Frederica von Stade
Sings
DOMINICK ARGENTO
A GRAMMY AWARD® WINNER
Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue
Frederica von Stade, Mezzo-Soprano
Burt Hara, Clarinet
RR-100CD
[HDCD]
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.
Reference Recordings CD wins a Grammy ® AwardThis 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.
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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 |
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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 |
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