Jennifer Johnson, Benita Valente, Glenda Maurice, Jon Humphrey - Live from the Marlboro Music Festival: Respighi, Cuckson & Shostakovich (2012)

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Title: Live from the Marlboro Music Festival: Respighi, Cuckson & Shostakovich
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Marlboro Recording Society
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:01:37
Total Size: 304 Mb
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Tracklist:

Il tramonto, P. 101
01. Il tramonto, P. 101 - 00:17:26

Der gayst funem shturem (the Spirit of the Storm) (Robert Cuckson)
02. No. 1, Regn-tropns af di shoybn [Raindrops on the window-pane] - 00:01:20
03. No. 2, Loz mikh iber aleyn [Leave me alone] - 00:01:39
04. No. 3, Arop iz laykhter [Down Is easier] - 00:01:30
05. No. 4, Az got vet gebn mir fligl [If God would give me wings] - 00:02:48
06. No. 5, Amolike Lider [Songs of yesterday] - 00:08:08

From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (Dimitri Chostakovitch)
07. No. 1, Klage uber den Tod eines kleinen Kindes (the Lament for the Dead Child) [Sung in German] - 00:02:42
08. No. 2, Die fursorgliche Tante zur Mutter (the Thoughtful Mother and Aunt) [Sung in German] - 00:01:38
09. No. 3, Wiegenlied (Lullaby) [Sung in German] - 00:03:34
10. No. 4, Vor einer langen Trennung (Before a Long Parting) [Sung in German] - 00:03:41
11. No. 5, Warnung (a Warning) [Sung in German] - 00:01:06
12. No. 6, Der verlassene Vater (the Abandoned Father) [Sung in German] - 00:02:25
13. No. 7, Wiegenlied von der Not (the Song of Misery) [Sung in German] - 00:01:27
14. No. 8, Winter (Winter) [Sung in German] - 00:03:29
15. No. 9, Schönes Leben (a Good Life) [Sung in German] - 00:02:41
16. No. 10, Lied eines Madchens (the Young Girl's Song) [Sung in German] - 00:03:40
17. No. 11, Das Gluck (Happiness) [Sung in German] - 00:02:23

Performers:
Jennifer Johnson (mezzo-soprano), Ida Levin (violin), Yonah Zur (violin), Beth Guterman (viola) & Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir (cello), Sarah Beaty (clarinet), Angela Cordell Bilger (horn), Sivan Magen (harp), Beth Guterman (viola), Saeunn Thorsteinsdottir (cello), Zachary Cohen (double bass), Benita Valente (soprano), Glenda Maurice (mezzo-soprano), Jon Humphrey (tenor) & Luis Batlle (piano)

The program on this album features three vocal chamber works. Respighi’s Il Tramanto and Cuckson’s The Spriit of the Storm are sung here by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson at Gardner Museum, Boston performances from 2010. The Shostakovich Hebrew Songs dates from a 1967 festival concert with soprano Benita Valente, mezzo-soprano Glenda Maurice and tenor Jon Humphrey.