On this day in music history - Slick Chick, Songs of Ned Rorem:

Slick Chick by Lee Aaron and the Swingin’ Barflies (2000)
Songs of Ned Rorem by Susan Graham (2000)
 

Slick Chick

Album by Lee Aaron and the Swingin’ Barflies,

released April 4, 2000.

European album cover:

Track list: He Ain't Got Rhythm; Evil Gal Blues; I'd Love To; Why Don't You Do Right?; Chaser for the Blues; Doodlin'; Slick Chick; TV Is the Thing This Year; In the Dark; Twisted; Teach Me Tonight; Samll Day Tomorrow; Tell Him I Said Hello.

 

Songs of Ned Rorem

Album by Susan Graham,

released April 4, 2000.

Track list: The Santa Fe Songs, song cycle of 12 poems of Witter Bynner for medium voice, violin, viola, cello & piano: Santa Fe Songs: No. 4, S; Clouds, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Paul Goodman'); Early in the Morning, for voice & piano; The Serpent, for voice & piano (from 'Three Poems of Theodore Roethke'); Now sleeps the crimson petal, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Tennyson'); The Santa Fe Songs, song cycle of 12 poems of Witter Bynner for medium voice, violin, viola, cello & piano: Santa Fe Songs: No. 2, O; I Strolled Across an Open Field, for voice & piano; To a Young Girl, for voice & piano; Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair, for voice & piano; Poèms pour la paix, for medium voice & strings: Ode; For Poulenc, for voice & piano; Little Elegy, for voice & piano; Alleluia, song for voice & piano; Look Down Fair Moon, for voice & piano; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Walt Whitman'); I will always love you, for voice, string trio & piano; The Tulip Tree, for voice & piano; The Santa Fe Songs, song cycle of 12 poems of Witter Bynner for medium voice, violin, viola, cello & piano: Santa Fe Songs: No. 8, T; The Lordly Hudson, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Paul Goodman'); O Do Not Love Too Long, for voice & piano; Far-Far-Away, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Tennyson'); For Susan, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Paul Goodman'); A Journey, for voice & piano; Sometimes with One I Love, for voice & piano (from 'Poems of Walt Whitman'); Love, for voice & piano; Orchids, for voice & piano; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Poems of Love and the Rain, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano: Do I love you more than a day?; Nantucket Songs, song cycle for voice & piano: Ferry Me Across the Water; The Santa Fe Songs, song cycle of 12 poems of Witter Bynner for medium voice, violin, viola, cello & piano: The Sowers (Santa Fe Song); Whitman Cantata, for men's chorus, 12 brass & timpani: The Shadow, My Likeness.

On this day in music history - Digital Wildlife, French Operetta Arias: C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour:

Digital Wildlife by Fred Frith / Maybe Monday & Joan Jeanrenaud (2002)

French Operetta Arias: C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour by Susan Graham … (2002)

 

Digital Wildlife

Album by Fred Frith / Maybe Monday & Joan Jeanrenaud,

released April 2, 2002.

Artists: Fred Frith: electric guitar. Miya Masaoka: koto, electronics. Larry Ochs: tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone. Joan Jeanrenaud: cello.

Track list: Digital Wildlife; Image In and Atom; The Prisoners' Dilemma; Touch / Risk; Close to Home.

 

French Operetta Arias: C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour

Album by Susan Graham, Yves Abel, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,

released April 2, 2002.

Track list: C'est ca la vie, c'est ca l'amour (Moises Simons, from Toi c'est moi, 1934); J'ai deux amants (Andre Messager, from L'Amour masque, 1923); Yes (Maurice Yvain, from Yes, 1928); Si vous saviez (Arthur Honegger, from Les Aventures du roi Pausole, 1930); O mon bel inconnu (Reynaldo Hahn, from O mon bel inconnu, 1933); Je ne vois rien..Lorsque je n'etais qu'une enfant (Andre Messager, from Fortunio, 1907); Les hommes sont biens tous les memes (Andre Messager, from Coups de roulis, 1928); Air de la Lettre (Reynaldo Hahn, from Brummell, 1931); L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Andre Messager, from Passionnement, 1926); Vois-tu, je m'en veux (Andre Messager, from Les P'tites Michu, 1897); Etre adore (Reynaldo Hahn, from Mozart, 1925); Je regrette mon Pressigny (Andre Messager, from la Petite Fonctionnaire, 1921); Amour, amour, quel est donc ton pouvoir (Andre Messager, from Les Dragons de lImperatrice, 1905); Mon reve (Andre Messager, from L'Amour masque, 1923); C'est tres vilain d'etre infidele (Reynaldo Hahn, from O mon bel inconnu, 1933); C'est pas Paris, c'est sa banlieue (Reynaldo Hahn, from Ciboulette, 1923); Vagabonde (Moises Simons, from Toi c'est moi, 1934).

