Accompaniment arranged for piano. Edited by Phiolip Brunelle. Includes synopses in English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese (p. viii-xxxvi) and biographical notes on the composers (pages 164-165). Includes opera synopses in English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese. Accompanied by: Accompaniment CD. Sonja Thompson, Philip Brunelle, piano. Recorded at Studio M, Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, MN.
Contents:
I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky. Dewain's song of liberation and surprise ; El Niño. Shake the heavens [and] Dawn air ; Nixon in China. News aria [and] Chou En-lai's epilogue / John Adams -- The boor. The boor's aria ; Casanova's homecoming. Casanova's final air ; Christopher Sly. Sly's aria ; The masque of angels. Metatron's sermon ; The shoemakers' holiday. Ralph's letter-ballad ; Simon's aria ; A water bird talk. The lecturer / Dominick Argento -- Dr. Heidegger's fountain of youth. Prescription for living ; Hello out there. The gambler's song / Jack Beeson -- Mass. A simple song ; Trouble in Tahiti. There's a law / Leonard Bernstein -- Cold sassy tree. Rucker's sermon [and] I've known I've loved you ; Of mice and men. George's aria ; The passion of Jonathan Wade. Sleep, conscience, sleep ; Susannah. Hear me, o Lord ; Willie Stark. Single bed blanket [and] We all come out of the earth / Carlisle Floyd -- The devil and Daniel Webster. I've got a ram, Goliath / Douglas Moore -- The robbers. I cannot still the echo / Ned Rorem -- The rake's progress. Nick Shadow's aria / Igor Stravinsky.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)56779010
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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