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Joyce DiDonato - American Songbook

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Singer Joyce DiDonato explores lesser-known American music. Including William Grant Still, Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Charles Griffes, Henry Cowell and Paul Creston.

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato chooses some gems from the American repertoire, focusing on some less well-known composers alongside numbers from the great American songbook. The programme includes works by William Grant Still, Amy Beach, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Charles Griffes, Henry Cowell, Paul Creston, Philip Glass, John Corigliano, Mark Adamo, Jake Heggie and Craig Urquhart, alongside some favourite songs by Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin.

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Sat 6 Jan 2018 13:00

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Henry Cowell

Hymn and Fuguing Tune No.10
Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
- ARGO : ZRG 845.
- ARGO.
- 6.
Mark Adamo

Overture: Lysistrata
Performer: Eclipse Chamber Orchestra.
- NAXOS : 8.559258.
- NAXOS.
- 6.
Elliott Carter

Elegy for String Quartet
Performer: Arditti Quartet.
- CELESTIAL HARMONIES : 13087-2.
- CELESTIAL HARMONIES.
- 4.
Harold Arlen

Over the Rainbow
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: The Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.
- ERATO : 5099 9934 12124.
- ERATO.
- 15.
Samuel Barber

The Monk and His Cat
Singer: Leontyne Price. Performer: Samuel Barber.
- RCA VICTOR : 09026 61983-2.
- RCA VICTOR.
- 8.
Philip Glass

Concerto Fantasy for two timpanists and orchestra [3rd movement]
Orchestra: BBC S O.. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Singer: Christine Brewer. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus.
- ORANGE MOUNTAIN MUSIC : OMM 0014.
- 4.
Amy Beach

Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op.45 (4th movement)
Performer: Alan Feinberg. Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
- NAXOS : 8.559139.
- NAXOS.
- 4.
Irving Berlin

Let's Face the Music and Dance
Performer: Nat King Cole.
- CAPITOL RECORDS : 7243 8747 1221.
- CAPITOL RECORDS.
- 1.
Aaron Copland

Heart, We Will Forget Him
Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: André Previn.
- DECCA : 455 511-2.
- DECCA.
- 6.
Charles Tomlinson Griffes

The White Peacock
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
- NAXOS : 8.559164.
- NAXOS.
- 1.
John Corigliano

The Red Violin Caprices
Performer: Philippe Quint.
- NAXOS : 8.559364.
- NAXOS.
- 1-6.
Jake Heggie

To Say Before Going to Sleep
Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Jake Heggie.
- AVIE : AV2198.
- AVIE.
- 16.
Duke Ellington

Come Sunday
Singer: Mahalia Jackson. Performer: Duke Ellington & His Orchestra.
- COLUMBIA.
Cole Porter

Every Time We Say Goodbye
Performer: Ella Fitzgerald. Orchestra: Buddy Bregman Orchestra.
- VERVE.
Ned Rorem

Early in the Morning
Singer: Susan Graham. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
- ERATO : 8573 80222.
- ERATO.
- 8.
Jerome Kern

A Fine Romance
Singer: Mel Tormé. Performer: The Marty Paich Dek-tette.
- RHINO : 79847.
- RHINO.
- 4.
Ruth Crawford Seeger

Piano Sonata
Performer: Jenny Lin.
- BIS : CD 1310.
- BIS.
- 7.
Edward MacDowell

Village Festival [Suite No.2 in E minor "Indian", Op.48]
Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
- NAXOS : 8.559075.
- NAXOS.
- 10.
William Grant Still

Symphony No.1 (1st movement)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Kruger.
- BRIDGE : 9086.
- BRIDGE.
- 4.
Craig Urquhart

I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose
Performer: Craig Urquhart. Singer: Michael Slattery.
- AVIE : AV 2088.
- AVIE.
- 8.