Various - American Arias (Soprano)  

• 01 John Adams: "Magnificat" from El Niño
• 02 John Adams: "This is prophetic!" from Nixon in China
• 03 Dominick Argento: "The Widow's Aria" from The Boor
• 04 Dominick Argento: "Sabrina's Aria" from Colonel Jonathan the Saint
• 05 Dominick Argento: "Allegra's Aria" from Colonel Jonathan the Saint
• 06 Dominick Argento: "I see in you a looking glass" from Miss Havisham's Fire
• 07 Dominick Argento: "Lady with a Hand Mirror Aria" from Postcard from Morocco
• 08 Dominick Argento: "Virginia's Aria" from The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe
• 09 Leonard Bernstein: "Mommy, are you here?" from A Quiet Place
• 10 Aaron Copland: "Queenie's Song" from The Second Hurricane
• 11 Aaron Copland: "Laurie's Song" from The Tender Land
• 12 Aaron Copland: "The sun is coming up" from The Tender Land
• 13 Carlisle Floyd: "Rented rooms" from Cold Sassy Tree
• 14 Carlisle Floyd: "Sadie's Lament" from Slow Dusk
• 15 Carlisle Floyd: "Someday I'm sure to marry you" from The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair
• 16 Carlisle Floyd: "Ain't it a pretty night" from Susannah
• 17 Carlisle Floyd: "The trees on the mountains" from Susannah
• 18 Carlisle Floyd: "I should have ended it long ago" from Willie Stark
• 19 Igor Stravinsky: "No word from Tom" from The Rake's Progress
• 20 Igor Stravinsky: "Cabaletta" from The Rake's Progress

"A fantastic anthology, especially as it comes with an accompanying CD — useful when practising these challenging pieces! Great to see the inclusion of works by John Adams."

Rating:7/28/2005

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