On this day in music history - Artist Portrait Susan Graham, Feast of Joy and Love, Laura Sullivan

Artist Portrait: Susan Graham by Susan Graham (2003)

Feast of Joy and Love by Laura Sullivan (2007)

Artist Portrait: Susan Graham

Album by Susan Graham,

released March 10, 2003.

Track list: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Voi che sapete; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio; Alcina, opera, HWV 34; Di te mi rido; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto; Mio bel Tesoro; Verdi prati; Iphigénie en Tauride, opera in 4 acts, Wq. 46; O malheureuse Iphigénie!; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Early in the Morning, for voice & piano; The Santa Fe Songs, song cycle of 12 poems of Witter Bynner for medium voice, violin, viola, cello & piano; The Wintry Mind; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from "Poems of Walt Whitman"); Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Comment le dédain pourrait-il mourir?; Dieu! Que viens-je entendre?; Dead Man Walking, opera; This journey to Christ; Who will walk with me?; Dead Man Walking!; He will gather us around; Toi c'est moi, operetta; C'est ça la vie, c'est ça l'amour; Yes, musical; Yes; Coups de roulis, operetta; Les hommes sont bien tous les mêmes.

Feast of Joy and Love

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released March 10, 2007.

Track list: Bouquet of Bach; Cafe des Artiste; Waltzing with Beethoven; Greensleeves; Pinot Noir; Morning in the Meadow; Memories of the Ice Cream Truck; Porch Swing Night Romance; Shaelaelah; Ala M'Ode to Joy; Last Kiss.

On this day in music history - The album The Art of Susan Graham, by Susan Graham (2010)

The Art of Susan Graham

by Susan Graham

was released on October 26, 2010.

Track list:

O del mio dolce ardor bramato oggetto!; Le nozze de Figaro; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio; La clemenza di Tito; Parto, ma tu, ben mio; Iphigénie en Tauride; Non, je n’espère plus... Ô toi qui prolongeas mes jours; Ô malheureuse Iphigénie!; Non, cet affreux devoir je ne puis le remplir... Je t’implore et je tremble; Voi che sapete che cosa è amor; Deh, per questo istante solo; Qu’entends-Je? Qu’a-t-il dit?... Amour, viens rendre à mon âme; Non ho colpa, e mi condanni; J’ai perdu mon Eurydice; Dunque sperer poss’io... Il tenero momento; He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!; Hochgetürmte Rimaflut; Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist?; Lieber Gott, du weißt, wie oft bereut ich hab; Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze; Röslein dreie in der Reihe blüh’n so rot; Kommt dir manchmal in del Sinn, mein süßes Lieb; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament; De rêve; De grève; De fleurs; De soir; Nacht; Schilflied; Die Nachtigall; Traumgekrönt; Im Zimmer; Liebesode; Sommertage; L’Anguille; Carte postale; Avant le cinema; 1904; Vois-tu, je m’en veux; J’ai deux amants; Vagabonde; À Chloris; Fantoches; Liebst du um Schönheit; Sexy Lady; La Fleur des eaux; Interlude; La Mort de l’amour; Asie; La Flûte enchantée; L’Indifférent; Le Balcon; Harmonie du soir; Le Jet d’eau; Recueillement; C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour!; J’ai deux amants; Yes; Si vous saviez; Ô mon bel inconnu; Je ne vois rien... Lorsque je n’étais qu’une enfant; Les hommes sont biens tous les mêmes; Air de la Lettre; L’amour est un oiseau rebelle; Vous-tu, je m’en veux à moi-même; Être adore; Je regrette mon Pressigny; Amour! Amour! quel est donc ton pouvoir; Mon rêve; C’est très vilain d’être infidèle; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue; Vagabonde; Di te mi rido; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto; Autrefois un roi de Thulé; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?; The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Swimmers; Memories (A - Very Pleasant, B - Rather Sad); Ann Street; Serenity (A unison chant); 1, 2, 3; Songs My Mother Taught Me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; A sound of a distant horn; September; Soliloquy (or A Study in Sevenths and Other Things); A Farewell to Land; Thoreau; This journey. This journey to Christ; Who will walk with me?; He will gather us around; Sonnet; Clouds; Early in the Morning; The Serpent; Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal; Opus 101; I Strolled Across an Open Field; To a Young Girl; Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair; Ode: Je te salute, heureuse Paix; For Poulenc; Little Elgy; Alleluia; Look Down, Fair Moon; O You Whom I Often and Silently Come; I Will Always Love You; The Tulip Tree; The Wintry Mind; I am Rose; The Lordly Hudson; O Do Not Love Too Long; Far - Far – Away; For Susan; A Journey; Sometimes with One I Love; Love; Orchids; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; Do I Love You More Than a Day?; Ferry Me Across the Water; The Sowers; That Shadow, My Likeness.

