Naxos: 8.559216--8.559218. "A musical illumination of the poems of William Blake"--Insert. Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Linda Hohenfeld, Carmen Pelton, sopranos ; Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano ; Marietta Simpson, contralto ; Thomas Young, tenor ; Nmon Ford, baritone ; Nathan Lee Graham, speaker/vocals ; Tommy Morgan, harmonica ; Peter "Madcat" Ruth, harmonica and vocals ; Jeremy Kittel, fiddle ; University Musical Society ; University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor. Ed. recorded: E.B. Marks Music Co. Recorded live, Apr. 9-10, 2004, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Compact disc. Program notes by the composer, biographical notes, and texts (39 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1. Songs of innocence. Part I. Introduction ; The ecchoing [sic] green ; The lamb -- The shepherd ; Infant joy ; The little black boy -- Part II. Laughing song ; Spring ; A cradle song ; Nurse's song ; Holy Thursday ; The blossom ; Interlude ; The chimney sweeper ; The divine image -- Part III. Nocturne ; Night ; A dream ; On another's sorrow ; The little boy lost ; The little boy found ; Coda. Disc 2. Songs of experience, Volume I. Part I. Introduction ; Hear the voice of the bard ; Interlude ; Earth's answer -- Part II. Nurse's song ; The fly ; The tyger ; The little girl lost ; In the southern clime ; The little girl found -- Part III. The clod and the pebble ; The little vagabond ; Holy Thursday ; A poison tree ; The angel ; The sick rose ; To Tirzah. Disc 3. Songs of experience, Volume II. Part IV. The voice of the ancient bard ; My pretty rose tree ; Ah! Sun-flower ; The lilly [sic] -- Part V. Introduction to part V ; The garden of love ; A little boy lost ; A little girl lost ; Infant sorrow ; Vocalise -- Part VI. London ; The school-boy ; The chimney sweeper ; The human abstract -- Interlude: voces clamandae ; A divine image.
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