Thomas Hampson: An Old Song Re-Sung - American Concert Songs

Thomas Hampson (Artist), Charles Wakefield Cadman (Composer), Ernest Charles (Composer), Walter Damrosch (Composer), John Woods Duke (Composer), Stephen Foster (Composer), Vittorio Giannini (Composer), Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Composer), Richard Hageman (Composer), Armen Guzelimian (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Armen Guzelimian
• Composer: Charles Wakefield Cadman, Ernest Charles, Walter Damrosch, John Woods Duke, Stephen Foster, et al.
• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI
• ASIN: B000002RRM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,079 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #55 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Korngold, Erich Wolfgang

Track Listings

1. An Old Song Re-sung, song for voice & piano (Poems by John Masefield No. 1), A. 56

2. Tell Me, Oh Blue, Blue Sky for voice & piano

3. Shenandoah, folk song: Arranged by Roger Ames

4. Brother Will, Brother John for voice & piano

5. Darling Nelly Gray

6. Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway for voice & piano (or orchestra): Transcribed by Wallingford Riegger

7. The Erie Canal: Arranged by Roger Ames

8. Will You Remember?, song (from 'Maytime')

9. Danny Deever for voice & piano, Op. 2

10. In the Gloaming

11. In the Gloaming

12. On the Road To Mandalay for voice & piano (or orchestra)

13. The Lass From the Low Countree: Arranged by John Jacob Niles

14. Do Not Go, My Love, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

15. Luke Havergal for voice & piano

16. When I Have Sung My Songs, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

17. At Dawning for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 29

18. Tomorrow for alto, chorus & orchestra, Op 33, 'When You Are Gone'

19. Roses of Picardy for voice & piano

20. Long Ago in Alcala, for voice & piano

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming songs, beautifully sung, June 8, 1999

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This review is from: Thomas Hampson: An Old Song Re-Sung - American Concert Songs (Audio CD)

This is not just an album of chestnuts. Hampson's love for the material shines through. His performance is always just right. His voice is warm, velvety, and wonderful! "In the Gloaming" and "Roses in Picardy" will bring you to tears, but my favorite is "Do not go, my love." Bravo, Tom!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Songs Saved From Obscurity, March 26, 2001

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Gavin Reed (Houston TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thomas Hampson: An Old Song Re-Sung - American Concert Songs (Audio CD)

There is a tremendous body of American songs which is yet to be fully appreciated. Thomas Hampson does us a favor in saving these gems from what might become obscurity. The songs on this disc are truly sentimental, bringing us from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. I commend Hampson for his continued dedication to singing these songs which rival the art songs of any culture and are worthy to be heard, sung and recorded.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You never know when beauty will break your heart, July 17, 2006

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Santa Fe Listener (Santa Fe, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thomas Hampson: An Old Song Re-Sung - American Concert Songs (Audio CD)

This was Thomas Hampson's debut album on EMI, a 1990 release that catapulted him much higher than his earlier recitals on Teldec. It comprises a rather scholarly collection of sentimental memorabilia. Each selection is a "platform song" that Victorians cherished from singers who varied operatic arias with sentimental popular stuff. (Was it Nellie Melba or Jenny Lind who interjected 'Home, Sweet Home' in the middle of the Marriage of Figaro?)

Yet as forgotten as platform songs are today, with the exception of a few Stephen Foster tunes like 'Ah, May the Red Rose Live Alway,' a folk song like 'Shenandoah,' and a brass-bound immortal like 'Roses of Picardy,' everything on this unique CD is ripe with emotion. I am not ashamed to say that I teared up the first twenty times I listened (compulsively) to this memento from a more innocent age.

One is transported back to the time and spirit of Kipling and empire, TR and the Rough Riders, and brave young dougboys marching off to their doom singing 'Over There.' I teared up just writing that sentence.