New Vocal Albums: Finzi, Rorem, Britten, Bernstein

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(November 2008)

An influx of new vocal albums offer singers the chance to explore the repertoire of Boosey & Hawkes composers Gerald Finzi, Ned Rorem (85th birthday year), Benjamin Britten, and Leonard Bernstein (90th anniversary of birth):

Finzi Collected Songs
(high voice)
(medium/low voice)
For the first time the lovely songs of British composer Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) are collected together in one volume, in two keys. This new collection includes some first time transpositions as well.

Ned Rorem: 50 Collected Songs
(high voice)
(medium/low voice)

Celebrating his 85th birthday this year, Ned Rorem is one of the most prolific and respected of American art song composers. Named “the world's best composer of art songs” by Time magazine, he has written hundreds of works for voice. This representative collection includes many newly published transpositions, and six songs never before published.

Benjamin Britten: Complete Folksong Arrangements
(high voice)
(medium/low voice)
This landmark publication includes 61 songs, combining the contents of the seven published books of Britten folksong arrangements in High and Low Voice editions. Some of the songs have never before been transposed. The songs of Volume 6, for voice and guitar, have been transcribed for voice and piano for this edition.

Benjamin Britten: 12 Selected Folksong Arrangements
with a CD of performances and accompaniments
(high voice)
(medium/low voice)
Made with student singers and pianists in mind, this album contains a selection of Britten's jewel-like folksong settings. The CD of performances by professional singers will aid in familiarizing students and teachers with these expressive lyrical works, and the historical notes on the songs provide context.

The Purcell Collection: Realizations by Benjamin Britten
(high voice)
(medium/low voice)
Most of the distinctive Purcell realizations by Benjamin Britten, vocal parts edited by Peter Pears, have been out of print for some years. This new edition collects 49 selections for high voice and 45 selections for medium/low voice. Includes 9 songs from Harmonia Sacra, 24 solo songs and six duets from Orpheus Britannicus, “The Queen's Epicedium,” and selections from Dido and Aeneas and The Fairy Queen.

Leonard Bernstein: Art Songs and Arias
(high voice)
(medium/low) voice
As the world celebrates the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth this year, this exciting collection features new transcriptions and previously unpublished material. The high voice edition features 29 songs, and the medium/low voice edition contains 34.

To further explore the wealth of vocal music available from Boosey & Hawkes please visit www.boosey.com/shop

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