Various - American Arias (Bass & Piano)
Instrumentation: Bass, Piano
ISMN: 9790051933662
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes Inc.
Availability: Stock Title
The Boosey & Hawkes catalogue is unparalleled as one of the greatest treasures of contemporary American vocal literature. This major new series celebrates the best in American opera with favourites and lesser-known gems from Stravinsky’s Rakes Progress, John Adams' Nixon in China, Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti and other great operas by Dominic Argento, Ned Rorem and Carlisle Floyd. Suitable for professional and college-level singers, ideal for recitals and auditions, and an essential resource for the study of the American opera repertoire.
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| 01 John Adams: "Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise" from <i>I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky</i> | |
| 02 John Adams: "Shake the heavens" from <i>El Niño</i> | |
| 03 John Adams: "Dawn Air" from <i>El Niño</i> | |
| 04 John Adams: "News Aria" from <i>Nixon in China</i> | |
| 05 John Adams: "Chou En-lai's Epilogue" from <i>Nixon in China</i> | |
| 06 Dominick Argento: "The Boor's Aria" from <i>The Boor</i> | |
| 07 Dominick Argento: "Casanova's Final Air" from <i>Casanova's Homecoming</i> | |
| 08 Dominick Argento: "Sly's Aria" from <i>Christopher Sly</i> | |
| 09 Dominick Argento: "Metatron's Sermon" from <i>The Masque of Angels</i> | |
| 10 Dominick Argento: "Ralph's Letter-Ballad" from <i>The Shoemakers' Holiday</i> | |
| 11 Dominick Argento: "Simon's Aria" from <i>The Shoemakers' Holiday</i> | |
| 12 Dominick Argento: "The Lecturer" from <i>A Water Bird Talk</i> | |
| 13 Jack Beeson: "Prescription for Living" from <i>Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of Youth</i> | |
| 14 Jack Beeson: "The Gambler's Song" from <i>Hello Out There</i> | |
| 15 Leonard Bernstein: "A Simple Song" from <i>Mass</i> | |
| 16 Leonard Bernstein: "There's a law" from <i>Trouble in Tahiti</i> | |
| 17 Carlisle Floyd: "Rucker's Sermon" from <i>Cold Sassy Tree</i> | |
| 18 Carlisle Floyd: "I've known I've loved you" from <i>Cold Sassy Tree</i> | |
| 19 Carlisle Floyd: "George's Aria" from <i>Of Mice and Men</i> | |
| 20 Carlisle Floyd: "Sleep, conscience, sleep" from <i>The Passion of Jonathan Wade</i> | |
| 21 Carlisle Floyd: "Hear me, O Lord" from <i>Susannah</i> | |
| 22 Carlisle Floyd: "Single bed blanket" from <i>Willie Stark</i> | |
| 23 Carlisle Floyd: "We all come out of the earth" from <i>Willie Stark</i> | |
| 24 Douglas Moore: "I've got a ram, Goliath" from <i>The Devil and Daniel Webster</i> | |
| 25 Ned Rorem: "I cannot still the echo" from <i>The Robbers</i> | |
| 26 Igor Stravinsky: "Nick Shadow's Aria" from <i>The Rake's Progress</i> | |