Thomas Hampson - I Hear America Singing
An essential set for fans of Hampson's flexible and eloquent voice
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Composer or Director: John Jacob Niles, Sergius Kagen, Paul Hindemith, Frank Bridge, Ernst Bacon, Hugo (David) Weisgall, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hageman, Charles Villiers Stanford, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Charles Naginski, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Stephen Collins Foster, Ned Rorem, Kurt Pahlen, Leonard Bernstein, Jean Berger, Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Henry Thacker Burleigh, Paul Bowles, Hermann Reutter, Charles Martin Loeffler, William Grant Still, Frédéric Louis Ritter, Ernest Gold, Charles T(omlinson) Griffes
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Festspiel Dokumente
Magazine Review Date: 12/2006
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 137
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: C707062I

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
(6) Love Songs, Movement: O, Lovely Rose |
Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Composer
Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(4) Poems, Movement: 3. To Helen (E A Poe) |
Charles Martin Loeffler, Composer
Charles Martin Loeffler, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Evening song |
Charles T(omlinson) Griffes, Composer
Charles T(omlinson) Griffes, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(8) Songs, Movement: (The) Sea (Wds. W. D. Howells) |
Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Composer
Edward (Alexander) MacDowell, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Dirge for Two Veterans |
Frédéric Louis Ritter, Composer
Frédéric Louis Ritter, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(The) Last Invocation |
Frank Bridge, Composer
Frank Bridge, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(A) Clear Midnight |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Joy, Shipmate, Joy! |
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(3) Songs, Movement: 1. Louisiana |
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Sing on there in the Swamp |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Paul Hindemith, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(6) Songs of Faith, Movement: No. 4, To the Soul (wds. Whitman) |
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer
Charles Villiers Stanford, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Songs of Love and Parting, Movement: 5. Parting (Emily Dickinson) |
Ernest Gold, Composer
Ernest Gold, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Drum |
Sergius Kagen, Composer
Sergius Kagen, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Shiloh |
Hugo (David) Weisgall, Composer
Hugo (David) Weisgall, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Blue Mountain Ballads |
Paul Bowles, Composer
Paul Bowles, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
As Adam early in the morning |
Ned Rorem, Composer
Ned Rorem, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Ethiopia saluting the colours |
Henry Thacker Burleigh, Composer
Henry Thacker Burleigh, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Look down fair moon |
Charles Naginski, Composer
Charles Naginski, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
One thought ever at the fore |
Ernst Bacon, Composer
Ernst Bacon, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Songfest, Movement: Solo: To what you said... (wds. W. Whitman) |
Leonard Bernstein, Composer
Leonard Bernstein, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Grief |
William Grant Still, Composer
Thomas Hampson, Baritone William Grant Still, Composer Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Black is the color of my true love's hair |
John Jacob Niles, Composer
John Jacob Niles, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
Beautiful dreamer |
Stephen Collins Foster, Composer
Stephen Collins Foster, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone Wolfram Rieger, Piano |
(Der) ich, in Zwischenräumen |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Malcolm Martineau, Piano Paul Hindemith, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
O, nun heb du an, dort in deinem Moor |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Malcolm Martineau, Piano Paul Hindemith, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Schlagt! Schlagt! Trommein! |
Paul Hindemith, Composer
Malcolm Martineau, Piano Paul Hindemith, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Meine dunklen Hände, Movement: Trommel |
Hermann Reutter, Composer
Hermann Reutter, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Meine dunklen Hände, Movement: Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen |
Hermann Reutter, Composer
Hermann Reutter, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Erlebnis |
Kurt Pahlen, Composer
Kurt Pahlen, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Auch ich bin Amerika |
Kurt Pahlen, Composer
Kurt Pahlen, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
(The) Banks of the Yellow Sea |
Ernst Bacon, Composer
Ernst Bacon, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Wild Nights |
Ernst Bacon, Composer
Ernst Bacon, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Let Down the Bars |
Ernst Bacon, Composer
Ernst Bacon, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
(The) Postponeless Creature |
Ernst Bacon, Composer
Ernst Bacon, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Heart |
Jean Berger, Composer
Jean Berger, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Lonely People |
Jean Berger, Composer
Jean Berger, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
(The) Rich Man |
Richard Hageman, Composer
Malcolm Martineau, Piano Richard Hageman, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Richard Cory |
Charles Naginski, Composer
Charles Naginski, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Gods |
Ned Rorem, Composer
Malcolm Martineau, Piano Ned Rorem, Composer Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Glückwunsch (wds R Dehmel) |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
(5) Lieder, Movement: Der Kranke (wds Eichendorff) |
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer Malcolm Martineau, Piano Thomas Hampson, Baritone |
Author: Peter Dickinson
Hampson has come up with some real curiosities. The 19th-century composer Frédéric Louis Ritter set Whitman's “Dirge for Two Veterans” as a kind of spoken melodrama. Henry Thacker Burleigh, who sang for Dvorák and made fine arrangements of spirituals, is represented by an impressively intense setting of Whitman's “Ethiopia saluting the colors” - a poem about a black woman watching the Civil War troops march past. There's a Bernstein number from Songfest (1977) that shows his easy but personal way with diatonic melody on or off Broadway. Foster's “Beautiful Dreamer” is charming with an interpolated high F sharp. It's weird to think of Hermann Reutter, who joined the Nazi party and ran the Frankfurt Staatliche Hochschule, setting the black American poet Langston Hughes. Ernest Bacon wrote some 250 songs and his four settings of Emily Dickinson ring true.
A gloomy poem by Eichendorff about invalids in hospital makes an odd ending to this collection. Not all texts are given in English and there's an essay by Hampson instead of information about the composers. Hampson's voice is a flexible and eloquent instrument and for his fans this set is essential.
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