On this day in music history - The album Handel: Alcina, by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie (2001)

Handel: Alcina

by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie

was released on October 16, 2001

Track list:

Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: È gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sì, son quella!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Tornami a vagheggiar; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ama, sospira; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ah! mio cor!; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Verdi prati; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Ombre pallide; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sinfonia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Sta nell’Ircana; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Mi restano le lagrime; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Non è amor, nè gelosia; Alcina, opera, HWV 34: Dall’orror di notte cieca.

On this day in music history - The album Un frisson français: A Century of French Song, by Susan Graham (2008)

Un frisson français: A Century of French Song

by Susan Graham

was released on September 29, 2008.

Track list:

Paladilhe: Psyché; Chausson: Les papillons, Op. 2, No. 3; Bachelet: Chère nuit; Duparc: Au pays où se fait la guerre; Ravel: Le paon (Histoires naturelles); Caplet: Le corbeau et le renard; Roussel: Réponse d’une épouse sage, Op. 35, No. 2; Messiaen: La fiancée perdue; Debussy: Colloque sentimental (Fêtes galantes II); Faure: Vocalise-Etude; Hahn: A Chloris; Satie: Le Chapelier; Honegger: Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirene: I. Chanson des sirens; Honegger: Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirene: II. Berceuse de la Sirène; Honegger: Trois Chansons de la Petite Sirene: III. Chanson de la poire; Canteloube: Brezairola; Rosenthal: La souris d’Angleterre; Poulenc: La Dame de Monte Carlo.

On this day in music history - La Belle Époque: The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn, by Susan Graham (1998)

La Belle Époque: The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn

by Susan Graham,

was released on September 15, 1998.

Track list:

À Chloris; Le Rossignol des lilas; L’Énamourée; Trois Jours de vendange; Études Latines: “Lydé”; Études Latines: “Tyndaris”; Études Latines: “Phyllis”; Les Fontaines; L’Automne; Infidélité; Dans la nuit; D’une prison; Quand la nuit n’est pas étoilée; Fumée; Le Printemps; Je me souviens; Quand je fus pris au pavillon; Paysage; Fêtes galantes; Nocturne; Mai; L’Heure exquise; Offrande; Si mes vers avaient des ailes.

On this day in music history - The album Il Tenero Momento: Mozart & Gluck Arias, by Susan Graham and Harry Bicket (2000)

Il Tenero Momento: Mozart & Gluck Arias

by Susan Graham and Harry Bicket

was released September 2, 2000.

Track list:

Paride Ed Elena: Oh, Del Mio Dolce Ardor; Le Nozze Di Figaro: Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio; La Clemenza Di Tito: Parto, Ma Tu, Ben Mio; Iphigenie En Tauride: Non, Je N’espere Plus... O Toi Qui Prolongeas Mes Jours; Iphigenie En Tauride: O Malheureuse Iphigenie!; Iphigenie En Tauride: Non, Ect Affreux Devoir... Je T’implore Et Je Tremble; Le Nozze Di Figaro: Voi Che Sapete; La Clemenza Di Tito: Deh, Per Questo Istante Solo; Orphee Et Eurydice: Qu’entends-je? Qu’a-t-il Dit?... Amour, Viens Rendre A Mon Ame; Idomeneo: Non Ho Colpa; Orphee Et Eurydice: J’ai Perdu Mon Eurydice; Lucio Silla: Dunque Sperar Poss’io... Il Tenero Momento.

