Download or read book Oratorio Arias for Alto written by Christopher Goldsack and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-04-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology of arias for countertenors and female altos and mezzo-sopranos drawn from Oratorios and Cantatas is beautifully presented and clear to read. Wherever an aria was composed with a preceding recitative this has also been included. An essential collection for students and teachers, and an invaluable resource for professional singers. All the alto oratorio repertoire for public examinations has been included. Contents include arias from: Vivaldi's Gloria RV 588 and 589; Purcell's Come, ye Sons of Art; Bach's St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, Magnificat, Christmas Oratorio and Easter Oratorio; Handel's Dixit Dominus, Israel in Egypt, L'Allegro, Messiah, Samson, Semele, Joshua, Solomon, Theodora, Hercules, Judas Maccabaeus, Jephtha; Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Haydn's Stabat Mater; C.P.E.Bach's Magnificat; Mozart's Mass in C minor; Mendelssohn's St. Paul and Elijah; Verdi's Requiem, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle, Mahler's 2nd Symphony, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius