Episode #18: Scholar and Cat
Uploaded: June 26, 2021
Hugo Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch, No. 33: Sterb’ ich so hüllt in Blumen meine Glieder
[4:01]
Alexander Kipnis, bass
Coenraad Valentijn Bos, piano
Recorded May 25, 1934, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road
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Theodore Chanler: Eight Epitaphs
1. Alice Rodd [1:31]
2. Susannah Fry [1:30]
3. Three Sisters [1:15]
4. Thomas Logge [1:22]
5. A Midget [1:48]
6. “No Voice to Scold” [1:08]
7. Ann Poverty [ :35]
8. “Be Very Quiet Now” [1:11]
Samuel Barber: Hermit Songs, Op. 29
I. At St. Patrick’s Purgatory [1:23]
II. Church Bell at Night [ :48]
III. St. Ita’s Vision [2:40]
IV. The Heavenly Banquet [1:10]
V. The Crucifixion [1:53]
VI. Sea-Snatch [ :39]
VII. Promiscuity [ :53]
VIII. The Monk and his Cat [2:05]
IX. The Praises of God [ :56]
X. The Desire for Hermitage [3:10]
Aaron Copland: Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
1. Nature, the gentlest mother [3:39]
2. There came a wind like a bugle [1:21]
3. Why do they shut me out of Heaven? [1:45]
4. The world feels dusty [1:39]
5. Heart, we will forget him [2:05]
6. Dear March, come in! [2:01]
7. Sleep is supposed to be [2:31]
8. When they come back [1:40]
9. I felt a funeral in my brain [1:58]
10. I’ve heard an organ talk sometimes [2:09]
11. Going to Heaven! [2:37]
12. The Chariot [3:12]
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
David Breitman, piano
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Isaac Albéniz: selections from First Suite Espagnola, Op. 47
Grenada (Serenata) [4:42]
Catalûna (Curranda) [3:27]
Sevilla (Sevillianas) [4:20]
Cádiz (Cancíon) [4:20]
Cuba (Capricho) [4:14]
Enrique Granados, arr. by Manuel Barrueco: selections from Danzas españolas, Op. 37
Minuetto [3:00]
Andaluza (Playera) [4:31]
Zarabanda [4:00]
Villanesca [5:27]
Arabesca [5:12]
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Suite popular bresileira
I. Mazurka-Chôro [2:09]
II. Schottish-Chôro [2:23]
III. Valsa-Chôro [3:30]
IV. Gavotta-Chôro [3:27]
V. Chôrinho [3:41]
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
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This episode is dedicated to the Memory of Donna Russell Defries.
