This series of 5 book/CD 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: ANONYMOUS: Have you seen but a white loly grow? · ARNE: O come, o come my dearest · BELLINI: Ma rendi pur contento · BLOW: Tell me no more · BRAHMS: Standchen · CACCINI: Tu ch'hai le penne, Amore · DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben · DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love · DE FALLA: Asturiana · FAURE: Chanson · Clair de lune · Lydia · LALO: Vainement, ma bien-aimee · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · MENDELSSOHN: If with all your hearts · MOZART: Dalla sua pace · OBRADORS: Del cabello mas sutil · PURCELL: If music be the food of love · I'll sail upon the Dog Star · QUILTER: Hey, ho, the Wind and the Rain · O mistress mine · Take, o take those lips away · SCARLATTI: Sento nel core · SCHUBERT: Standchen · Wohin? · SCHUMANN: Du bist wie eine Blume · Widmung · RICHARD STRAUSS: Allerseelen · SULLIVAN: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Brest · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea