Samantha Clarke - Complete Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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. The Navarra String Quartet join the line-up for Dover Beach, Op. 3. Album Tracks 1. Three Songs, Op. 2 2. Three Songs, Op. 10 3. Four Songs, Op. 13 4. Two Songs, Op. 18 5. Nuvoletta, Op. 25 6. Mélodies Passagères, Op. 27 7. Hermit Songs, Op. 29 8. Despite and Still, Op. 41 9. Three Songs, Op. 45 10. Three Songs The Words from Old England 11. Two Poems of the Wind 12. Two Songs of Youth 13. Love's Caution 14. Night Wanderers 15. Beggar's Song 16. Music, When Soft Voices Die 17. A Slumber Song of the Madonna 18. Fantasy in Purple 19. La Nuit 20. Of That So Sweet Imprisonment 21. In the Dark Pinewood 22. Strings in the Earth and Air 23. Ask Me to Rest 24. Au Clair de la Lune 25. Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel 26. Love at the Door 27. Man 28. Serenader 29. Peace 30. Who Carries Corn and Crown 31. Watchers 32. Thy Love 33. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 34. There's Nae Lark 35. Dover Beach, Op. 3 36. Knoxville Summer of 1915, Op. 24