Shall I compare thee? is a collection of ten exquisite settings for mixed voices, specially commissioned to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. The volume pays tribute to Britain's greatest writer, presenting a selection of his finest texts set to music by some of today's most accomplished choral composers. Accompanied and unaccompanied settings

Songlist: The Bird of Dawning, Fear no more the heat o' th' sun, I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, It was a lover and his lass, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?, Sigh no more, ladies, Come away, come away death, When that I was and a little tiny boy, If music be the food of love, Touch her soft lips and part

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types and abilities, this collection has been edited by David Wordsworth so that all the pieces are fantastic both to sing and hear. The collection features some beautiful settings that have well and truly stood the test of time. These songs truly are a joy to perform, with some relatively simple arrangements that are purely fun to sing, while some more complex settings that will be thoroughly rewarding for choirs and audiences alike. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection is an essential anthology of stunning settings of beautiful words which will be performed and enjoyed for many years to come.

Songlist: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, Hymn For Shakespeare's Birthday, Lo, Here, The Gentle Lark, O, How Much More, Four Rounds To Shakespeare Texts, It Was A Lover And His Lass, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred, Who Is Silvia?, Rosemary, If We Shadows Have Offended, Be Not Afeard, Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?, How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps, Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed, Ophelia's Lament, Sigh No More, Ladies, A Summer Sonnet, Orpheus With His Lute, Light Thickens, Fear No More, Fear No More, Look In Thy Glass, Orpheus, Daffodils, O Mistress Mine, Full Fathom Five

Seven Elizabethan poems set for unaccompanied SATB chorus.

Songlist: Love Is A Sickness, Spring, Goof Wine, Sigh No More, Ladies, The River God's Song, The Sweet Spring, To Daffodils Farrar, Ernest, Under The Greenwood Tree

60 songs, with all the top favorites, with a significantly different compilation from the existing Quilter collections. Includes all Shakespeare settings (Op. 6, Op. 23, Op. 30), the complete Arnold Book of Old Songs, To Julia, and other complete sets, as well as individual songs. Contents: An Old Carol - Arab Love Song - The Ash Grove - Barbara Allen - Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms - Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind - The Bracelet - Brown Is My Love - By a Fountainside - Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes - Charlie is My Darling - Cherry Ripe - Come Away, Death - The Constant Lover - Damask Roses - Dream Valley - Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes - Fair House of Joy - The Faithless Shepherdess - Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun - The Fuchsia Tree - Go, Lovely Rose - Hey, Ho, the Wind ad the Rain - How Should I Your True Love Know? - I Dare Not Ask a Kiss - In the Bud of the Morning-O - Interlude (from To Julia) - It Was a Lover and His Lass - The Jealous Lover - The Jolly Miller - Julia's Hair - June - Love's Philosophy - The Maiden Blush - The Man Behind the Plough - Music, When Soft Voice Die - My Lady Greensleeves - My Lady's Garden - My Life's Delight - The Night Piece - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal - O Mistress Mine - Oh! 'tis Sweet to Think - Over the Mountains - Prelude (from to Julia) - Pretty Month of May - Sigh No More, Ladies - Since First I Saw Your Face - Song of the Stream - Take, O Take Those Lips Away - Three Poor Mariners - 'Tis St. Valentine's Day - To Althea from Prison - To Daisies - Under the Greenwood Tree - Weep You No More - When Daffodils Begin to Peer - Who is Silvia? - Why So Pale and Wan? - Ye Banks and Braes

Songlist: Dream Valley, My Life's Delight, June, The Ash Grove, Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Brown is my love, By a Fountainside, Cherry Ripe, Come away, death, Damask Roses, Fair House of Joy, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, The Jolly Miller, Julia's Hair, Now sleeps the crimson petal, O mistress mine, Three Poor Mariners, To Daisies, Weep you no more, Barbara Allen, My Lady Greensleeves, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, An Old Carol, Arab Love Song, Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, The Bracelet, Ca' the yowes to the knowes, Charle is my darling, The Constant Lover, and more

