Britten: Collected Songs

Description

63 songs, with extensive historical introductory notes. Includes all art songs originally composed for voice and piano published by Boosey & Hawkes. The content is the same for the High Voice and Medium/Low Voice volumes, with newly published transpositions as necessary.

Pieces

• On this Island, Op. 11
• 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22
• A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
• The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35
• Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58
• 6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61
• Winter Words, Op. 52
• The Birds (1929)
• Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (1947)
• 3 Songs from "This Way to the Tomb" (1945)
• 3 Songs (Epilogue, Prologue, Song) from The Heart of the Matter (1956)
• Mother Comfort (1937)
• If it's ever Spring again
• The Children and Sir Nameless