World'S Vocal Arts / Var World'S Vocal Arts / Var CD

This collection showcases diverse singing styles, classical and popular, from around the world. Compare and contrast them: Italian opera, African-American blues, a Kurdish love song, a Jewish prayer, a North African traditional song, Chinese opera, Swiss yodeling, and even the crooning style of Bing Crosby! Liner notes include an introductory essay and track notes by Henry Cowell.

1. Bel Canto Style - Lo Vedremo 2. German Lieder Style - Schlafendes Jesukind 3. French Popular Style - Tu Ne Sais Pas Aimer 4. Torch Style 5. Crooning Style - Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day 6. Russian Operatic Style - I Hate a Dreary Life 7. Blues Style 8. Cantorial Style - Prayer for the Day of Yom Kipper (Turko-Sephardic Version) 9. North African Traditional Style - Guelbi Quaalach Halek 10. Kurdish Mid-Eastern Style - Love Song 11. Korean Classical Style - Right Music (Male Solo) 12. Thai Operatic Style (Female Solo) 13. Albanian Moslem Style 14. Greek Popular Style - Apanu Pal to Nero 15. Chinese Opera Style 16. Pakistani Classical Style - Darbari 17. Swiss Yodel - Song of the Senn 18. Ethiopian Style 19. Early German Opera Style