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 - The album Songs of Ned Rorem, by Susan Graham (2000)

Songs of Ned Rorem

by Susan Graham

was released on 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 - 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).