SELECTED SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO - E. CHAUSSON

This superb collection of 25 exquisite melodies spotlights the work of Ernest Chausson (1855 1899). All reproduced from authoritative sources, these songs take the poetry of Shakespeare, Gautier, Verlaine, Maeterlinck, and others as their inspiration. Complete lyrics, along with new translations, appear for "Nocturne," "Amour d’Antan," "Printemps triste," "Nos Souvenirs," "Les Temps de Lilas," "Serre chaude," "Les Heures," "Chanson de Clown," "Les Couronnes," and 16 others.

• 1. Un Bel Dí Vedremo (Madame Butterfly) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 2. Libiamo ne' lieti calici (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]

• 3. Signore, ascolta! (Turandot) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 4. O soave fanciulla (La Bohème) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 5. Recondita Armonia (Tosca) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 6. Va, pensiero (Nabucco) [Verdi, Giuseppe]

• 7. Musetta’s Waltz (La Boheme) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 8. Tacea La Notte Placida (Il Trovatore) [Verdi, Giuseppe]

• 9. O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 10. Sempre Libera (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]

• 11. Vissi d’arte (Tosca) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 12. La donna è mobile & Violetta's Aria (Rigolleto) (La Traviata) [Verdi, Giuseppe]

• 13. Nessun Dorma (Turandot) [Puccini, Giacomo]

• 14. Meditation (Thais) [Massenet, Jules]

• 15. Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana (La Wally) [Catalani, Alfredo]

• 16. Barcarolle (The Tales Of Hoffman) [Offenbach, Jacques]

• 17. Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Samson and Delilah) [Saint-Saëns, Camille]

• 18. Duo des fleurs (Lakmé) [Delibes, Leo]

• 19. Habanera (Carmen) [Bizet, Georges]

• 20. Song to the Moon (Rusalka) [Dvorak, Antonin]

• 21. Lindoro’s Song (The Barber of Seville) [Rossini, Gioachino]

• 22. Dance of the Maidens (Prince Igor) [Borodin, Alexander]

• 23. Casta Diva (Norma) [Bellini, Vincenzo]

• 24. Can Can (The Infernal Gallop) (Orpheus in the Underworld) [Offenbach, Jacques]

• 25. Ave Maria [Schubert, Franz]