This album for mixed choir and piano contains a selection of richly varied choruses from Italian, French, German, English and Russian operas from the 17th to 19th centuries, illuminating the great diversity of the genre.

- Foreword (Ger/Eng) which places the choruses in their dramatic context and includes suggestions for study and interpretation
- Notes on pronunciation of the Russian song text
- In a large format (23 x 30 cm)

Vorwort
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Preface
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Composer / Author:
Monteverdi, Claudio
"Vieni Imeneo - Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti"
from "L'Orfeo"
Instrumentation:
Mixed choir (SATTB), Piano
Librettist:
Striggio, Alessandro (junior)
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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
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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'
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Composer / Author:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
"Placido è il mar, andiamo"
from "Idomeneo KV 366"
Instrumentation:
Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist:
Varesco, Giambattista
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Composer / Author:
Schubert, Franz
"Lasst Friede in die Hallen des Fürstensitzes ziehn"
from "Fierabras D 796"
Instrumentation:
Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist:
Kupelwieser, Josef
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Composer / Author:
Bellini, Vincenzo
"Guerra, guerra!"
from "Norma"
Instrumentation:
Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist:
Romani, Felice (nach Alexandre Soumet)
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Composer / Author:
Saint-Saëns, Camille
"L'aube qui blanchit déjà les coteaux"
from "Samson et Dalila"
Instrumentation:
Mixed choir (SATB), Piano
Librettist:
Lemaire, Ferdinand
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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)
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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)
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Zur Aussprache des russischen Gesangstextes
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Pronunciation of the Russian Song Text