Vocal album with settings from the 16th to the 20th century for 1-4 voices and piano edited by Lydia Abramova. The present collection contains settings of "Ave Maria" and other compositions set to texts addressed to the Virgin Mary from five centur ies. Ave Maria by Arcadelt Battistini Bruckner Caccini Cherubini Donizetti Gumpelzheimer Luzzi Marschner Saint-Saens Schubert Tosti Verdi. Also pieces by Mozart Rossini Wagner Adam Bach Beethoven Bellini Durante Faure Franck