20th Century Voices in America (2CD)

20th Century Voices in America
Works by George Rochberg, George Crumb, John Cage, Elliott Carter, William Schuman, Andrew Imbrie, Harold Blumenfeld, Gregg Smith, Barbara Kolb, Shulamit Ran

CD 1 – 65:50

George Rochberg
Tableaux, Sound Pictures (from “The Silver Talons of Piero Kostrov”) – 21:30
Jan De Gaetani, soprano • Penn Contemporary Players
Richard Wernick, conductor
Text by Paul Rochberg

1. Tableaux, Sound Pictures (from The Silver Talons of Piero Kostrov) – 21:30

Personnel:
Jan De Gaetani, soprano
David Ralphe, young man
Maureen McFadden, young woman
Male chorus: David Parker, Harvey Van Buren, Howard Lipman, John J. Donnelly, Robert Ritchie, Russell French
Bonnie Insull, piccolo flute & alto flute
Arne Running, E-flat & A-flat clarinets
Jeffrey Langford, horn
David Rupp, trombone
Elin Frazier, trumpet
Joseph A. Donofrio Jr., violin
Reed Hoyt, viola
Deborah Reeder, cello
James Freeman, double bass
Joel Spiegelman, piano, electric harpsichord & celesta
Anthony Orlando, Michael Sirotta, percussion

George Crumb
Madrigals (33:45)
Elizabeth Suderburg, soprano
The Contemporary Group, University of Washington
Robert Suderburg, conductor
Texts by Federico García Lorca

2. Book I: No. 1 – 2:02
3. Book I: No. 2 – 3:18
4. Book I: No. 3 – 3:34
5. Book II: No. 1 – 1:40
6. Book II: No. 2 – 3:20
7. Book II: No. 3 – 1:24
8. Book III: No. 1 – 1:46
9. Book III: No. 2 – 1:59
10. Book III: No. 3 – 4:06
11. Book IV: No. 1 – 2:25
12. Book IV: No. 2 – 2:24
13. Book IV: No. 3 – 4:54

Personnel:
Elizabeth Suderburg, soprano
Felix Skowronek, flute
Pamela Vokolek, harp
Davis Shrader, percussion
W. Ring Warner, double bass

John Cage
14. The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs – 3:04
David Starobin, piano
Text by James Joyce

Three Shakespeare Settings

15. Elliott Carter – Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred – 3:24
16. William Schuman – Orpheus With His Lute – 2:12
17. Andrew Imbrie – Tell Me Where Is Fancy Bred – 1:24
    Richard Wagner, clarinet

CD 2 – 64:12

Harold Blumenfeld
Rilke (7:49)
Texts by Rainer Maria Rilke

1. I. Du, meine heilige Einsamkeit – 1:40
2. II. Archaischer Torso Apollos – 3:05
3. III. Ich bin nicht diese steile Stunde – 3:02

Gregg Smith
4. Steps – 9:57
Text by Frank O’Hara

Barbara Kolb
5. The Sentences – 3:37
Text by Robert Pinsky

Shulamit Ran
6. O, The Chimneys – 18:12
Gloria Davy, soprano
The New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble
Robert Johnson, conductor
Text by Nelly Sachs

Personnel:
Gloria Davy, soprano
Paige Brook, flute
Joseph Rabbai, clarinet & bass clarinet
Gerald K. Appleman, cello
Gordon Gottlieb, percussion
Shulamit Ran, piano

George Rochberg
7. String Quartet No. 2 – 24:15
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano
The Concord String Quartet
Texts by Rainer Maria Rilke

Personnel:
Andrew Jennings & Mark Sokol, violins
John Kochanowski, viola
Norman Fischer, cello