The New Imperial Edition of Solo Songs has been designed as a chronological anthology of song from the Lutenists down to the present day. As other albums will be devoted exclusively to operatic and oratorio arias these are generally omitted from the present volumes.Manifestly, the selection must be indicative rather than comprehensive or merely exclusive and is essentially practical, not personal. Each song is briefly annotated and, except where indicated, appears in the original key or is set f...

• Beethoven: Adelaide
• Caccini: Amaryllis
• Warlock: As Ever I Saw
• Loder: The Brooklet
• Bridge: E'en as a lovely flower
• Vaughan Williams: From far, from eve and morning (from "On Wenlock Edge")
• Purcell: I'll sail upon the dog star
• Brahms: Is it bliss, or is it sorrow (Sind es Schmerzen, sind es Freuden)
• Elgar: Is she not passing fair
• Purcell: The Knotting Song
• Brahms: Love Song (Minnelied)
• Schumann: Moonlight (Mondnacht) ...