Rorem - Orchids
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Special offer. Ned Rorem - On an echoing road
Duets, Trios and Quartets from Evidence of things not seen interspersed with songs
Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Tim Mead (countertenor) & Alisdair Hogarth (piano / director)
Prince Consort
All five singers have clearly grasped the importance of Rorem's text-based conception of song, 'poetry as expressed through the voice' and they sing - albeit in resolutely English English which... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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If Rorem's songs aren't as well known as those of Copland or Cole Porter it's probably because they're more difficult to sing. The earliest here is from 1947 (The Lordly Hudson, on a poem by... —
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Special offer. American Classics - Ned Rorem: Selected Songs
Carole Farley (soprano), Ned Rorem (piano)
Seventeen of these 32 songs aren't otherwise available on disc, and they include some of Rorem's finest and most haunting. The utter simplicity that weaves a magic spell in Nantucket, the beautiful... —
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