Principally for voice and piano; the 4th work for voice and percussion; the last work for vocal quartet (TTBarB) and piano. The 2nd work is an opera excerpt, arr. by the composer for voice and piano. Compact disc. Biographical and program notes by Anthony Tommasini and texts (31 p.) inserted in container. Nancy Armstrong, soprano ; D'Anna Fortunato, mezzo-soprano ; Frank Kelley, Paul Kirby, tenors ; Sanford Sylvan, baritone ; David Ripley, bass ; James Russell Smith, percussion ; Anthony Tommasini, piano. Recorded July and Sept. 1993 at the Campion Center, Weston, MA.
Contents:
Susie Asado (Stein) (1:41) -- Pigeons on the grass alas (Stein) (3:19) -- Praises and prayers: From "The canticle of the sun" (St Francis of Assisi, trans. M. Arnold) (5:08) ; My master hath a garden (1:30) ; Sung by the shepherds (Crashaw) (3:58) ; Before sleeping (1:55) ; Jerusalem my happy home (based on St. Augustine) (4:46) -- Five phrases from the Song of Solomon: Thou that dwellest in the gardens (0:40) ; Return, O Shulamite (1:00) ; O, my dove (0:52) ; I am my beloved's (0:47) ; By night (1:29) -- Mostly about love (Koch) : Love song (2:27) ; Down at the docks (2:09) ; Let's take a walk (1:27) ; A prayer to St. Catherine (2:40) -- Commentaire sur Saint Jérome (Marquis de Sade) (1:02) -- From "Sneden's Landing variations" (O'Hara) (1:50) -- Shakespeare songs: Was this fair face the cause? (2:14); Take, O, take those lips away (2:12) ; Tell me where is fancy bred (1:20) ; Sigh no more, ladies (2:08) -- Oraison funèbre de Henriette-Marie de France, reine de la Grande-Bretagne (Bossuet) (13:28) -- Capital capitals (Stein) (16:57).
Series:
Classical arts
OCLC:
(OCoLC)31495942
Locations:
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
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