The aim of these Vocalises is to render the voice sufficiently flexible and mellow to execute easily and elegantly the colorature and embellishments found in the works of our great composers.
An Die Ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved) bewerkt voor Sopraan en Piano. Engelse vertaling door Theodore Baker.
Contents: Agnus Dei (Bizet) • Arioso from 100th Psalm (Jadassohn) • Babylon (Watson) • Be Near Me Still (Hiller) • Calvary (Rodney) • Come Unto Me (Coenen) • The Cross of Calvary (Gounod) • The Good Shepherd (Barri) • Hear My Prayer (Mendelssohn/Spicker) • He That Keepeth Israel (Schlosser) • His Salvation is Nigh Them […]
Die drei achstimmigen Werke, die in teils strenger Anlehnung an die venezianische Doppel- und Mehrchörigkeit komponiert wurden, bezeugen die Motettenkunst Brahms’.