Rosalind Rees sings Ned Rorem : with the composer at the piano.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.

Contributor:

Rees, Rosalind, performer.

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022, performer.

Series:

American songs series ; vol. 1.

American songs series ; vol. 1

Standardized Title:

Songs. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Songs (High voice) with piano.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Songs.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in.

12 in.

Place of Publication:

Saranac Lake, N.Y. : GSS, [1984]

System Details:

analog

33 1/3 rpm

microgroove

Contents:

Alleluia (2:16)

Two poems of Edith Sitwell (4:24). The youth with the red-gold hair (2:08) ; You the young rainbow of my tears (2:14)

Three poems of Theodore Roethke (4:54). Root cellar (1:54) ; Snake (0:49) ; The serpent (1:58)

Three poems of Tennyson (7:45). Ask me no more (3:00) ; Now sleeps the crimson petal (2:58) ; Far - far - away (1:38)

Two poems of Elizabeth Bishop (5:10). Conversation (1:50) ; Visits to Saint Elizabeths (3:16)

Poems of Paul Goodman (12:48). Rain in spring (1:25) ; For Susan (1:04) ; Such beauty as hurts to behold (2:35) ; Clouds (2:27) ; Sally's smile (0:43) ; What sparks and wiry cries (2:00) ; The lordly Hudson (2:16)

Two medieval lyrics (2:45). The nightingale (1:01) ; A Christmas carol (1:41)

Two poems of Whitman (1:49). Sometimes with one I love (1:25) ; O you whom I often and silently come (0:21)

Miscellaneous poems (7:28). I am Rose / Gertrude Stein (0:18) ; A journey / Andrew Glaze (1:31) ; Let's take a walk / Kenneth Koch (2:12) ; See how they love me / Howard Moss (1:35) ; Early in the morning / Robert Hillyer (1:40).

Notes:

Sung in English.

Program notes by the composer on container; English words ([2] p.) inserted.

Recorded at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, New York City, Feb. 21, 22, and Mar. 25, 1983.

OCLC:

29399164

Publisher Number:

104 GSS

Gregg Smith Singers Productions