Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Mentzer, Susanne
2. Loehnig, Grant
3. Ray, Christopher James

Description

1. 1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform title

1. Songs. Selections

Alternative title

1. Songs.
2. Susanne Mentzer sings songs by Carlisle Floyd

Subject

1. Songs (Medium voice) with piano
2. Song cycles
3. Songs, English

Contents

1. Citizen of paradise. Prologue: This is my letter to the world (:44) ; I went to school (3:04) ; I'm nobody (:58) ; Friendship and society. To see her is a picture (1:12) ; Thank you that you never weary of me (2:44) ; I am much ashamed (1:19) ; What soft cherubic creatures (1:14) ; Love. I confess that I love him (1:01) ; Heart! We will forget him (1:09) ; Empty my heart of thee (1:13) ; There is a pain so utter (1:27) ; Nature. If roses had not faded (1:57) ; I taste a liquor never brewed (1:25) ; Take all away from me (1:00) ; Death and solitude. It's coming, the postponeless creature (2:34) ; The dear mother (4:22) ; Emerging from an abyss (2:40) ; There is a solitude of space (2:08) ; Epilogue: This is my letter to the world (1:34) -- Three early songs. When you are old and gray (3:06) ; I am a beggar on a lonely hill (2:29) ; Old song (2:22) -- Soul of heaven. Musick, thou soule of heaven (1:14) ; Skarlet is no colour (:52) ; Music is love (:22) ; A rich man bought a swan and a goose (1:40) ; So is music and asylum (1:19) ; Without music (:21) ; Have you not observed a captain (1:58) ; For proofe that musick (1:56) ; Music is good for the melancholy (1:56) ; Do but note a wild and wanton herd (2:33) -- bonus track. Susanne and Carlisle rehearsing.

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. World premiere recordings. Mentzer sings with pianists Grant Loehnig and Christopher James Ray.
2. Compact disc.