Artist	Song
Barbara Bonney & Jacob Heringman	Second Booke of Songes, 1600: Flow My Tears
from Barbara Bonney: Fairest Isle (2001)
Anne Sofie von Otter, Jakob Lindberg & Jory Vinikour	Adagiati, Poppea - Oblivion soave (Arnalta) from L'incoronazione di Poppea
from Music For a While (2005)
Anne Sofie von Otter, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock	Dido and Aeneas: "Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid in Earth"
from Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1989)
Academy of Ancient Music, Emma Kirkby & Simon Preston	Nulla in Mundo Pax, R.630: 1. Nulla in Mundo Pax (Larghetto)
from The Pure Voice of Emma Kirkby (1998)
Ian Bostridge, Fabio Biondi & Europa Galante	Lass, Fürstin, Lass Noch Einen Strahl : Trauer-Ode Auf Das Ableben Der Gehmahlin Augusts Des Starken Christiane Eberhardine, BWV 198: Aria: Der Ewigkeit Saphirnes Haus
from Bach: Cantatas & Arias (2009)
Albrecht Mayer, Camerata Academica Salzburg, Matthias Goerne & Sir Roger Norrington	Cantata "Ich Habe Genug" BWV 82: 1. Aria: Ich Habe Genug, Ich Habe Den Heiland
from Bach: Cantatas Nos. 82, 158 & 56 (2000)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner & Michael Chance	St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No. 39, Aria (Alto): "Erbarme Dich"
from Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (1989)
Renée Fleming, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Harry Bicket	Serse, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu, "Largo"
from Renée Fleming: Handel Arias (2004)
Kathleen Ferrier, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult	Messiah: 21. Air: He Was Despised
from The World of Sacred Music (1993)
Barbara Bonney, Roger Hamilton, The English Concert & Trevor Pinnock	Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165: 1. Exsultate, Jubilate
from Mozart: Mass in C "Coronation", Exsultate, jubilate & Vesperae solennes (1994)
Magdalena Kozená, Michel Swierczewski & Prague Philharmonia	Le Nozze Di Figaro, K.492: "Voi Che Sapete"
from Le Belle Immagini: Mozart, Gluck & Myslivecek Arias (2002)
Bryn Terfel, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Luperi, Michele Pertusi & Sir Georg Solti	Don Giovanni, Ossia Il Dissoluto Punito, K.527: "Don Giovanni, a Cenar Teco M'invitasti"
from Mozart: Don Giovanni - Highlights (1999)
Bernard Haitink & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks	Act II: Ach, Ich Fuhl's, Es Ist Verschwunden
from Mozart: The Magic Flute (2000)
Elly Ameling & Dalton Baldwin	Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D.118
from The Artistry of Elly Ameling (2003)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau & Gerald Moore	Schwanengesang, D.957: Ständchen "Leise flehen meine Lieder"
from Schubert: Schwanengesang D957 & 9 Lieder (2000)

Comment:

The human voice is the most expressive and versatile instrument known to mankind. From Gregorian chant to dramatic opera and beyond, song has played an essential part in music-making throughout the world. Survey the most significant compositions for voice in the classical canon with these 15 stirring performances.

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