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Friday, April 4, 2025

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.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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).

Monday, March 10, 2025

On this day in music history - The album Artist Portrait: Susan Graham, by Susan Graham (2003)

Artist Portrait: Susan Graham

by Susan Graham

was released on 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.