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Fernando J. Obradors

Perfect Soprano Recital Selections

August 20, 2018 By Nora Miller Rubinoff Leave a Comment

Are you preparing for a Junior Recital, Senior Recital, or Graduate Recital? Deciding upon the perfect program of music for your performance is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. A vocalist must carefully select the right balance of music to appropriately highlight vocal skills. Curated from our database, here are 24 selections perfect to consider for inclusion in a Soprano recital.

Neue Liebe
Text by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)
Set by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847), op. 19, #4
https://www.ipasource.com/neue-liebe-8243.html

Ach, um deine feuchten Schwingen
Text by Marianne von Willemer (1784-1860), attributed to Goethe
Set by Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847); Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847), op. 4, #4;
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), Suleika II, (D. 717)
https://www.ipasource.com/suleika.html

Die Schwalbe fliegt (Hexenlied)
Text by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748-1776)
Set by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847), And’res Maienlied: Hexenlied, op. 8, #8
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/6898/category/831/

À une fontaine (To a fountain)
Text by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)
Set by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), from Quatre Chansons de Ronsard, #1
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/8853/category/1774/

À Cupidon (To Cupid)
Text Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)
Set Jacques Leguerney (1906-1997), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), from Quatre Chansons de Ronsard,
#2
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/8854/category/1774/

Dieu vous gard’
Text by Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1585)
Set by Sas Bunge, from Deux poèmes, #1; Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), from Quatre Chansons de
Ronsard, #4
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/8856/category/1774/

Quel guardo, il cavaliere… So anch’io la virtù magica
Norina’s aria from the opera Don Pasquale (soprano)
Text by Gaetano Donizetti and Giacomo Ruffini
Set by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/190/category/424/

Ich folge dir gleichfalls
#9, aria for soprano from the Johannespassion (St. John Passion), BWV 245
Text from the Martin Luther translation of The Gospel According to St. John, chapters 18-19
Set by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
https://www.ipasource.com/ich-folge-dir-gleichfalls.html

Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Complete)
Cantata BWV 32 for soprano and bass for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany
Text by Georg Christian Lehms (1684-1717); Luke 2: 49; Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676)
Set by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
https://www.ipasource.com/bwv-032-liebster-jesu-mein-verlangen-complete.html

L’idéal (The Ideal)
Text by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839-1907)
Set by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5869/category/321/

Trahison (Betrayal)
Text by Edouard Guinand (1838-?)
Set by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5875/category/321/

Rosamonde
Text by Marc Constantin (1810-1888)
Set by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5874/category/321/

Hark! The Echoing Air
Air of the Second Woman from The Fairy Queen (soprano)
Text by Elkanah Settle (1648-1724) [Br] adapted from A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William
Shakespeare (1554-1616) [Br]
Set by Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695) [Br], Z. 629 no. 48 (1692)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/1456/category/3442/

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The shepherd on the rock)
Text by Willhelm Müller (1794-1824) and Wilhelmina von Chézy (1783-1856)
Set by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), D. 965
https://www.ipasource.com/der-hirt-auf-dem-felsen-7493.html

Una voce poco fa
Rosina’s aria from the opera Il barbiere di Siviglia
Text by Cesare Sterbini (1784-1831)
Set by Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)
https://www.ipasource.com/una-voce-poco-fa.html

Quatre chansons de jeunesse

Apparition (Apparition)
Text by Stéphane Mallarmé (1842-1898)
Set by Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Kaikhosru (Leon Dudley) Sorabji (1892-1988)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5968/category/364/

Clair de lune (Moonlight)
Text by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Set by Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956); Claude Debussy (1862-1918), from Fêtes Galantes I, #2;
Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921); Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), op. 46, # 2; Jósef Szulc (1875-1956),
from Dix mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine, op. 83
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5992/category/364/

Pantomime
Text by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Set by Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Willem Pijper (1894-1947), from Fêtes galantes, #1; Kaikhosru
Sorabji (Leon Dudley) (1892-1988)
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5966/category/364/

Pierrot
Text by Théodore Faullin de Banville (1823-1891)
Set by Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), FP. 66
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/5967/category/364/

Vado, ma dove?
Text by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838)
Set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), concert aria for soprano, K. 583
https://www.ipasource.com/vado-ma-dove.html

Auf dem Strom (On the River/In the Current)
Text by Ludwig Rellstab (1799-1860)
Set by Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)
https://www.ipasource.com/auf-dem-strom-7557.html

Del cabello más sutil (Dos cantares populares)
Text by Anonymous
Set by Fernando J. Obradors (1897-1945), from Canciones clásicas españolas, vol. 1, #6
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/10257/category/3366/

La mi sola, Laureola
Text by Juan Ponce (1480?)
Set by Fernando J. Obradors (1897-1945), from Canciones clásicas españolas, vol. 1, #1
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/10252/category/3366/

Al amor
Text by Cristóbal de Castillejo (1491?-1556)
Set by Fernando J. Obradors (1897-1945), from Canciones clásicas españolas, vol. 1, #2
https://www.ipasource.com/catalog/product/view/id/10253/category/3366/

More on recital prep:

  • “Choosing your singing repertoire“
  • “Take me to your Lieder: the delicate art of the song recital“
  • “The Vanishing Vocal Recital (and Where to Find Some)“
  • “Dos And Don’ts When Preparing For A Voice Recital“
  • “How to Plan a Successful Vocal Recital“

Filed Under: Composers, Featured, Voice Classification Tagged With: Cecile Chaminade, Claude Debussy, Darius Milhaud, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Fernando J. Obradors, Franz Peter Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, recital, soprano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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