Songs of Travel: Low Voice New Edition with Online Audio of Piano Accompaniments

Great new edition of these wonderful songs.

Another reviewer has noted this, but it bears repeating: the piano accompaniment tracks that are included (as a download using an authorization code) are essentially useless. straying constantly from the written rhythms and meters. And not in a way that seems musical in the context of these songs! The recording quality on some of the tracks also seems rather off.The engraving is nice, and in some ways better than the public domain version available (legally) for free on imslp.If you want a bound version, or a second copy for your accompanist, this is a worthwhile purchase.Also note: better accompaniment tracks for these songs are readily available on youtube.

This is my very favorite song cycle, so I purchased this even though the music is available for free (legally) on IMSLP. I wanted to have an actual published book for myself, and I was not disappointed; the sheet music itself is perfectly fine, perfectly readable, exactly what you'd expect in a quality sheet music purchase. If I were reviewing the sheet music as a standalone product, it would get a very easy five stars.HOWEVER, if you are buying this with the intention to use the rehearsal tracks provided, DO NOT DO IT. The rehearsal tracks that come with this are not helpful in the slightest. The pianist takes too many liberties with tempo alterations, even in places where there are no instructions in the music to do so. It's IMPOSSIBLE to rehearse effectively with these tracks. Hal Leonard presumably paid an actual professional pianist to record this for them, but they would have saved money and provided a better product by inputting the notes into a program like Finale and offering a computerized, mechanical playback of the accompaniment. I cannot stress enough just how USELESS the provided tracks are to anyone learning this music. Do NOT count on them if you want to learn and perform this song cycle.

The new engraving for this edition is crisper and easier to read than the old one, and the layout of at least one song has been tweaked so that the page turn is in a less awkward spot. The cover is more generic and stark, but on the other hand it also looks professional, and I can live with it.The music itself gets five stars plus. As an adult who is still a relative newbie to vocal performance, and who has much to learn regarding expression particularly, this has been a wonderful and rewarding bit of baritone repertoire to work on. It may take a while, but I eagerly look forward to the day when I'm able to perform the whole song cycle at once.

Really great song cycle! I would love to see a version with a learning style of piano recordings. The recordings provided are much more suited for performance, and in a real life situation, you would most likely have a live pianist to work with. In the provided recordings, there is a lot of unpredictable rubato that a singer may not wish to practice with. I think a straight forward, generic performance of the piano accompaniment would be very beneficial addition.

Every vocal/singing student should have this song cycle. Lots of fun to sing!

Wonderful classic collection

I am using this as a major work in my senior recital and have been quite pleased with it. Everything is in the original key and the book is high quality both in binding and print.

Wonderful songs. Good size clear print.

Nice new addition clear and well set out...

Excellent copy. Clear and concise font and presentation.

This is a great resource for the advanced Baritone / Bass singer. The backings download easily and are useful for practising.

Fantastic that you can also down load good quality piano accompaniment for FREE. As a singing teacher I would highly recommend this.