Rorem - The Serpent
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Ned Rorem - On an echoing road
Duets, Trios and Quartets from Evidence of things not seen interspersed with songs
Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Tim Mead (countertenor) & Alisdair Hogarth (piano / director)
Prince Consort
All five singers have clearly grasped the importance of Rorem's text-based conception of song, 'poetry as expressed through the voice' and they sing - albeit in resolutely English English which... — More…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Seventeen of these 32 songs aren't otherwise available on disc, and they include some of Rorem's finest and most haunting. The utter simplicity that weaves a magic spell in Nantucket, the beautiful... — More…
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If Rorem's songs aren't as well known as those of Copland or Cole Porter it's probably because they're more difficult to sing. The earliest here is from 1947 (The Lordly Hudson, on a poem by... — More…
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Phyllis Curtin sings Copland and Rorem
Phyllis Curtin (soprano), Aaron Copland (piano), Ned Rorem (piano), Roger Sessions (piano)
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