She Walks in Beauty - Danielle Woerner Sings Luening and Starer

Otto Luening (Composer), Robert Starer (Composer, Performer), Danielle Woerner (Performer), Jean Kopperud (Performer), Marcia Gates (Performer), Patricia Spencer (Performer), Sylvia Buccelli (Performer), Susan Seligman (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Robert Starer, Danielle Woerner, Jean Kopperud, Marcia Gates, Patricia Spencer, et al.
• Composer: Otto Luening, Robert Starer
• Audio CD (February 15, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Parnassus
• ASIN: B00000I54A
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #835,021 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Suite for Soprano and Flute (Luening, 1936)

2. Images of Man (Starer, 1994)

3. Letter to a Composer (Starer, 1995)

4. Letter to a Composer, for voice, flute, clarinet & string quartet

5. Songs of Emily Dickinson, for voice & piano, 'Our share of night to bear'

6. Songs of Emily Dickinson, for voice & piano, ''Hope' is the thing with feathers'

7. Songs of Emily Dickinson, for voice & piano, 'I felt a Cleaving in my Mind'

8. Songs of Emily Dickinson, for voice & piano, 'If I can stop on Heart from breaking'

9. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'The Universal Man'

10. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'Behold Eternal Death'

11. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'Compell the Poor'

12. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'I am Weary'

13. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'O Prince of the Light'

14. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'It is an Easy Thing'

15. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'Male and Female'

16. Images of Man, for voice, flute, cello & piano, 'Rise from the Dews of Death'

17. Suite for soprano voice & flute, No. 1, 'Night Song'

18. Suite for soprano voice & flute, No. 2, 'Dawn Piece'

19. Suite for soprano voice & flute, No. 3, 'Morning Song'

20. Suite for soprano voice & flute, No. 4, 'Evening Song'

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Luscious and deeply moving, December 28, 2000

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Miriam Berg - See all my reviews
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This review is from: She Walks in Beauty - Danielle Woerner Sings Luening and Starer (Audio CD)

Danielle Woerner's voice is so rich and mellow, you can get lost in it. I was not familiar with this repertoire, and found Luening's setting of Emily Dickinson to be marvelous--sometimes serious, sometimes playful, always true to the deep emotions. I also liked the setting of William Blake's "Ah, Sun-flower", which Luening composed especially for this singer. I found myself listening over and over to the poems of Gail Godwin as set by her partner and collaborator, Robert Starer. The compositions are moving and complex, and Woerner makes excellent musical choices for presenting them in a way that the audience can truly feel. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars An Artist's Artist, March 18, 2006

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Marco Polo "Music Explorer" - See all my reviews

This review is from: She Walks in Beauty - Danielle Woerner Sings Luening and Starer (Audio CD)

Danielle Woerner has long been prized on the classical music scene for the exquisite intelligence of her singing and the distinctive beauty of her voice. Her range is and has been astonishing--from opera to art song--and in this recording one can her that sound and intimate sensibility which has earned her such a splendid name. Buy it!