Howard Swanson George Walker John W II Work - The Negro Speaks of Rivers Art Songs by AfricanAmerican Composers (17 tracks) +Album Reviews

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Howard Swanson, George Walker, John W. II Work
The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Millay songs (5), for voice & piano: For you there is no song
2. Dream Portraits (3) for voice & piano: Minstrel man
3. Dream Portraits (3) for voice & piano: Dream variation
4. Dream Portraits (3) for voice & piano: I, too
5. The Barrier, for voice & piano
6. Death of an old seaman, for voice & piano
7. Love let the wind cry how I adore you, for voice & piano
8. Faithful one, for voice & piano
9. Genius child, for voice & piano (from song cycle Mortal Storm)
10. Melancholy, for voice & piano
11. Night
12. Song to the Dark Virgin
13. A death song
14. The Negro speaks of rivers, for voice & piano
15. A Red, Red Rose, for voice & piano
16. Dancing in the sun, for voice & piano
17. Soliloquy, for voice & piano

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CD Details

All Artists: Howard Swanson, George Walker, John W. II Work, David Korevaar, Odekhiren Amaize
Title: The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: MSR Classics
Release Date: 1/25/2000
Genres: Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 034060401125

CD Reviews

Rich and moving

AfroAmericanHeritage | Wisconsin | 02/17/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Amaize's selection of art songs covers a wide range of poets, among them Sappho, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Robert Burns. Whatever he's singing, you know it comes from someplace very deep in his soul. A wonderful CD."