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. Recordings of recitation, diction lessons and piano accompaniments are accessed online via a unique code included in each book, and can be downloaded or streamed. Contents: ANONYMOUS: Have you seen but a white lily grow? · BELLINI: Vaga luna, che inargenti · BRAHMS: Sonntag · DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben · DOWLAND: Come again, sweet love · FALCONIERI: Bella porta di rubini · DE FALLA: Asturiana · FAURE: Lydia · Le secret · GOUNOD: O ma belle rebelle · MACDOWELL: The Sea · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · MENDELSSOHN: For the mountains shall depart · MOZART: Abendempfindung · Non siate ritrosi · Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja · OBRADORS: La mi sola, Laureola · PURCELL: I'll sail upon the Dog Star · If music be the food of love · QUILTER: Weep you no more · Now sleeps the crimson petal · Come away, death · ROSA: Vado ben spesso cangiando loco · SCHUBERT: Die Forelle · Wandrers Nachtlied II · SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere · Widmung · SULLIVAN: I Am a Pirate King · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea · The Vagabond