Love's Secret and Other Songs by American Composers

Steber (Performer), Miller (Performer), Gramm (Performer), Mccollum (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Steber, Miller, Gramm, Mccollum
• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Vox (Classical)
• ASIN: B000001K4P
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #412,699 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. David Mourns for Absalom, song for voice & piano

2. Brigid's Song, for voice & piano

3. Sonatina to Hans Christian

4. The Divine Image, for voice & piano

5. Love's Secret, for voice & piano

6. Polaroli

7. The Frog and the Snake

8. Valentine to Sherwood Anderson, for voice & piano

9. Send Home My Long Strayed Eyes

10. Bedlam, for voice & piano

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Alleluia, song for voice & piano

2. It's all I have to bring, for voice & piano

3. So Bashful, for voice & piano

4. To Make A Prairie, for voice & piano

5. And this of all my hope, for voice & piano

6. Nuvoletta, song for voice & piano, Op. 25

7. Death Be Not Proud

8. Lullee Lullay

9. Waikiki, song for voice & piano (Poems No. 2), Op. 9/2, A. 46

10. Stopping By the Woods On A Snowy Evening, for voice & piano

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important American art songs performed by superb recitalists, May 29, 2000

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Barbara Miller (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love's Secret and Other Songs by American Composers (Audio CD)

This CD, a digital remastering of a recording originally released in 1962, is an extraordinary value for anyone interested in American art song, or simply in fine singing. I bought it because I wanted to hear Eleanor Steber's performance of Griffes's "Waikiki", which did not disappoint. But there are many other wonderful songs, all presented with great artistry. They range from the demanding complexity of Barber's "Nuvoletta" and Ives's "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" to the lyricism of the Ernst Bacon songs to texts by Emily Dickinson. The final song on the CD, John McCollum's performance of Henry Cowell's "The Donkey", is especially memorable; I recommend this version over the one on the Albany label's "Songs of Henry Cowell" CD (which I bought because my interest in Cowell's songs was raised by hearing "The Donkey").

0 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Item not received., January 15, 2006

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John Mozisek (Weimar, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love's Secret and Other Songs by American Composers (Audio CD)

I have not received this item yet. It is on back order. I had to rate it so put 3 stars. However sicne it hasn't been received I can't really rate it. You ought to take situations like this into consideration if you're going to do this sort of thing.