American Song Recital [Import]

Lauren Wagner (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 19, 1993)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Channel Classics Nl
• ASIN: B000003UYE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #284,949 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Come Ready and See Me, for voice & piano

2. Sweet Suffolk Owl, for voice & piano

3. Waterbird, for voice & piano

4. Anniversaries (13), for piano: For Craig Urquhart

5. Secret Words, song for voice & piano (original title 'I Heard the Sea')

6. Sugar in the Cane, song for voice & piano (Blue Mountain Ballad No. 4)

7. Anniversaries (13), for piano: For My Daughter, Nina

8. Recuerdo, for voice & piano

9. Anniversaries (13), for piano: For william Kappel

10. Dream With Me, song for voice & piano with obbligato cello: Dream With Me

11. Preludes (3) for piano: No.1 in B Flat Major; allegro ben ritmato e deciso

12. Preludes (3) for piano: No 2

13. Preludes (3) for piano: No.3 in E Flat Minor; allegro ben ritmato e deciso

14. Someone to Watch Over Me, song (from Oh, Kay!, musical)

15. On This Wondrous Sea

16. The Metropolitan Tower, song

17. Night without Sleep, song for voice & piano

18. The Cloisters, song cycle for voice & orchestra: Fort Tryon Park

19. Bee! I'm expecting you, for voice & piano

20. I Never Saw a Moor

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars AMERICAN SONG RECITAL, February 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: American Song Recital (Audio CD)

AMERICAN SONG RECITAL

Channel Classics Records has taken a first-rate initiative in giving winners of important international music competitions the opportunity to record a CD in the "Winning Artists Series." This CD, with fairly unknown American songs, is part of the above series. Other than a piece by Hundley, the remaining 22 songs are based on texts by American writers.

Richard Hundley's songs are beautiful and his compositions true to the texts on which they are based. All the emotions found in the texts are expanded in the compositions to ensure that the story comes through clearly and is not lost in the music. Lori Laitman was specifically asked by Lauren Wagner to compose a song. She chose a text by Sara Teasdale and the CD is worth owning for this song alone: magnificent! Another "plus" to this production is that the source and full text of the songs are in the CD book.

In addition to songs, a number of piano solos have been recorded. Those of Leonard Bernstein are not very well known, but very much worth listening to. He composed these works for friends, relatives and colleagues. They are concise, very complete compositions.

The fact that Lauren Wagner won four important prizes in 1991 is also not surprising. This singer possesses incredible timbre, has a beautiful, controlled voice and sings with incredible ease. Her music is truly a pleasure to hear. Her accompanist Fred Weldy matches her level of skill easily. This CD is definitely a worthwhile addition to your collection.

Translated from the Dutch review in Phonogram Magazine, 1994.