Reginald Mobley (countertenor), with Baptiste Trotignon (piano). Recorded October 2021 Salle Colonne, Paris (France). Title from disc label. Booklet with program notes by Henry Lebedinsky in French and translated into English and German (29 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
Deep river (3:47). Were you there (3:48) -- I got a robe (2:35) -- Why (2:29) -- Because (1:58) -- Steal away (3:40) -- Save me Lord, save me (2:05) -- Bright sparkles in the churchyard (4:07) -- Nobody knows the trouble I've seen (3:38) -- Resignation (3:23) -- Great campmeetin' (2:53) -- Sunset (2:16) -- My Lord, what a morning (4:13) -- Jean (3:11) -- By an' by - there is a balm in Gilead (4:56) -- I heard it through the grapevine (3:08) -- Deep river (3:47).
Summary:
During the long era when Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were creating the musical canon of Western Europe, the songs of African slaves resounded in the colonies on the other side of the Atlantic, expressing pain and longing, but also joy and the desire for freedom. The American countertenor Reginald Mobley, a rising figure in baroque music, notably under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner with whom he sings very regularly, and the French pianist Baptiste Trotignon, winner of numerous awards have combined their talents and sensibilities to celebrate these spirituals and the music of Black composers including Harry T. Burleigh (1866-1949) and Florence Price (1887-1953), whose beautiful transcriptions and melodies blend with Baptiste Trotignon's subtle arrangements of the famous Sometimes I feel like a motherless child or I got a robe.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1395143115
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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