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American Classics - Beach: Songs / Kelton, Bringerud

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Composer
BEACH AMY
Artist
Katherine, Catherine, Kelton, Bringerud
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Oct 19, 2004
Catalog #
8559191
UPC
636943919125

About

Amy Beach's songs are pleasant enough, and certainly well-crafted, with smartly chosen texts--Burns, Longfellow, Browning, Shelley, and some lesser-known poets, including Beach herself. But most of their appeal lies with the composer's deftness in borrowing from and incorporating the styles of major artists such as Schubert, Brahms, Wolf, Richard Strauss, and Debussy into her writing. She even takes directly from Beethoven in her quite lovely song "The Rainy Day". In other words, there's nothing really original here, but melodically and in terms of overall accessibility and singability, Beach understood the genre and knew how to create music that nearly everyone--singers as well as listeners--could enjoy. There are lullabies, German lied, and French chansons, as well as a nod or two to English and American parlor-song. And we're fortunate to have as our interpreter a singer who is one of the world's experts in this repertoire: mezzo-soprano Katherine Kelton did her doctoral dissertation on Beach's songs. She exhibits a voice of rich color and easy, inviting expressiveness, and her technique effortlessly conveys the varied moods and cleverly imitative styles so that we can just sit back and appreciate each one of these charming if not particularly profound works. Beach's piano accompaniments are carefully thought-out and add essential, characterful aspects of tone, color, and texture that are often very technically challenging. Catherine Bringerud is completely at home with this music and at one with Kelton's vocal interpretations. The sound is complementary to vocal and instrumental timbres and presents the performances in realistic perspective. Fans of American song--and especially of Amy Beach (who did much of her writing just down the road from where I'm writing this review, at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH)--shouldn't miss this interpretively considerate, solidly performed recital.

--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. 1 The Rainy Day 01:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Rainy Day
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  2. 2 4 Songs, Op. 1: No. 4. Ariette 01:56
    Track
    2
    Title
    4 Songs, Op. 1: No. 4. Ariette
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  3. 3 No. 2 When Far from Her 01:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2 When Far from Her
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  4. 4 No. 3. Empress of night 02:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. Empress of night
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  5. 5 4 Songs, Op. 14: No. 2. Le Secret 02:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    4 Songs, Op. 14: No. 2. Le Secret
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  6. 6 3 Songs, Op. 19: No. 2. Ecstasy 02:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    3 Songs, Op. 19: No. 2. Ecstasy
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  7. 7 No. 1. Within thy heart 02:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 1. Within thy heart
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  8. 8 No. 3. Sleep, little darling 03:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Sleep, little darling
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  9. 9 4 Songs, Op. 35: No. 1. Nachts 02:22
    Track
    9
    Title
    4 Songs, Op. 35: No. 1. Nachts
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  10. 10 3 Songs, Op. 41: No. 3. Forgotten 02:06
    Track
    10
    Title
    3 Songs, Op. 41: No. 3. Forgotten
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  11. 11 No. 1. Dearie 02:01
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 1. Dearie
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Katherine Kelton, Catherine Bringerud
  12. 12 No. 4. Far awa' 01:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. Far awa'
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Katherine Kelton, Catherine Bringerud
  13. 13 No. 1. The year's at the spring 00:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 1. The year's at the spring
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  14. 14 No. 2. Ah, love but a day 02:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 2. Ah, love but a day
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  15. 15 No. 3. I send my heart up to thee 02:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 3. I send my heart up to thee
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  16. 16 No. 1. Come, ah Come 01:53
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 1. Come, ah Come
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  17. 17 No. 4. Canzonetta 02:13
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 4. Canzonetta
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  18. 18 Ich sagte nicht, Op. 51, No. 1 02:41
    Track
    18
    Title
    Ich sagte nicht, Op. 51, No. 1
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  19. 19 Wir drei, Op. 51, No. 2 02:49
    Track
    19
    Title
    Wir drei, Op. 51, No. 2
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  20. 20 Juni, Op. 51, No. 3 01:59
    Track
    20
    Title
    Juni, Op. 51, No. 3
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  21. 21 Je demande a l'oiseau, Op. 51, No. 4 01:52
    Track
    21
    Title
    Je demande a l'oiseau, Op. 51, No. 4
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  22. 22 No. 2. Go Not Too Far 01:19
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 2. Go Not Too Far
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  23. 23 No. 4. Shena Van 02:26
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 4. Shena Van
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  24. 24 No. 1. Baby 02:15
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 1. Baby
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  25. 25 No. 2. Hush, Baby Dear 02:13
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 2. Hush, Baby Dear
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  26. 26 No. 1. A Prelude 01:20
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 1. A Prelude
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  27. 27 No. 2. O Sweet Content 02:45
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 2. O Sweet Content
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Catherine Bringerud, Katherine Kelton
  28. 28 2 Songs, Op. 72: No. 1. Ein altes Gebet 02:09
    Track
    28
    Title
    2 Songs, Op. 72: No. 1. Ein altes Gebet
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  29. 29 2 Songs, Op. 73: No. 2. Der Totenkranz 02:19
    Track
    29
    Title
    2 Songs, Op. 73: No. 2. Der Totenkranz
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  30. 30 No. 1. The Candy Lion 01:37
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 1. The Candy Lion
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  31. 31 No. 2. A Thanksgiving Fable 01:21
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 2. A Thanksgiving Fable
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Amy Beach
    Performer
    Katherine Kelton, Catherine Bringerud
  32. 32 In the Twilight, Op. 85 03:05
    Track
    32
    Title
    In the Twilight, Op. 85
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  33. 33 3 Songs, Op. 117: No. 2. The Host 01:25
    Track
    33
    Title
    3 Songs, Op. 117: No. 2. The Host
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  34. 34 May Flowers, Op. 137 01:40
    Track
    34
    Title
    May Flowers, Op. 137
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  35. 35 I Sought the Lord, Op. 142 02:22
    Track
    35
    Title
    I Sought the Lord, Op. 142
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Amy Beach
  36. 36 Though I Take the Wings of Morning, Op. 152 02:51
    Track
    36
    Title
    Though I Take the Wings of Morning, Op. 152
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Amy Beach