Tchaikovsky/Mussorgsky,Rorem: Songs (recorded in 2007)
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TCHAIKOVSKY / MUSSORGSKY / ROREM
Tchaikovsky/Mussorgsky,Rorem: Songs (recorded in 2007)
Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) / Julius Drake (piano)
[ Wigmore Hall Live / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 January 2009
"The 'Wigmore Hall Live' series reflects the high quality of chamber music and art-song available at this admirable venue. Many of the 25 CDs so far issued preserve events of special value (and at a reasonable price). This beautifully recorded example is certainly one of them" Classical Source
'From the lavish beauty of Tchaikovsky, the morbid darkness of Mussorgsky to the implacable terror of Rorem's Whitman settings, Gerald Finley is utterly compelling. He's been in rare form recently, and such is the communicative immediacy of this disc, you'll feel as though you were there in Wigmore Hall…and isn't that the point?' (BBC Music Award Finalist 2009)
Tracks:
Tchaikovsky Songs
1. Don Juan's Serenade [2.54]
2. It was in the Early Spring [2.45]
3. At the Ball [2.39]
4. Whether the Day reigns [3.39]
5. The mild stars shone for us [3.37]
6. Only one who knows longing [3.34]
7. As over burning Embers [2.18]
Musorgsky 'Songs and Dances of Death'
8. Lullaby [5.35]
9. Serenade [4.42]
10. Trepak [5.16]
11. The Field Marshall [6.20]
Ned Rorem - 'War Scenes'
12. A Night Battle [5.07]
13. Specimen Case [2.22]
14. An Incident [2.03]
15. Inauguration Ball [1.50]
16. The real War will never get in the Books [3.38]
17. Announcement
18. ENCORE - Ives: Memories [3.46]
19. Announcement
20. ENCORE - Rautavvarra: Shall I compare thee [2.03]
21. Announcement
22. ENCORE - Wolseley Charles: Green Eyed Dragon [4.48]
