American Arias Soprano - A Collection of Essential Contemporary Works

American Arias Soprano - A Collection of Essential Contemporary Works

This major new series celebrates the greatest treasures in American opera, with arias, both favourites and lesser-known gems, from Stravinskys Rakes Progress, John Adams Nixon in China, Bernsteins Trouble in Tahiti and other great operas by Dominic Argento, Ned Rorem and Carlisle Floyd. Comes with accompaniment CD.
Suitable for professional and college-level singers, ideal for recitals and auditions, and an essential resource for the study of American opera repertoire.

Instrumentation: Soprano And Piano
Arranger: Brunelle, Philip
Language: English
Edition Type: edition with CD
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, New York
ISMN: M-051-93363-1
ISBN: 979-0-051-93363-1

Contents

• Aaron Copland: Lauries Song from The Tender Land
• Aaron Copland: Queenies Song from The Second Hurricane
• Aaron Copland: The sun is coming up from The Tender Land
• Carlisle Floyd: Aint it a pretty night from Susannah
• Carlisle Floyd: I should have ended it long ago from Willie Stark
• Carlisle Floyd: Rented rooms from Cold Sassy Tree
• Carlisle Floyd: Sadies Lament from Slow Dusk
• Carlisle Floyd: Someday Im sure to marry you from The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair
• Carlisle Floyd: The trees on the mountains from Susannah
• Dominick Argento: Allegras Aria from Colonel Jonathan the Saint
• Dominick Argento: I see in you a looking glass from Miss Havishams Fire
• Dominick Argento: Lady with a Hand Mirror Aria from Postcard from Morocco
• Dominick Argento: Sabrinas Aria from Colonel Jonathan the Saint
• Dominick Argento: The Widows Aria from The Boor
• Dominick Argento: Virginias Aria from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe
• Igor Stravinsky: Cabaletta from The Rakes Progress
• Igor Stravinsky: No word from Tom from The Rakes Progress
• John Adams: Magnificat from El Niño
• John Adams: This is prophetic! from Nixon in China
• Leonard Bernstein: Mommy, are you here? from A Quiet Place