Koester/schmidmusic

For solo voices and piano accompaniment. A master of the art song, Brahms extended his exceptional artistry to the delightful solo vocal quartets contained in this volume.

One of the most expressive and versatile of the great nineteenth-century Romantic composers, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky brought a sense of intimacy and emotional power to all of his music whether for o...

Now comes beauty' was originally composed in the Summer of 2009 as this song for solo voice and piano. Written at a time of great change in my life, it is essentially a song about reluctantly saying f...

The Song of the Fragrant Orchid was completed in 1986. It is dedicated to Frances Ann Brookes and Damaris Wollen who took part in its first performance in London, which was accompanied by myself. It w...

The Song of the Marsh Fragrant Orchid is a slightly eccentric variant of the Song of the Fragrant Orchid (for soprano, clarinet and piano - see GM078) incorporating elements of music theatre and an ev...

The Song of the Coralroot Orchid, written in 1988 for Frances Ann Brooks for a concert in Putney - and revised in 2012 - was the fifteenth to be written in a projected series of musical portraits of t...

Five of W.H.Auden's poems on the theme of 'love' set to music by Tom Cunningham for voice and piano. Due to the nature of Auden's texts, these settings are more suited to an adult performer and audien...

A selection of seven songs from the chamber opera The Okavango Macbeth - Macbeth with baboons! - with music by Tom Cunningham and words by Alexander McCall Smith. This album for solo voice and piano w...

Poems by Alexander McCall Smith on the four seasons from a Scottish point of view, set to music by Tom Cunningham. Spring (Range: Eb-F), Summer (Range: D-E), Autumn (Range: E-E), Winter (Range: C-F)....

Nine songs - music by Philip Lane set to texts by William Shakespeare. These songs have been adapted from Philip Lane's 'Four Shakespeare Lyrics' and 'Five Shakespeare Lyrics' originally composed for...

Nine songs - music by Philip Lane set to texts by William Shakespeare. These songs have been adapted from Philip Lane's 'Four Shakespeare Lyrics' and 'Five Shakespeare Lyrics' originally composed for...

A set of five amusing songs for either unison voices or a solo voice, with piano accompaniment, about the 'Tartan Terrors'. Words by Derek Roberts set to music by Tom Cunningham. Commissioned by the N...

Three songs of love with gorgeous music by Paul Carr for solo voice and piano. 'Devotion (Fain would I change that note To which fond Love hath charm'd me.....)' [Anonymous 1605] Range: C to G (opt E)...

The song-cycle 'Care-Charmer Sleep' was written, with funds from the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, for Alison Mary Sutton, who was accompanied by Alan Hazeldine, in its first performance in the Purcel...

This song originally written for Paul's brother, Gavin Carr, became one of the movements in Paul's 'Requiem for an Angel'. Here it is in the original form (Range: Bb - Eb). It is suitable for male or...

Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) into the early 1900s. Richard Cape...

Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) into the early 1900s. Richard Cape...

Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) into the early 1900s. Richard Cape...

Thirteen songs for high voice. Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) int...

Thirteen songs for high voice. Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) int...

Thirteen songs for high voice. Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) int...

Thirteen songs for high voice. Gustav Holst composed solo songs for voice and piano at various stages of his career, but with an abundance from the late 1890s (towards the end of his student days) int...

Arranged by J Michael Diack. Text written by Shakespeare.