Nude in a Fountain
10 Songs to Poems of Norman MacCaig
Susan Jiwey soprano
Elizabeth Shepherd piano
music by Joe St.Johanser
The songs and the aria are beautifully sung by Susan Jiwey - an up and coming young soprano attracting much attention for the beauty of her vocal production and the intelligence of her interpretation. The piano is played by Elizabeth Shepherd - one of London’s most sought-after accompanists. Lyrical and quirky by turn these songs will charm and delight the lover of English art song.
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CD Tracks
Bird Parade
1. ‘Blue tit on a string of peanuts’ 1:34
2. ‘Diplomat’ (the Eagle) 0:35
3. ‘Buzzard Circling' 2:07
4. ‘Puffin’ 1:36
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5. ‘Solitary Crow’ 1:08
6. ‘Cock before dawn’ 2:25
Three Songs of Norman MacCaig
7. 'I remember you ' 2:50
8. 'You went away' 2:20
9. 'Dream World ' 2:06
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10. 'Nude in a Fountain' 4:43
11. 'The Rose Red Chain' 14:15
Norman MacCaig (1910 - 1996) was a Scottish poet and schoolteacher - ‘arguably the greatest Scottish lyric poet of the twentieth century’. He wrote over 600 poems, many of them re-published as a collection in ‘Collected Poems – A New Edition’ (Chatto and Windus paperback 1993). This collection, rich in marvellous imagery, inspired Joe St.Johanser to compose many song settings. Ten of them are brought together here, followed by an extended aria arrangement from his opera 'Spem' with libretto taken from Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis'.
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Recorded at Glen Ely January 2005. Recording engineer - Joe St.Johanser.
© Robosoft Music Ltd. 2004
All rights reserved. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited. All queries please to Robosoft Music Ltd. Glen Ely, Knowl Hill, Woking, GU22 7HL Surrey, UK. or email: joe.st.johanser@ntlworld.com
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