Naxos
Price: Choral Works
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Artist
- Sara Swietlicki, Lindsay Grace Johnson, Jonas Samuelsson, Malmo Opera Chorus, Malmo Opera Orchestra
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Aug 08, 2025
- Catalog #
- 8559951
- UPC
- 636943995129
About
Florence Price had an abiding love of literature, setting poets affiliated with the Harlem Renaissance as well as Byron and Robert Frost, among others. Her largest choral work is Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, which sets a poem published in 1914 imagining Lincoln surveying the modern world with dismay. It's chorale-like passages and fugal finale, allied to her use of spirituals, gives the cantata a thoughtful, sometimes introspective grandeur. Song of Hope, which uses Price's own text, is an emotionally intense supplication that also draws on spirituals. Charming smaller settings devoted to the natural world, and two sacred numbers, complete the album.
Tracklist 18 tracks
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1 Introduction: A bronzed, lank man! (Soprano) - Overture 05:11
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Introduction: A bronzed, lank man! (Soprano) - Overture
- Duration
- 05:11
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Sara Swietlicki, Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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2 No. 1. It Is Portentous (Chorus) 02:00
- Track
- 2
- Title
- No. 1. It Is Portentous (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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3 No. 2. Until the Dawn-Stars Burn Away (Soprano, Chorus) 02:51
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 2. Until the Dawn-Stars Burn Away (Soprano, Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:51
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Sara Swietlicki, Jan Karlsson Korp, Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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4 No. 3. He Cannot Sleep (Soprano) 02:15
- Track
- 4
- Title
- No. 3. He Cannot Sleep (Soprano)
- Duration
- 02:15
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Sara Swietlicki, Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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5 No. 4. His Head is Bowed (Chorus) 01:54
- Track
- 5
- Title
- No. 4. His Head is Bowed (Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:54
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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6 No. 5. He Cannot Rest Until a Spirit-Dawn Shall Come (Chorus) 02:08
- Track
- 6
- Title
- No. 5. He Cannot Rest Until a Spirit-Dawn Shall Come (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:08
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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7 No. 6. Finale: It breaks his heart that kings must murder still (Chorus) 05:31
- Track
- 7
- Title
- No. 6. Finale: It breaks his heart that kings must murder still (Chorus)
- Duration
- 05:31
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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8 Song of Hope (version for chorus and orchestra) 09:29
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Song of Hope (version for chorus and orchestra)
- Duration
- 09:29
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Sara Swietlicki, Lindsay Grace Johnson, Jonas Samuelsson, Robert Bennesh
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus, Malmö Opera Orchestra
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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9 Weathers 01:06
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Weathers
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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10 Poem of Praise 02:17
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Poem of Praise
- Duration
- 02:17
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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11 Praise the Lord (Psalm 117) 02:34
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Praise the Lord (Psalm 117)
- Duration
- 02:34
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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12 Wander-Thirst 02:30
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Wander-Thirst
- Duration
- 02:30
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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13 Summer Clouds 02:46
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Summer Clouds
- Duration
- 02:46
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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14 Song for Snow 01:44
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Song for Snow
- Duration
- 01:44
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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15 The Witch of the Meadow 02:40
- Track
- 15
- Title
- The Witch of the Meadow
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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16 The Moon Bridge 02:24
- Track
- 16
- Title
- The Moon Bridge
- Duration
- 02:24
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
-
17 Night (1945) 02:12
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Night (1945)
- Duration
- 02:12
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Performer
- Jan Karlsson Korp
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter
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18 Resignation (version for mixed chorus a cappella) 02:51
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Resignation (version for mixed chorus a cappella)
- Duration
- 02:51
- Composer
- Florence Beatrice Price
- Ensemble
- Malmö Opera Chorus
- Conductor
- John Jeter