60 songs, with all the top favorites, with a significantly different compilation from the existing Quilter collections. Includes all Shakespeare settings (Op. 6, Op. 23, Op. 30), the complete Arnold Book of Old Songs, To Julia, and other complete sets, as well as individual songs. Contents: An Old Carol - Arab Love Song - The Ash Grove - Barbara Allen - Believe me, if all those endearing young charms - Blow, blow thou winter wind - The Bracelet - Brown is my love - By a Fountainside - Ca' the yowes to the knowes - Charlie is my darling - Cherry Ripe - Come away, death - The constant Lover - Damask Roses - Dream Valley - Drink to me only with thine eyes - Fair HOuse of Joy - The Faitless Shepherdess - Fear no more the heat o' the sun - The Fuchsia Tree - Go, lovely rose - Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain - How should I your true love know? - I dare not ask a kiss - In the bud of the morning-O - Interlude (from To Julia) - It was a lover and his lass - The Jealous Lover - The Jolly Miller - Julia's Hair - June - Love's Philosophy - The Maiden Blush - The man behind the plough - Music, when soft voices die - My Lady Greensleeves - My Lady's garden - My Life's Delight - The Night Piece - Now sleeps the crimson petal - O mistress mine - Oh! 'tis sweet to think - Over the mountains - Prelude (from To Julia) - Pretty Month of May - Sigh no more, ladies - Since first I saw your face - Song of the Stream - Take, O take those lips away - Three Poor Mariners - 'Tis St. Valentine's Day - To Althea from Prison - To Daisies - Under the greenwood tree - Weep you no more - When daffodils begin to peer - Who is Silvia? - Why so pale and wan? - Ye banks and braes

Songlist: Dream Valley, My Life's Delight, June, The Ash Grove, Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Brown is my love, By a Fountainside, Cherry Ripe, Come away, death, Damask Roses, Fair House of Joy, Fear no more the heat o' the sun, The Jolly Miller, Julia's Hair, Now sleeps the crimson petal, O mistress mine, Three Poor Mariners, To Daisies, Weep you no more, Barbara Allen, My Lady Greensleeves, Who is Silvia?, It was a lover and his lass, An Old Carol, Arab Love Song, Believe me, if all those endearing young charms, The Bracelet, Ca' the yowes to the knowes, Charle is my darling, The Constant Lover, and more

Contents: A Winter Dedication (Strauss) - Adelaide (Beethoven) - Amarylis (Caccini) - As Ever I Saw (Warlock) - E'en as a Lovely Flower (Bridge) - From Far from Eve and Morning (Vaughan Williams) - I'll Sail Upon the Dog-Star (Purcell) - Is it Bliss (Brahms) - Is She Not Passing Fair? (Elgar) - Love Song (Brahms) - Moonlight (Schumann) - Night is Mournful (Rachmaninoff) - Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Quilter) - On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn) - Reign Here a Queen (Brahms) - Rest Sweet Nymph (Pilkington) - Sigh No More Ladies (Stevens) - Sleep (Gurney) - The Brooklet (Loder) - The Knotting Song (Purcell) - The Secret (Schubert) - Thou'rt Like a Lovely Flower (Schumann) - To Mary (White) - 'Twas April (Tchaikovsky) - Under the Greenwood (Arne) - Where E'er You Walk (Handel) - Whither (Schubert) - Who is Sylvia? (Schubert) - Would You Gain the Tender Creature (Handel) - Ye Verdant Hills (Handel). This edition includes access to online audio recordings of piano accompaniments of each piece.

Songlist: Thou'rt Like A Lovely Flower (Du Bist Wie Eine Blume), Sleep, Rest, Sweet Nymphs, Adelaide, Op. 46, Sigh No More, Ladies, Amaryllis, E'en As A Lovely Flower, Under The Greenwood Tree, As Ever I Saw, Would You Gain The Tender Creature, The Secret (Geheimes), The Brooklet, Reign Here A Queen Wighin The Heart, Love Song (Minnelied), Is It Bliss, Or Is It Sorrow?, 'Twas April, To Mary, Is She Not Passing Fair?, A Winter Dedication, From Far, From Eve And Morning, Night Is Mournful (L'Ombre Est Triste), Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal, On Wings Of Song (Auf Flugeln Des Gesanges), Where E'er You Walk, Moonlight (Mondnacht), Whither (Wohin), Who Is Sylvia (An Silvia), The Knotting Song, Ye Verdant Hills, I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star

Virgil Thomson : Collected Songs   

This is the first substantial collection ever published of songs by Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), composer of the operas The Mother of Us All and Four Saints in Three Acts. Thomson's musical style was based in Americana, but he was attracted to abstract poetry. The unique result is traditionalism turned on its ear. The songs date from 1926 until 1974. Contents: Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystère de la rue de Fleurus - The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo - The Feast of Love (low voice only) - Film: Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs - Mostly about Love: Love Song; Down at the Docks; Let's Take a Walk; A Prayer to Saint Catherine - Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood) - Praises and Prayers: From the Canticle of the Sun; My Master Hath a Garden; Sung by the Shepherds; Before Sleeping; Jerusalem, My Happy Home - Preciosilla - Shakespeare Songs: Was this fair face the cause; Take, o, take those lips away; Tell me where is Fancy bred; Pardon, Goddess of the night; Sigh no more, ladies - Le Singe et le Léopard - Susie Asado - The Tiger - Two by Marianne More: English Usage; My Crow Pluto.

