Various Artists – Barber: The Complete Songs (2022) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

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Featuring a stellar cast of performers, and curated by pianist Dylan Perez, this complete anthology of Samuel Barber’s songs present those works published during his lifetime, together with those published posthumously, some of which are recorded here for the first time. Barber was clear as to what he wanted from very early in his life, and this strength of character and courage to follow his path is heard throughout Barber’s significant contribution to the genre. At a time when American classical music was heavily influenced by experimentalism, Barber’s inclination for “traditional” harmony and melody helped set him apart. Barber’s vocal music demonstrates the ease he finds in the marriage of text and music.

Tracklist:

CD1
01. William thomas – Three Songs, Op. 2: I. The Daisies (01:05)
02. William thomas – Three Songs, Op. 2: II. With Rue My Heart is Laden (01:20)
03. William thomas – Three Songs, Op. 2: III. Bessie Bobtail (02:53)
04. Nicky Spence – Three Songs, Op. 10: I. Rain Has Fallen (02:29)
05. Nicky Spence – Three Songs, Op. 10: II. Sleep Now (02:48)
06. Nicky Spence – Three Songs, Op. 10: III. I Hear an Army (02:37)
07. Samantha Clarke – Four Songs, Op. 13: I. A Nun Takes the Veil (01:32)
08. Samantha Clarke – Four Songs, Op. 13: II. The Secrets of the Old (01:13)
09. Samantha Clarke – Four Songs, Op. 13: III. Sure On This Shining Night (02:23)
10. Samantha Clarke – Four Songs, Op. 13: IV. Nocturne (03:55)
11. Fleur Barron – Two Songs, Op. 18: I. The Queen’s Face on the Summery Coin (02:29)
12. Fleur Barron – Two Songs, Op. 18: II. Monks and Raisins (01:19)
13. Soraya Mafi – Nuvoletta, Op. 25 (05:18)
14. Louise Kemény – Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: I. Puisque tout passe (01:24)
15. Louise Kemény – Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: II. Un cygne (02:23)
16. Louise Kemény – Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: III. Tombeau dans un parc (01:55)
17. Louise Kemény – Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: IV. Le clocher chante (01:30)
18. Louise Kemény – Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: V. Départ (01:52)
19. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: I. At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory (01:33)
20. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: II. Church Bell at Night (00:55)
21. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: III. St. Ita’s Vision (03:22)
22. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IV. The Heavenly Banquet (01:16)
23. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: V. The Crucifixion (02:11)
24. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VI. Sea-Snatch (00:41)
25. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VII. Promiscuity (01:00)
26. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: VIII. The Monk and His Cat (03:01)
27. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: IX. The Praises of God (01:04)
28. Mary Bevan – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire for Hermitage (03:42)
29. Dominic Sedgewick – Despite and Still, Op. 41: I. A Last Song (02:17)
30. Dominic Sedgwick – Despite and Still, Op. 41: II. My Lizard (01:05)
31. Dominic Sedgewick – Despite and Still, Op. 41: III. In the Wilderness (03:06)
32. Dominic Sedgewick – Despite and Still, Op. 41: IV. Solitary Hotel (02:44)
33. Dominic Sedgewick – Despite and Still, Op. 41: V. Despite and Still (01:34)
34. Jess Dandy – Three Songs, Op. 45: I. Now Have I Fed and Eaten Up the Rose (02:04)
35. Jess Dandy – Three Songs, Op. 45: II. A Green Lowland of Pianos (02:14)
36. Jess Dandy – Three Songs, Op. 45: III. O Boundless, Boundless Evening (03:38)

CD2
01. William thomas – Three Songs (The Words from Old England): I. Lady, When I Behold the Roses (01:21)
02. William thomas – Three Songs (The Words from Old England): II. An Earnest Suite to His Unkind Mistress Not to Forsake Him (02:21)
03. William thomas – Three Songs (The Words from Old England): III. Hey Nonny No! (00:49)
04. Fleur Barron – Two Poems of the Wind: I. Little Children of the Wind (01:20)
05. Fleur Barron – Two Poems of the Wind: II. Longing (02:00)
06. Julien Van Mellaerts – Two Songs of Youth: I. Invocation to Youth (01:21)
07. Julien Van Mellaerts – Two Songs of Youth: II. I Never Thought That Youth Would Go (01:19)
08. Samantha Clarke – Love’s Caution (03:14)
09. Dominic Sedgewick – Night Wanderers (03:09)
10. Julien Van Mellaerts – Beggar’s Song (01:57)
11. Jess Dandy – Music, When Soft Voices Die (01:27)
12. Soraya Mafi – A Slumber Song of the Madonna (01:55)
13. William thomas – Fantasy in Purple (01:56)
14. Soraya Mafi – La nuit (02:39)
15. Louise Kemény – Of That So Sweet Imprisonment (02:05)
16. Fleur Barron – In the Dark Pinewood (01:44)
17. Louise Kemény – Strings in the Earth and Air (01:23)
18. Dominic Sedgewick – Ask Me To Rest (01:54)
19. Soraya Mafi – Au clair de la lune (02:16)
20. Soraya Mafi – Mother I Cannot Mind My Wheel (01:11)
21. Fleur Barron – Love at the Door (01:34)
22. Louise Kemény – Man (02:49)
23. Julien Van Mellaerts – Serenader (01:51)
24. Jess Dandy – Peace (01:55)
25. William thomas – Who Carries Corn and Crown (01:16)
26. Jess Dandy – Watchers (03:27)
27. William thomas – Thy Love (01:33)
28. Jess Dandy – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (02:10)
29. Nicky Spence – There’s nae lark (01:34)
30. Julien Van Mellaerts – Dover Beach, Op. 3 (07:43)
31. Nicky Spence – Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (16:53)