Although Berlioz composed mainly large-scale works in his later career, he also continued to compose songs. His settings display a wealth of marvellous melodies of which the composer was particularly proud throughout his life.
This second volume includes songs from Berlioz’s late period, and complements the first volume (published October 2006), which contains the songs from Berlioz’s early and middle period of creativity. Both volumes are based on the new critical complete edition, the New Edition of the Complete Works (Vol. 19), which includes all of the composer’s songs published in their complete form for the first time. This publication offers a reliable edition of the music, representing the latest musicological research. A detailed foreword includes the history of the composition of the works and their transmission, and a list of sources. The song texts are included in the original language and in translation. This edition is therefore ideal for a rediscovery of this Romantic song repertoire.
Contents
Les nuits d’été
1. Villanelle
2. Le spectre de la rose, I
3. Sur les lagunes, I
4. Absence
5. Au cimetière, I
6. L’île inconnue
La mort d’Ophélie
La belle Isabeau
Zaïde, I
Le matin
Petit oiseau
Appendix
Le spectre de la rose, Version II
Sur les lagunes, Version II
Au cimetière, Version II
Also available:
Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin (Reprint of the 1830 Diabelli edition)
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Georg Friedrich Händel: Gloria for soprano voice and orchestra
BA 4248