Gateway to Italian Art Songs opens a path "less traveled," through the landscape of Italian song. This is the first-ever survey of Italian vocal chamber music, "musica vocale da camera," created over a span of more than three centuries from the Baroque to post- Romantic eras. Every song is placed in its cultural context through a historical introduction with advice about correct performance practice for each period. Features - Rossi, Scarlatti, Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Bellini, Puccini & more