Principally songs with various accompaniments; the 2nd work an excerpt from an oratorio, the 7th, 17th works are from operas, accompaniments originally for orchestra; the 4th and 6th works are excerpts from incidental music.
Title from disc label.
Program notes by Cori Ellison and Leonard Burkat in English and vocal texts with English translations (14 pages) inserted in container.
Recorded live, 1991 February 24, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, New York.
Songs sung in English, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Nel dolce dell'oblio (6:54) ; Sweet bird (10:29) / Handel -- If music be the food of love (2:12) ; There's not a swain (:54) ; What can we poor females do? (1:27) ; Music for a while (3:30) / Purcell -- Rossignols amoureux / Rameau (4:49) -- La flûte invisible / Saint-Saëns (3:05) -- Rossignol, mon mignon (3:33) ; Ciel, ær, et vens (2:40) / Roussel -- La mi sola, Laureola (2:52) ; Al amor (1:00) ; Del cabello más sutil (1:41) ; Chiquitita la novia (2:21) / Obradors -- Sonata for flute and piano / Martinů (18:00) -- Bird-song / Head (4:54) -- Lo! here the gentle lark / Bishop (4:40)