This collection of opera arias for soprano (or mezzo-soprano) and piano offers a cross-section of Bärenreiter’s extensive catalogue of stage works.

An affordable anthology with such well-known and favourite arias as Handel’s famous “Ombra mai fu” and Mozart’s “Ach ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden!” is not only suited for voice students and aspiring singers preparing for examinations and auditions, but also provides seasoned professionals with inspiration and material for programming their recitals.
The collection spans a representative arch from the early baroque to the romantic era, gathering together repertoire masterpieces by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Berlioz, Smetana and Chabrier. The pieces are in Italian, French, Czech and German and include, for the most part, a singable translation in German. The spectrum ranges from the declamatory style to easy coloratura. The piano arrangements have been prepared by experienced conductors and répétiteurs.

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Composer / Author:
Monteverdi, Claudio
«Signor, quel infelice» (Proserpina)
from «L’Orfeo»
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Händel, Georg Friedrich
«Tornami a vagheggiar» (Morgana)
from «Alcina» HWV 34
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Händel, Georg Friedrich
«Frondi tenere» – «Ombra mai fu» (Serse)
from «Serse» HWV 40
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
«Qual vita è questa mai» – «Che fiero momento» (Euridice)
from «Orfeo ed Euridice»
Vienna version 1762
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
«Divinités du Styx» (Alceste)
from «Alceste»
Paris version 1776
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Haydn, Joseph
«È amore di natura» (Nerina)
from «La fedeltá premiata» Hob. XXVlll:10
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
«Giunse alfin il momento» – «Deh vieni non tardar» (Susanna)
from «Le nozze di Figaro» K. 492
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
«Ach ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden!» (Pamina)
from «Die Zauberflöte» K. 620
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Beethoven, Ludwig van
«O wär’ ich schon mit dir vereint» ( Marzelline)
from «Fidelio»
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Berlioz, Hector
«Adieu, fière cité» (Didon)
from «Les Troyens»
Instrumentation:
Mezzo-soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Smetana, Bedrich
«Kdybych se co takového (Marenka)
from «Prodaná nevesta / Die verkaufte Braut / The Bartered Bride»
Instrumentation:
Soprano solo, Piano
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Composer / Author:
Chabrier, Emmanuel
«Ô petite étoile !» (Lazuli)
from «L’Étoile»
Instrumentation:
Mezzo-soprano solo, Piano
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zu dieser Ausgabe / about this edition

• Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi 
• O Fortuna 
• Fortune plango vulnera 
• 
  Primo vere 
• Veris leta facies 
• Omnia sol temperat 
• Ecce gratum 
• 
  Uf dem anger 
• Tanz 
• Floret silva 
• Chramer, gip die varwe mir 
• Reie 
• Swaz hie gat umbe 
• Chume, chum, geselle min 
• Were diu werlt alle min 
• 
  In Taberna 
• Estuans interius 
• Olim lacus colueram 
• Ego sum abbas 
• In taberna quando sumus 
• 
  Cour d’amours 
• Amor volat undique 
• Dies, nox et omnia 
• Stetit puella 
• Circa mea pectora 
• Si puer cum puellula 
• Veni, veni, venias 
• In Trutina 
• Tempus et iocundum 
• Dulcissime 
• 
  Blanziflor et Helena 
• Ave formosissima 
• 
  Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi 

One of Mozart’s greatest operas, this work achieved immediate success upon its first performance in 1791 and has continued to enchant listeners ever since. A complex allegory glorifying Freemasonry and its emphasis on brotherhood, charity, and benevolence, the opera was particularly admired by Beethoven, who praised it for containing everything from North German Choral-Vorspiel to Volkslied. An indispensable rehearsal aid for soloists, chorus members, and rehearsal pianists.

– Prólogo (alemán/inglés) que sitúa los coros en su contexto dramático e incluye sugerencias de estudio e interpretación.
– Notas sobre la pronunciación del texto de la canción rusa.

Este álbum para coro mixto y piano contiene una selección de coros ricamente variados de óperas italianas, francesas, alemanas, inglesas y rusas de los siglos XVII al XIX, que iluminan la gran diversidad del género.

· Vorwort

· Preface

· Composer / Author: Monteverdi, Claudio
«Vieni Imeneo – Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti» from «L’Orfeo»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATTB), Piano
Librettist: Striggio, Alessandro (junior)

· Composer / Author: Händel, Georg Friedrich
«Smiling Venus, queen of love» from «Acis and Galatea HWV 49b»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: nach John Gay, John Hughes, Alexander Pope und Nicola Giuvo

· Composer / Author: Gluck, Christoph Willibald
«Regna a noi con lieta sorte» from «Alceste (Wiener Fassung 1767)»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Calzabigi, Ranieri de’

· Composer / Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
«Placido è il mar, andiamo» from «Idomeneo KV 366»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Varesco, Giambattista

· Composer / Author: Schubert, Franz
«Lasst Friede in die Hallen des Fürstensitzes ziehn» from «Fierabras D 796»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Kupelwieser, Josef

· Composer / Author: Bellini, Vincenzo
«Guerra, guerra!» from «Norma»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Romani, Felice (nach Alexandre Soumet)

· Composer / Author: Saint-Saëns, Camille
«L’aube qui blanchit déjà les coteaux» from «Samson et Dalila»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Lemaire, Ferdinand

· Composer / Author: Bizet, Georges
«Les voici, voici la quadrille !»from «Carmen»
Instrumentation: Children’s choir, Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Meilhac, Henri / Halévy, Ludovic (nach Prosper Mérimée)

· Composer / Author: Tschaikowsky, Pjotr Iljitsch
«Bolijat moi skory nožen’ki“ from «Evgenij Onegin / Eugene Onegin»
Instrumentation: Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist: Schilowsky, Konstantin / Tschaikowsky, Modest Iljitsch / Tschaikowsky, Pjotr Iljitsch (nach Alexander Puschkin)

· Zur Aussprache des russischen Gesangstextes

· Pronunciation of the Russian Song Text

La famosa “ópera mágica” de Handel, Alcina, es una joya tanto entre las obras de Handel como entre las óperas barrocas en general. Basada en la confiable edición de Halle, esta práctica partitura vocal (la primera de su tipo) es indispensable para la interpretación actual de esta obra.