Description

This selection includes Ave Maria settings and other five-century compositions dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The largest part of the collection are concert arias, romances and folk songs for solo singing with piano or organ accompaniment. In between there are rarely performed and unknown compositions by H. Marschner, C. Gounod and J.-B. Faure: settings of other religious texts fit harmoniously: "Cantique de Noel" by Adolphe Adam, "Crucifix" by Jean-Baptiste Faure, Alessandro Stradella's famous aria "Piet ��, Signore!" and various romances on texts by the great Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov.
The works for vocal ensemble were not summarized separately, but chronologically in the sequence of solo pieces queued. They include original pieces by Mozart, Schubert, Bellini and Donizetti, as well as numerous arrangements, including Moussorgsky's transcription by L. Gordigiani's "Canto popolare toscano".