Stephen Powell (baritone) ; William Bolcom, Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, John Musto (piano) ; Attacca Quartet (Amy Schroeder, Rachel Shapiro, Nathan Schram, Andrew Yee) ; Charles Neidich (clarinet) ; Jason Vieaux (guitar). Recorded Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York, 2020 January 6-10, February 17. Manhattan School of Music, New York, New York, 2020 January 6-10, February 17. Title from disc label. Songs for baritone with various instruments. Booklet with program notes by Stephen Powell and by the composers, biographical notes on the performers and composers, and the texts in English (30 unnumbered pages) inserted in container. The wind sighs, Souvenir, Two by Frost and The good death are world premiere recordings.
Contents:
A horse with wings / Ricky Ian Gordon. Souvenir : for baritone, cello, and piano / Ricky Ian Gordon ; Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Enough rope. Social note ; Résumé ; The sea / John Musto ; Dorothy Parker -- Waitin' (from Cabaret songs, volume 1) / William Bolcom ; Arnold Weinstein -- Men with small heads. Men with small heads ; Refrigerator, 1957 ; A small tin parrot pin ; Snake Lake / Lori Laitman ; Thomas Lux -- Can't sleep (from Cabaret songs, volume 4) ; Song of Black Max (as told by the de Kooning boys) (from Cabaret songs, volume 1) / William Bolcom ; Arnold Weinstein -- The brief light : for baritone and guitar. When you danced ; Song ; The voices ; The brief light ; The summons ; I have drifted / John Musto ; James Laughlin -- Bus stop / Ricky Ian Gordon ; Donald Justice -- Father's song / Ricky Ian Gordon -- Billy in the darbies : for baritone and string quartet / William Bolcom ; Herman Melville -- Two by Frost. Nothing gold can stay ; The rose family / John Musto ; Robert Frost -- Satisfaction (from Cabaret songs, volume 3) / William Bolcom ; Arnold Weinstein -- If I... (from Four Dickinson songs) : for baritone, clarinet, and piano / Lori Laitman ; Emily Dickinson -- Lady Death (from Old addresses) / William Bolcom ; A.D. Winans -- The good death : for baritone, violin, and piano / Ricky Ian Gordon ; Mark Campbell -- Money / Lori Laitman ; Dana Gioia -- A horse with wings / Ricky Ian Gordon.
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