Solitude / Reginald Mobley, Countertenor.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Mobley, Reginald, performer.

Contributor:

Acker, Brandon (Lutenist), instrumentalist.

Balliett, Doug, instrumentalist.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Orchestral music.

Genre:

Art music.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (71:22) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[Paris, France] : Alpha Productions, [2025]

Language Note:

Sung in English. Program notes in English, Germand and French. Lyrics in English and French.

System Details:

digital

1.4 m/s

optical

audio file

CD audio

Summary:

"After a first album (Because, Alpha 936) devoted to Afro-American spirituals that won several awards (Opus Klassik, Edison Klassiek, GRAMMY® Award nomination), the American countertenor Reginald Mobley devotes this new recording to English repertoire with a simple combination of primarily voice, lute, and viola da gamba. Solitude opens with Henry Purcell's moving 'Tis Nature's Voice and other famous Purcell melodies, sails through John Dowland's deeply melancholy waves, and also reveals the declamatory charm of the 17th-century English composers who surrounded Samuel Pepys. We then travel to America, where contemporary composers Jonathan Woody and Douglas Balliett explore 'the indomitable resilience contained in the tale of a runaway slave' as told by the brilliant African-American haiku poet Crystal Simone Smith. With Brandon Acker on lute, theorbo and baroque guitar and Douglas Balliett on viola da gamba and double bass, Reggie completes this intimate journey with songs arranged in the 19th century by the black American guitarist, composer and abolitionist Justin Holland."-- Amazon.com

Contents:

'Tis nature's voice / (Henry Purcell)

Music for a while / (Henry Purcell)

Chiacona / (Francesco Corbetta)

O solitude, my sweetest choice / (Henry Purcell)

David / (Pietro Reggio)

Go, perjured man / (John Blow, Cesare Morelli)

Beauty, retire! / (Samuel Pepys, Cesare Morelli)

God beloved by men / (Samuel Pepys, Cesare Morelli)

Ground / (John Eccles)

Flow, my tears / (John Dowland)

Sorrow, stay / (John Dowland)

Fortune my foe / (John Dowland)

Time stands still / (John Dowland)

Sam / (Douglas Balliett)

Ely or July / (Douglas Balliett)

Ain't you my child / (Jonathan Woody)

Barcarolle / (William Foden)

Dream faces / (William Marshall Hutchison, Justin Holland)

Juanita / (Caroline Norton, Justin Holland)

The ship that never returned / (Henry Clay Work, Justin Holland)

Participant:

Reginald Mobley, countertenor ; Brandon Acker, theorbo, baroque guitar, guitar, bass lute ; Douglas Balliett, double bass, viola da gamba.

Credits:

Recording producer Alice Ragon.

Notes:

Title from disc label.

Recorded in October 2024.

Program notes and lyrics in booklet inserted in container.

Contains:

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Hail, bright Cecilia. 'Tis Nature's voice

Container of: Corbetta, Francesco, approximately 1615-1681. Varii scherzi di sonate. Ciaccona

Container of: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. O solitude, my sweetest choice.

Container of: Reggio, Pietro, -1685. Vocal music. Selections.

Container of: Blow, John, -1708. Amphion Anglicus. Go perjur'd man

Container of: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703. Beauty, retire.

Container of: Pepys, Samuel, 1633-1703. Phoebus, god beloved by men.

Container of: Eccles, John, -1735. Vocal music. Selections

Container of: Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 2nd book. Flow my teares

Container of: Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 2nd book. Sorrow sorrow stay, lend true repentant teares

Container of: Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Fortune.

Container of: Dowland, John, 1563?-1626. Songs or ayres, 3rd book. Time stands still

Container of: Balliett, Douglas. Vocal music. Selections

Container of: Woody, Jonathan. Ain't you my child

Container of: Foden, Wm. (William), 1860-1947. Barcarolle.

Container of: Hutchison, W. M. (William Marshall), 1854- Dream faces.

Container of: Norton, Caroline Sheridan, 1808-1877. Juanita.

Container of: Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay), 1832-1884. Songs. Selections

OCLC:

1548595190

Publisher Number:

3701624511619

1161 Alpha Productions

ALPHA1161 Alpha Productions