Seeger, Ruth Crawford: The World of Ruth Crawford Seeger (BIS Audio CD)

BIS-CD-1310
Total Time: 75'28 – Release: Dec 2001

EAN 7318590013106


The World of Ruth Crawford Seeger
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Ruth Crawford Seeger
1. Little Waltz (1922) 1'19

2. Little Lullaby 0'48

Jumping the rope (Playtime) 3. Jumping the Rope (Playtime) 0'54

4. Caprice 2'14

5. Whirligig 0'55

6. Mr. Crow and Miss Wren Go for a Walk - A little study in short trills 0'40

7. Sonata (1923) 5'41

8. Theme and Variations (1923) 7'08

Five Canons (1924) 9. I. 1'31

Theme and Variations (1923) 10. II. 0'36
11. III. 1'25
12. IV. 0'26
13. V. 1'05

14. Kaleidoscopic Changes on an Original Theme, Ending with a Fugue (1924) 9'18

Five Preludes (1924-25) 15. Prelude No. 1 1'05
16. Prelude No. 2 1'54
17. Prelude No. 3 2'46
18. Prelude No. 4 3'11
19. Prelude No. 5 2'12

Four Preludes (1927-28) (corrected versions) 20. Prelude No. 6 2'35
21. Prelude No. 7 1'59
22. Prelude No. 8 2'11
23. Prelude No. 9 3'12

Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930) (three performance versions) 24. Version 1: ff sempre al fine 0'58
25. Version 2: pp crescendo poco a poco < ff 0'58
26. Version 3: ff diminuendo poco a poco > pp 1'00

27. We dance together (1926) 0'42

The Adventures of Tom Thumb (1925) for piano with narrator 28. Tom Sets Out 1'39
29. Tom's First Adventure: Chased By the Angry Tailor's Wife 1'30
30. Tom's Second Adventure: Stealing the King's Dollar 2'01
31. Tom's Third Adventure: Sleeping in a Mousehole 3'19
32. Tom Meets the Mouse: They Gallop Home 1'34
33. Tom Recounts his Adventures (text completed by Peggy Seeger) 2'46

Timothy Jones, narrator
Jenny Lin, piano