Irene Maessen, Maurice Lammerts van Bueren, Mattijs van de Woerd - Fock: Songs & Sketches (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 1. Liebesahnung
02. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 2. Lied des Harfermädchens
03. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 3. O du kleine Rose!
04. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 4. Frau Sonne
05. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 5. Auf ein schlummerndes Kind
06. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 6. Der Spielmann
07. 7 Lieder (Dirk Fock): No. 7. Ich und du
08. 3 Chants, Op. 13 (Dirk Fock): No. 1. Romance sans paroles
09. 3 Chants, Op. 13 (Dirk Fock): No. 2. Je dédie à tes pleurs
10. 3 Chants, Op. 13 (Dirk Fock): No. 3. Silence, Silence!
11. Java Sketches, Op. 46 (Dirk Fock): I. Evening on the Sawahs
12. Java Sketches, Op. 46 (Dirk Fock): II. The Golden Sarong
13. Java Sketches, Op. 46 (Dirk Fock): III. Clustering Orchids
14. Java Sketches, Op. 46 (Dirk Fock): IV. Borobudur
15. Songs of Glory, Op. 43 (Dirk Fock): No. 1. His Name Was Joe
16. Songs of Glory, Op. 43 (Dirk Fock): No. 2. Beloved One
17. Songs of Glory, Op. 43 (Dirk Fock): No. 3. Incident at Saint Lô
18. Songs of Glory, Op. 43 (Dirk Fock): No. 4. Prayer
19. Songs of Glory, Op. 43 (Dirk Fock): No. 5. The Valiant Sheperd


Dirk Fock (1886-1973) In 1945 the Dutch-born conductor and composer Dirk Fock (also: Foch) became an American citizen. Before that – during the interwar years – he conducted many orchestras all over Europe. Living in New York from 1919-1924 he was first conductor to the New York City Symphony Orchestra and guest conductor to the New York Philharmonic. He also was co-founder and first conductor of the American Orchestral Society. In 1924 Richard Strauss requested him to work as first director of the Wiener Konzertverein, where he performed with Igor Strawinsky. From the thirties - while living in Paris - he focused on composing. In 1939 Fock moved back to New York. His patriotic song cycle Songs of Glory (1945) on texts by Joseph Auslander – then Poet Laureate of the United States – is inspired by the events of World War II. This cycle had several performances in the United States with Todd Duncan, the first Afro-American opera singer of the New York City Opera. Fock died in 1973 while living in Switzerland; he left behind a small but extraordinary body of work which expresses his love of the human voice.

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