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Special offer. Ned Rorem: Chamber Music with Flute

Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano) & Ann Hobson Pilot (harp)

Special offer. Ned Rorem: Chamber Music with Flute

Fenwick Smith (flute), David Leisner (guitar), Ronald Thomas (cello), Mihae Lee (piano) & Ann Hobson Pilot (harp)

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Ned Rorem’s clarity of emotional expression is perfectly suited to the ‘breathy gold’ of the flute. Covering much of the composer’s career, these pieces range from the early Mountain Song which captures the spirit of a rural Kentucky folksong, to the meditative and spectacular Four Prayers. Rorem worked closely with and was “honored to be so dazzlingly represented by” the performers on this recording, describing flutist Fenwick Smith as “a Faun and a Daphnis all in one.”

Contents and tracklist

I. I ne're saw true beauty till This night
Track length2:31
II. Queen Mab hath been with you
Track length2:28
III. How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues by night
Track length2:42
IV. O serpent heart …
Track length1:28
V. … Sad hours seem long
Track length1:11
VI. … It was the nightingale
Track length2:40
VII. Come weep with me
Track length1:38
VIII. … Empty tigers
Track length1:50
IX. … Never was a story of more woe
Track length2:58
I. Largo misterioso - Allegro
Track length4:46
II. Largo
Track length3:46
III. Andante
Track length3:37
IV. Allegro molto
Track length4:29
I. Matins (Nocturne)
Track length2:10
II. Lauds (Sunrise)
Track length2:44
III. Prime (6am)
Track length1:08
IV. Terce (Mid-morning)
Track length3:54
V. Sext (Noon)
Track length2:43
VI. None (Mid-afternooon)
Track length2:51
VII. Vespers (Evensong)
Track length00:36
VIII. Compline (Nightfall)
Track length2:07
First Prayer: Quarter note = 60, without expression
Track length2:16
Second Prayer: Half note = 50
Track length3:27
Third Prayer: Loud and Fast, quarter note = 144 (a palindrome)
Track length3:39
Last Prayer: Quarter note = 69
Track length2:57
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