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Title:
The songs / Samuel Barber.
Author:
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981, composer.

Studer, Cheryl, singer.

Hampson, Thomas, singer.

Browning, John, 1933-2003, instrumentalist.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Slumber song of the Madonna.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. There's nae lark.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Love at the door.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Serenader.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Love's caution.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Night wanderers.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Of that so sweet imprisonment.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Strings in the earth and air.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Beggar's song.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. In the dark pinewood.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 2.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 10.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 13.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Dover Beach.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 18.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Nuvoletta.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Mélodies passagères.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Hermit songs.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Despite and still.

Container of (work): Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Songs, op. 45.

Emerson String Quartet, instrumentalist.
Publication Information:
Hamburg, Germany : Deutsche Grammophon, [2003]
Call Number:
D BARB SON V52
Added Corporate Author:
Series:
Gramophone awards collection

Gramophone awards collection.
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (110 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.

Deutsche Grammophon: 474 686-2 (474 686-2--474 687-2).

In part song cycles.

Principally with piano accompaniment ; the 21st song with string quartet accompaniment.

Texts from various sources.

Edition recorded: G. Schirmer.

Previously released in 1994 on Deutsche Grammophon 435 867-2.

Compact discs.

Biographical and program notes by John Browning and texts, the French songs with English translation (33 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Added Title:
Daisies.

With rue my heart is laden.

Bessie bobtail.

Rain has fallen.

Sleep now.

I hear an army.

Nun takes the veil.

Secrets of the old.

Sure on this shining night.

Nocturne.

Queen's face on the summery coin.

Monks and raisins.

Saint Patrick's purgatory.

Church bell at night.

St. Ita's vision.

Heavenly banquet.

Crucifixion.

Sea-snatch.

Promiscuity.

Monk and his cat.

Praises of God.

Desire for hermitage.

Last song.

My lizard.

In the wilderness.

Solitary hotel.

Now I have fed and eaten up the rose.

Green lowland of pianos.

O boundless, boundless evening.
Contents:
Disc 1. A slumber song of the Madonna (Noyes) (2:01) -- There's nae lark (Swinburne) (1:43) -- Love at the door (Symonds) (1:26) -- Serenades [i.e. Serenader] (Dillon) (2:16) -- Love's caution (Davies) (2:56) -- Night wanderers (Davies) (3:02) -- Of that so sweet imprisonment (Joyce) (2:10) -- Strings in the earth and air (Joyce) (1:18) -- Beggar's song (Davies) (2:02) -- In the dark pinewood (Joyce) (1:46) -- Three songs, op. 2. The daisies (Stephens) (1:20) ; With rue my heart is laden (Housman) (1:28) ; Bessie Bobtail (Stephens) (2:48) -- Three songs, op. 10 (Joyce). Rain has fallen (3:02) ; Sleep now (3:34) ; I hear an army (2:42) -- Four songs, op. 13. A nun takes the veil (Hopkins) (1:42) ; The secrets of the old (Yeats) (1:08) ; Sure on this shining night (Agee) (2:30) ; Nocturne (Prokosch) (4:02) -- Dover Beach : op. 3 (Arnold) (8:12). Disc 2. Two songs, op. 18. The Queen's face on the summery coin (Horan) (2:00) ; Monks and raisins (Garcia Villa) (1:12) -- Nuvoletta : op. 25 (Joyce) (5:08) -- Mélodies passagères, op. 27 (Rilke). Puisque tout passe (1:35) ; Un cygne (2:22) ; Tombeau dans un parc (1:56) ; Le clocher chante (1:23) ; Départ (1:58) -- Hermit songs : op. 29. At Saint Patrick's purgatory (1:30) ; Church bell at night (0:54) ; St. Ita's vision (3:18) ; The heavenly banquet (1:12) ; The crucifixion (2:25) ; Sea-snatch (0:40) ; Promiscuity (0:58) ; The monk and his cat (2:40) ; The praises of God (0:56) ; The desire for hermitage (3:49) -- Despite and still : op. 41. A last song (Graves) (2:32) ; My lizard (Roethke) (1:04) ; In the wilderness (Graves) (3:21) ; Solitary hotel (Joyce) (2:39) ; Despite and still (Graves) (1:24) -- Three songs, op. 45. Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (Joyce) (2:36) ; A green lowland of pianos (Milosz) (2:09) ; O boundless, boundless evening (Middleton) (4:17).
Uniform Title:
Vocal music. Selections
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