Casa Guidi - Frederica von Stade sings Domenick Argento

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Label
Reference Recordings
Release Date
September 30, 2003
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARGENTO, DOMINICK
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Minnesota Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Oue
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 30, 2003
    • UPC
      030911001001
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RR-100
    • LABEL
      Reference Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Casa Guidi

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Frederica von Stade

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    2. No. 2. The Italian Cook and the English Maid

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Frederica von Stade

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    3. No. 3. Robert Browning

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Frederica von Stade

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    4. No. 4. The Death of Mr. Barrett

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Frederica von Stade

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    5. No. 5. Domesticity

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Frederica von Stade

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    6. I. Une rejouissance

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Burt Hara

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    7. II. Une caresse a ma femme

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Burt Hara

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    8. III. Un petit train du plaisir

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Performer: Burt Hara

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    9. No. 1. For the Healer, "David"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    10. No. 2. For the God, "Apollo"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    11. No. 3. For the Satyr, "Pan"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    12. No. 4. For the Sorrower, "Orpheus"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    13. No. 5. For the Angel, "Israfel"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    14. No. 6. For the Saint, "Cecilia"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue

    15. No. 7. For the Child, "Mozart"

      Composer: Dominick Argento

      Ensemble: Minnesota Orchestra

      Conductor: Eiji Oue


The recording of "Casa Guidi" on this album won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. This selection is a HDCD (High Definition Compatible Digital) recording.

" . . .Argento, who has extensive experience writing opera, is a master of scene setting and grateful writing for the voice. He is also a great orchestrator and like his obvious mentor here, Strauss, leaves nothing to be desired in his touching and flawless expressions of these warm and intimate texts. If you love Strauss opera and want it in English with a little Carlisle Floyd thrown in, you will want this, especially in this gleaming performance with Ms Von Stade at her peak and this wonderful orchestra captured in radiant sound . . ."

" . . . Argento's Capriccio for clarinet and orchestra (1985) takes the titles of its three movements from piano pieces from Rossini's Sins of My Old Age . . . this is a charming, classically sculpted concerto filled with diverting melody, absorbing argument and congenial civilization. This major contribution to the clarinet repertoire is given a performance that will set the standard for years to come."

" . . . [an] essential release, which offers a compelling portrait of one of our most persuasive American romantics."

- GIMBEL, American Record Guide, Jan/Feb 2004 issue