EDWARD MACDOWELL (1860-1908): O Lovely Rose, The Sea, CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER (1861-1935): To Helen, CHARLES TOMLINSON GRIFFES (1884-1920): Evening Song, HENRY THACKER BURLEIGH (1886-1949): Ethiopia Saluting the Colors, STEPHEN FOSTER (1826-1864): Beautiful Dreamer, FRÉDÉRIC LOUIS RITTER (1834-1891): Dirge for Two Veterans, RICHARD HAGEMAN (1882-1966): The Rich Man, JOHN JACOB NILES (1892-1980): Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair, WILLIAM GRANT STILL (1895-1978): Grief, ERNST BACON (1898-1990): One Thought Ever at the Fore, The Banks of the Yellow Sea, Wild Nights, Let Down the Bars, The Postponeless Creature, CHARLES NAGINSKI (1909-1940): Look Down Fair Moon, Richard Cory, SERGIUS KAGEN (1909-1964): Drum, JEAN BERGER (1909-2002): Heart, Lonely People, PAUL BOWLES (1910-1999): Blue Mountain Ballads, HUGO DAVID WEISGALL (1912-1997): Shiloh, LEONARD BERNSTEIN (1918-1990): To What You Said, ERNEST GOLD (1921-1999): Parting, NED ROREM (b.1923): As Adam Early in the Morning, Look Down Fair Moon, Gods, CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852-1924): Darest Thou Now O Soul, RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958): A Clear Midnight, Joy, Shipmate, Joy!, FRANK BRIDGE (1879-1941): The Last Invocation, MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO (1895-1968): Louisiana, PAUL HINDEMITH (1895-1963): Sing on there in the Swamp, 3 Hymnen von Walt Whitman, ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897-1957): Glückwunsch, Op. 38/1, Der Kranke, Op. 38/2, HERMANN REUTTER (1900-1985): Trommel, Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen, KURT PAHLEN (1907-2003): Erlebnis, Auch ich bin Amerika.
Catalogue Number: 01I095
Label: Orfeo d'Or
Reference: C 707 062 I
Format: CD
Price: $33.98
Description: A creation of Hampson himself, this series of recitals of American song from the 2001 Salzburg Festival grouped its content in four ways: "Early Voices of America" (composers of the Romantic era who were born in the U.S.), "Walt Whitman recognized from afar" (European composers setting Whitman), "American poets heard in America" and "Walt Whitman at Home". A great selection of very unsual repertoire performed at the highest level. German and English texts. Thomas Hampson (baritone), Malcolm Martineau, Wolfram Rieger (piano) (Aug. 11, 17 and 22, 2001 and Aug. 22, 2005). Orfeo d'Or Salzburg Festspiel Dokumente
