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Contemporary … with Class

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CASA GUIDI
Frederica von Stade
Sings
DOMINICK ARGENTO


A GRAMMY AWARD® WINNER

Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue
Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano
Burt Hara, Clarinet

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Everything Argento writes, whether sprung from a vocal text or cast in purely instrumental language, originates in his love for the voice.   His subject is selfdiscovery - the human condition illuminated by music of extraordinary lyric beauty.   "My interest is people," he says.   The Argento catalogue is substantial, for he has been consistently productive throughout a 40-year teaching career, freed only by occasional sabbaticals and two Guggenheim Fellowships.   From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, a song cycle premiered by Janet Baker in Minneapolis, earned Argento the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Music.   Its success affirmed his confidence that he had been right to stay his own course, distinct from the experimenters of his generation. which came of age after World War II.

Grammy Award graphic Reference Recordings CD wins a Grammy ® Award
This Reference Recordings CD featuring Frederica von Stade with the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Eiji Oue of Casa Guidi, and other works by Dominick Argento has been awarded a Grammy ® Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. (A Composer's Award for a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.)
The award was anounced at the 46th Grammy Award ceremony held in Los Angeles on February 8, 2004.

PROGRAM LISTING

DOMINICK ARGENTO

CASA GUIDI 21:39
five songs for mezzo-soprano and orchestra: Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to her sister
      Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
1   Casa Guidi 4:15
2   The Italian Cook and the English Maid 3:36
3   Robert Browning 6:09
4   The death of Mr. Barrett 2:47
5   Domesticity 5:01

CAPRICCIO FOR CLARINET AND ORCHESTRA (ROSSINI IN PARIS) 23:33
      Burt Hara, clarinet
6   Une Réjouissance 7:27
7   Une Caresse à ma Femme 6:37
8   Un Petit Train du Plaisir 9:23

IN PRAISE OF MUSIC: SEVEN SONGS FOR ORCHESTRA 33:06
9   For the Healer, DAVID 5:27
10 For the God, APOLLO 3:04
11 For the Satyr, PAN 5:56
12 For the Sorrower, ORPHEUS 4:58
13 For the Angel, ISRAFEL 4:24
14 For the Saint, CECILIA 4:31
15 for the Child, MOZART 4:37

      Total Time: 78:25
Related back catalog on Reference Recordings
featuring Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra

RR-99 - Reveries: Various Composers
RR-96 - Rachmaninoff
RR-95 - Respighi
RR-93 - Copland 100
RR-92 - Bolero!
RR-91 - Valentino Dances
RR-88 - Mahler - Das Lied
RR-87 - Bernstein
RR-83 - Richard Strauss
RR-82 - Mephisto & Co.
RR-80 - Ports of Call
RR-79 - Pictures at an Exhibition
RR-71 - Exotic Dances
RR-70 - Stravinsky




Reference Recordings are distributed in Australia by Rockian Trading