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Composer
HOIBY, LEE
Artist
Faulkner, Garland, Hoiby
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 27, 2009
Catalog #
8559375
UPC
636943937525

About

HOIBY A Pocket of Time. Pierrot. In the Wand of the Wind. Lady of the Harbor. The Lamb. Where the Music Comes From. To an Isle in the Water. Winter Hubris. Jabberwocky. Lied der Liebe. Nuits. I Was There. Autumn. Evening. The Darkling Thrush. Last Letter Home. Goodby, Goodby World. The Nightingale and the Lark • Julia Faulkner (sop); Andrew Garland (bar); Lee Hoiby (pn) • NAXOS 8.559375 (75: 12)

"With the exception of Robert Ward (still active at 92, last I heard), Lee Hoiby (now 83) is probably America’s oldest traditional neo-Romantic still composing. Although he has made valuable contributions to most musical genres, his songs, choral anthems, and operas represent his most distinguished efforts. Hoiby’s musical language places his best efforts in the stylistic vicinity of such composers as Samuel Barber and Ned Rorem, while his lesser efforts call to mind the music of Gian Carlo Menotti. But this is not to suggest that Hoiby doesn’t have a voice of his own; indeed, he does, although it is perhaps not such a strikingly individual one. Less pretentious than Rorem’s, Hoiby’s music is even more resolutely tonal and diatonic than that of his three confreres, and more consonant harmonically as well, although fluid modulations, chromatic and modal ambiguities, and well-placed dissonances keep things active and interesting.

Hoiby’s songs display a remarkably consistent sense of good taste: though many of his texts deal with intense, vulnerable emotions, rarely, if ever, does he cross the line into kitsch. In addition, his workmanship, sensitivity to language, and wide range of expression are on a par with Barber’s, placing them among the most sensitive and rewarding of American art songs.

Lee Hoiby’s songs are part of the vocal repertoires of most singers who include music of the 20th century on their programs. Listeners with a taste for neo-Romantic lyricism are strongly urged to sample this music if they are not already familiar with it, and Naxos’s budget price keeps the risk at a minimal level."

FANFARE: Walter Simmons

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 A Pocket of Time 02:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    A Pocket of Time
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  2. 2 Night Songs: No. 2. Pierrot 02:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Night Songs: No. 2. Pierrot
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  3. 3 Songs for Leontyne: No. 5. In the Wand of the Wind 01:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    Songs for Leontyne: No. 5. In the Wand of the Wind
    Duration
    01:13
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  4. 4 Three Women: No. 2. Lady of the Harbor 01:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    Three Women: No. 2. Lady of the Harbor
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  5. 5 2 Songs of Innocence: No. 2. The Lamb 03:12
    Track
    5
    Title
    2 Songs of Innocence: No. 2. The Lamb
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  6. 6 Where the Music Comes From 03:16
    Track
    6
    Title
    Where the Music Comes From
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  7. 7 To An Isle in the Water 01:56
    Track
    7
    Title
    To An Isle in the Water
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  8. 8 Winter and Summer: No. 1. Winter Hubris 02:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    Winter and Summer: No. 1. Winter Hubris
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  9. 9 Jabberwocky 04:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Jabberwocky
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  10. 10 Lied der Liebe 03:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    Lied der Liebe
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  11. 11 Nuits 05:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nuits
    Duration
    05:52
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  12. 12 No. 1. Beginning My Studies 02:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 1. Beginning My Studies
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  13. 13 No. 2. I Was There 02:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 2. I Was There
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  14. 14 No. 3. A Clear Midnight 02:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 3. A Clear Midnight
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  15. 15 No. 4. O Captain! My Captain! 05:23
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 4. O Captain! My Captain!
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  16. 16 No. 5. Joy, Shipmate, Joy! 01:25
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 5. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  17. 17 Songs for Leontyne: No. 3. Autumn 03:41
    Track
    17
    Title
    Songs for Leontyne: No. 3. Autumn
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  18. 18 Songs for Leontyne: No. 2. Evening 04:40
    Track
    18
    Title
    Songs for Leontyne: No. 2. Evening
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  19. 19 The Darkling Thrush 05:27
    Track
    19
    Title
    The Darkling Thrush
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  20. 20 Last Letter Home 07:33
    Track
    20
    Title
    Last Letter Home
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby
  21. 21 Goodby, Goodby World 03:06
    Track
    21
    Title
    Goodby, Goodby World
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Lee Hoiby
  22. 22 A Month in the Country, Act I: Duet: I can never remember all the words…, "The Nightingale and the Lark" 03:11
    Track
    22
    Title
    A Month in the Country, Act I: Duet: I can never remember all the words…, "The Nightingale and the Lark"
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Lee Hoiby
    Performer
    Julia Faulkner, Andrew Garland, Lee Hoiby