This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. Contents: ARNE: Blow, blow thou winter wind · Where the bee sucks · DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love · Flow my tears · GIBBONS: The Silver Swan · PURCELL: I attempt from love's sickness · If music be the food of love · QUILTER: It was a lover and his lass · Love's Philosophy · Weep you no more · FAURE: Apres un reve · Chanson d'amour · HAHN: Si mes vers avaient des ailes · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · BRAHMS: Vergebliches Standchen · Wie Melodien zieht es mir · MOZART: Das Veilchen · SCHUBERT: Du bist die Ruh · Gretchen am Spinnrade · RICHARD STRAUSS: Breit' uber mein Haupt · BELLINI: L'abbandono · CESTI: Intorno all'idol mio · DONAUDY: Come l'allodoletta · MOZART: Ridente la calma · GRANADOS: El majo discreto · OBRADORS: Del cabello mas sutil · MOZART: Deh vieni, non tardar (LE NOZZE DI FIGARO) · PUCCINI: O mio babbino caro (GIANNI SCHICCHI) · SULLIVAN: The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze (THE MIKADO) · FAURE: Pie Jesu (Requiem)