Katalógové číslo:
PTC5186770
Autori:
Aaron Copland, Carisle Floyd, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie, Samuel Barber
Interpreti:
Bradley Moore, Melody Moore
Samuel Barber (1910-1981): Hermit Songs Op. 29
1 I. At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory
2 II. Church Bell at Nigh
3 III. St. Ita’s Vision
4 IV. The Heavenly Banquet
5 V. The Crucifixion
6 VI. Sea-Snatch
7 VII. Promiscuity
8 VIII. The Monk and His Cat
9 IX. The Praises of God
10 X. The Desire for Hermitage
Jake Heggie (1961)
These Strangers
11 I. These Strangers
12 II. In the Midst of Thousands
13 III. I Did Not Speak Out
14 IV. To a Stranger
How Well I Knew The Light
15 I. Ample make this Bed
16 II. The Sun kept setting
Carisle Floyd (1926): The Mystery
17 I. He has kissed me
18 II. Gentleness
19 III. To my husband
20 IV. At dawn
21 V. Rocking
Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Four Early Songs
22 I. Night
23 II. A Summer Vacation
24 III. My Heart is in the East
25 IV. Alone
Gordon Getty (1933)
Kathy's Aria (from Goodbye Mr. Chips)
26 Chips, darling, it’s started
Welsh Songs
27 I. Welcome Robin
28 II. Kind Old Man
29 III. All Through the Night
30 Deep River
31 Danny Boy
An American Song Album is a fine collection of songs by American composers, presented by soprano Melody Moore. The repertoire includes Samuel Barber’s introspective Hermit Songs, Jake Heggie’s engaged cycles These Strangers and How Well I Knew the Light, Carlisle Floyd’s exploration of motherhood in The Mystery, Copland’s impressionist and oriental Four Early Songs, as well as a varied selection from Gordon Getty’s vocal works. Set to Irish, Welsh, Chilean, German, Arabic and Afro-American poetry,
these pieces constitute a panorama of the US as a melting pot of cultures, while simultaneously being bound together by an unmistakably American sound. Melody Moore manages to lift out the poetry of these works with her warm, lyrical voice and impeccable vocal technique. She is accompanied on the piano by Bradley Moore, one of the most eminent conductors and song accompanists of today’s American musical scene.