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BOLCOM: Songs
Naxos

BOLCOM: Songs

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Details

Composer
BOLCOM
Artist
Carole Farley, William Bolcom
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jun 21, 2005
Catalog #
8559249
UPC
636943924921

About

The American composer William Bolcom (b. 1938) is best-known for his large-scale setting of William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience," which is available on a 3-CD Naxos set. This new collection of Bolcom's songs also on Naxos shows the composers's lifelong fascination with Blake. It includes an early lyrical setting of Blake's poem, "Mary" which deals with a beautiful and intelligent young woman and her rejection by her society. In the several torch and cabaret-style works it includes, the collection also shows Bolcom's attempts to fuse classical with popular styles of music. Bolcom also has done so in his piano music, much of which is heavily influenced by ragtime. The songs on this CD are performed and selected by soprano Carole Farley with Bolcom himself at the piano.

Tracklist 34 tracks

  1. 1 Greatshot: You Cannot Have Me Now - or, The Military Orgy 05:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Greatshot: You Cannot Have Me Now - or, The Military Orgy
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  2. 2 Casino Paradise: Night Make My Day 02:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Casino Paradise: Night Make My Day
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  3. 3 The Digital Wonder Watch (An Advertisment) 03:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    The Digital Wonder Watch (An Advertisment)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  4. 4 Casino Paradise: My Father the Gangster 02:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    Casino Paradise: My Father the Gangster
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  5. 5 The Last Days of Mankind 03:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Last Days of Mankind
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  6. 6 This is a face 00:56
    Track
    6
    Title
    This is a face
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  7. 7 Since I have met you 00:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    Since I have met you
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  8. 8 The rabbit 01:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    The rabbit
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  9. 9 I am not free 00:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    I am not free
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  10. 10 For me there is no song 00:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    For me there is no song
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  11. 11 From wandering in the forest 01:04
    Track
    11
    Title
    From wandering in the forest
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  12. 12 Beware 00:44
    Track
    12
    Title
    Beware
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  13. 13 I wouldn't die without love 00:44
    Track
    13
    Title
    I wouldn't die without love
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  14. 14 I remember 00:43
    Track
    14
    Title
    I remember
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  15. 15 For everything turned false 00:34
    Track
    15
    Title
    For everything turned false
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  16. 16 I have climbed 01:14
    Track
    16
    Title
    I have climbed
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  17. 17 Pity Me Not Because the Light of Day 02:10
    Track
    17
    Title
    Pity Me Not Because the Light of Day
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  18. 18 How to Swing those Obbligatos Around 01:37
    Track
    18
    Title
    How to Swing those Obbligatos Around
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  19. 19 The Crazy Women 02:06
    Track
    19
    Title
    The Crazy Women
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  20. 20 Just Once 01:28
    Track
    20
    Title
    Just Once
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  21. 21 Never More Will the Wind 01:23
    Track
    21
    Title
    Never More Will the Wind
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  22. 22 The Sage 01:28
    Track
    22
    Title
    The Sage
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  23. 23 O to Be a Dragon 00:53
    Track
    23
    Title
    O to Be a Dragon
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  24. 24 The Bustle in a House 01:26
    Track
    24
    Title
    The Bustle in a House
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  25. 25 I Saw Eternity 01:34
    Track
    25
    Title
    I Saw Eternity
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  26. 26 Night Practice 02:28
    Track
    26
    Title
    Night Practice
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  27. 27 The Fish 03:04
    Track
    27
    Title
    The Fish
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  28. 28 Costa del Nowhere 03:09
    Track
    28
    Title
    Costa del Nowhere
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  29. 29 Table 02:14
    Track
    29
    Title
    Table
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  30. 30 Mary 05:06
    Track
    30
    Title
    Mary
    Duration
    05:06
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  31. 31 River Song 01:10
    Track
    31
    Title
    River Song
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  32. 32 Messing About in Boats 01:45
    Track
    32
    Title
    Messing About in Boats
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  33. 33 Rat's Song 02:19
    Track
    33
    Title
    Rat's Song
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    William Bolcom
  34. 34 Dynamite Tonite: When We Built the Church 02:10
    Track
    34
    Title
    Dynamite Tonite: When We Built the Church
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    William Bolcom