An excellent collection of 34 songs, especially useful in teaching students. This collection is a good alternative or companion to the standard Baroque Italian songs and arias. Now with recorded accompaniments by pianist Laura Ward. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Song List
As I Walked Forth One Summer Day (Johnson)
Blow, blow thou winter wind (Arne)
Come And Trip It (Handel)
Diaphenia (Pilkington)
Fain Would I Change That Note (Hume)
Fair, if you expect admiring (Campion)
Flow my tears (Dowland)
Hark! The Echoing Air (Purcell)
Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow? (anon early 17th c.)
Here Amid the Shady Woods (Handel)
How Happy Art Thou (Lawes)
I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly (Purcell)
I'll Sail Upon The Dog Star (Purcell)
If music be the food of love (First Version) (Purcell)