On this day in music history - The album, Portrait, by Susan Graham (2007)

Portrait

Album by Susan Graham,

released July 16, 2007.

Track list:

Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Voi che sapete, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Alcina, opera, HWV 34; Di te mi rido, by George Frederick Handel; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto, by George Frederick Handel; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; Early in the Morning, for voice & piano, by Ned Rorem; O you whom I often and silently come, for voice & piano (from “Poems of Walt Whitman”), by Ned Rorem; La Damnation de Faust, for mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, chorus and orchestra, (“légende dramatique”) H. 111 (Op. 24); Autrefois un roi de Thulé, by Hector Berlioz; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?, by Hector Berlioz; Dead Man Walking, opera, by This journey. This journey to Christ, by Jake Heggie; Who will walk with me?, by Jake Heggie; He will gather us around, by Jake Heggie; Zigeunerlieder (8), for voice & piano (arranged from Op. 103); Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, by Johannes Brahms; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament, by Johannes Brahms; Early Songs (7), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Die Nachtigal, by Alban Berg; Traumgekrönt, by Alban Berg; Im Zimmer, by Alban Berg; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire, song collection for voice & piano, L. 64; Harmonie du soir, by Claude Debussy; Le Jet d’eau, by Claude Debussy; The Circus Band, song for voice & piano, S. 229 (K. 6B20), by Charles Ives; The Cage, song for voice & piano, S. 221 (K. 6B42), by Charles Ives; Ciboulette, operetta in 3 acts; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue, by Reynaldo Hahn; Toi c’est moi, operetta; Vagabonde, by Moisés Simóns.

On this day in music history - The album Poèmes de l'Amour, by Susan Graham (2005)

Poèmes de l'Amour

by Susan Graham

was released on May 16, 2005.

Track list:

Poeme de l’amour et de la mer: I La fleur des eaux; Poeme de l’amour et de la mer: II Interlude; Poeme de l’amour et de la mer: III La mort de l’amour; Sheherazade: I Asie; Sheherazade: II La flute enchantee; Sheherazade: III L’indifferent; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: I Le balcon; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: II Harmonie du soir; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: III Le jet d’eau; 5 Poemes de Charles Baudelaire: IV Receuillement.

On this day in music history - Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs, By Susan Graham (2004)

Ives: Concord Sonata; Songs

by Susan Graham

was released on May 10, 2004.

Piano: Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Track list:

The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Swimmers; Memories; Ann Street; Serenity; 1, 2, 3; Songs My Mother Taught Me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; Remembrance; September; Soliloquy; A Farewell to Land; Thoreau; Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass; Emerson; Hawthorne; The Alcotts; Thoreau.

On this day in music history - French Operetta Arias (2002)

French Operetta Arias

April 2, 2002.

French Operetta Arias: C'est ça la vie, c'est ça l'amour,

by Susan Graham, Yves Abel, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,

was released on April 2, 2002.

Track list:

C'est ca la vie, c'est ca l'amour (Moises Simons, from Toi c'est moi, 1934); J'ai deux amants (Andre Messager, from L'Amour masque, 1923); Yes (Maurice Yvain, from Yes, 1928); Si vous saviez (Arthur Honegger, from Les Aventures du roi Pausole, 1930); O mon bel inconnu (Reynaldo Hahn, from O mon bel inconnu, 1933); Je ne vois rien..Lorsque je n'etais qu'une enfant (Andre Messager, from Fortunio, 1907); Les hommes sont biens tous les memes (Andre Messager, from Coups de roulis, 1928); Air de la Lettre (Reynaldo Hahn, from Brummell, 1931); L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Andre Messager, from Passionnement, 1926); Vois-tu, je m'en veux (Andre Messager, from Les P'tites Michu, 1897); Etre adore (Reynaldo Hahn, from Mozart, 1925); Je regrette mon Pressigny (Andre Messager, from la Petite Fonctionnaire, 1921); Amour, amour, quel est donc ton pouvoir (Andre Messager, from Les Dragons de lImperatrice, 1905); Mon reve (Andre Messager, from L'Amour masque, 1923); C'est tres vilain d'etre infidele (Reynaldo Hahn, from O mon bel inconnu, 1933); C'est pas Paris, c'est sa banlieue (Reynaldo Hahn, from Ciboulette, 1923); Vagabonde (Moises Simons, from Toi c'est moi, 1934).