Songlist: Love Song, Jerusalem, My Happy Home, A Prayer To Saint Catherine, Let's Take A Walk, Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystere de la rue de Fleurus (The Cradle of Gertrude Stein or Mys, The Courtship Of The Yongly Bongly Bo, Film: Deux seurs qui ne sont pas soeurs (Film: Two Sisters Not Sisters), Down At The Docks, Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood), From The Canticle Of The Sun, My Master Hath A Garden, Sung By The Shepherds, Before Sleeping, Preciosilla, Was This Fair Face The Cause, Take, O, Take Those Lips Away, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred, Pardon, Goddess Of The Night, Sigh No More, Ladies, Le Singe et le Leopard (The Monkey And The Leopard), Susie Asado, The Tiger!, English Usage, My Crow Pluto

Virgil Thomson : Virgil Thomson - Collected Songs   

This is the first substantial collection ever published of songs by Virgil Thomson (1896-1989), composer of the operas The Mother of Us All and Four Saints in Three Acts. Thomson's musical style was based in Americana, but he was attracted to abstract poetry. The unique result is traditionalism turned on its ear. The songs date from 1926 until 1974. Contents: Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystère de la rue de Fleurus - The Courtship of the Yongly Bongly Bo - The Feast of Love (low voice only) - Film: Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs - Mostly about Love: Love Song; Down at the Docks; Let's Take a Walk; A Prayer to Saint Catherine - Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood) - Praises and Prayers: From the Canticle of the Sun; My Master Hath a Garden; Sung by the Shepherds; Before Sleeping; Jerusalem, My Happy Home - Preciosilla - Shakespeare Songs: Was this fair face the cause; Take, o, take those lips away; Tell me where is Fancy bred; Pardon, Goddess of the night; Sigh no more, ladies - Le Singe et le Léopard - Susie Asado - The Tiger - Two by Marianne More: English Usage; My Crow Pluto.

Songlist: Love Song, Jerusalem, My Happy Home, A Prayer To Saint Catherine, Let's Take A Walk, Le Berceau de Gertrude Stein ou Le Mystere de la rue de Fleurus (The Cradle of Gertrude Stein or Mys, The Courtship Of The Yongly Bongly Bo, Film: Deux seurs qui ne sont pas soeurs (Film: Two Sisters Not Sisters), Down At The Docks, Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood), From The Canticle Of The Sun, My Master Hath A Garden, Sung By The Shepherds, Before Sleeping, Preciosilla, Was This Fair Face The Cause, Take, O, Take Those Lips Away, Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred, Pardon, Goddess Of The Night, Sigh No More, Ladies, Le Singe et le Leopard (The Monkey And The Leopard), Susie Asado, The Tiger!, English Usage, My Crow Pluto, The Feast Of Love

Given performances as openly sincere and sensitive as these, few could remain unmoved. Bethlehem Down with its haunting, desolate air is the best-known work here but it only hints at the emotional intensity of such wonderful carols as The full heart with its exotic harmonies and complex part-writing and the ravishingly beautiful Corpus Christi. The relationship between Warlock and Moeran can be overworked: musically the connections seem largely superficial. Not for Moeran the pained utterances of a twisted soul, but in these two matchless madrigal suites there is an indefinable Englishness-the result of a deep awareness of tradition and love of the countryside. Again the innate musicality of the Finzi Singers pays handsome dividends; these warm-toned, richly expressive voices (not least Andrea Gray and Andrew Carwood, magnificent soloists in Warlock's Corpus Christi) seem to capture the very essence of this uniquely lovely music.

Songlist: Songs of Springtime:, Under the Greenwood Tree, The River-God's Song, Sping, the Sweet Spring, Love is a Sickness, Sigh no more, Ladies, Good Wine, To Daffodils, Phyllida and Corydon:, Madrigal - Phyllida and Corydon, Madrigal - Beauty sat bathing by a spring, Pastoral - On a hill there grows a flower, Air - Phyllis inamorata, Ballet - Said I that Amaryllis, Canzonet - The treasure of my heart, Air - While she lies sleeping, Pastoral - Corydon, arise, Madrigal - To meadows, A Cornish Carol, I saw a fair maiden, Benadicamus Domino, The Full Heart, The Rich Cavalcade, Corpus Christi, All the Flowers of the Spring, As Dew in Aprylle, Bethlehem Down, A Cornish Christmal Carol