Barber: The Complete Songs
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SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: The Complete Songs
Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan, Fleur Barron, Jess Dandy, Nicky Spence, Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts, etc
[ Resonus / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 6 May 2022
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Featuring a stellar cast of performers, and curated by pianist Dylan Perez, this complete anthology of Samuel Barber's songs present those works published during his lifetime, together with those published posthumously, some of which are recorded here for the first time. Barber was clear as to what he wanted from very early in his life, and this strength of character and courage to follow his path is heard throughout Barber's significant contribution to the genre. At a time when American classical music was heavily influenced by experimentalism, Barber's inclination for 'traditional' harmony and melody helped set him apart. Barber's vocal music demonstrates the ease he finds in the marriage of text and music.The Navarra String Quartet join the line-up for Dover Beach, Op. 3
"Dylan Perez's pianism is consistently insightful without obtruding - a tall order for any accompanist - and his curating of the entire project is masterly...These two discs undoubtedly set a new benchmark in Barber's vocal music, and every art song lover should have them." BBC Music 5 out of 5 stars Recording of the Month August 2022
"Curated by Dylan Perez, whose playing throughout is sublime and profoundly intuitive, cycles such as Two Songs (with Barron), Hermit Songs (Bevan) and Despite and Still (Sedgewick) trace Barber's remarkable assurance and growth as a composer for voice, with all of the soloists relishing the contrasts in his writing between sparkling light and levity and crepuscular shade." Sunday Times Five Stars
"One of the recording's pleasures is the way the songs come to life through 10 different characters, but with Perez as a constant, eloquent presence (he plays on all the songs save Dover Beach). As a characterful overview of Barber's songwriting - and equally as a snapshot of emerging vocal talent - this is a very rewarding collection" The Guardian
Tracks:
Three Songs, Op. 2
Three Songs, Op. 10
Four Songs, Op. 13
Two Songs Op. 18
Nuvoletta, Op. 25
Mélodies passagères (5), Op. 27
Hermit Songs, Op. 29
Despite and Still, Op. 41
Three Songs, Op. 45
Songs (The Words from Old England)
Poems of the Wind
Songs of Youth
Love's Caution
Night Wanderers
Beggar's Song
Music, When Soft Voices Die
A Slumber Song of the Madonna
Fantasy In Purple
La Nuit
Of that so sweet imprisonment
In the Dark Pinewood
Strings in the Earth and Air
Ask Me To Rest
Au Clair De La Lune
Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel
Love at the door
Man
Serenader
Peace
Who Carries Corn And Crown
Watchers
Thy Love
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
There's Nae Lark
Dover Beach, Op. 3
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
