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The songs, Samuel Barber

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The songs, Samuel Barber

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eng

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biography of composer or authorlibretto or texthistorical information

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songs

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The songs

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sound recording

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30366658

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Recorded at St. Konrad Church, Abersee, Austria, Aug. 1991; at Brahms-Saal, Musikverein, Vienna, Sept. 1992; at Performing Arts Center, SUNY Purchase, Dec. 6, 1992; and at American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, Dec. 8, 1992

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Samuel Barber

Table Of Contents

Vol. I. A slumber song of the Madonna (2:01) -- There's nae lark (1:43) -- Love at the door (1:26) -- Serenades [i.e. Serenader] (2:16) -- Love's caution (2:56) -- Night wanderers (3:02) -- Of that so sweet imprisonment (2:10) -- Strings in the earth and air (1:18) -- Beggar's song (2:02) -- In the dark pinewood (1:46) -- Three songs, op. 2 (The daisies (1:20) ; With rue my heart is laden (1:28) ; Bessie Bobtail (2:48)) -- Three songs, op. 10 (Rain has fallen (3:02) ; Sleep now (3:34) ; I hear an army (2:42)) -- Four songs, op. 13 (A nun takes the veil (1:42) ; The secrets of the old (1:08) ; Sure on this shining night (2:30) ; Nocturne (4:02)) -- Dover Beach (8:12) --(cont.): Vol. II. Two songs, op. 18 (The Queen's face on the summery coin (2:00) ; Monks and raisins (1:12)) -- Nuvoletta, op. 25 (5:08) -- Mélodies passagères, op. 27 (Puisque tout passe (1:35) ; Un cygne (2:22) ; Tombeau dans un parc (1:56) ; Le cloche chante (1:23) ; Départ (1:58)) -- Hermit songs, op. 29 (At Saint Patrick's purgatory (1:30) ; Church bell at night (0:54) ; St. Ita's vision (3:18) ; The heavenly banquet (1:12) ; The crucifixion (2:25) ; Sea-snatch (0:40) ; Promiscuity (0:58) ; The monk and his cat (2:40) ; The praises of God (0:56) ; The desire for hermitage (3:49)) -- Despite and still, op. 41 (A last song (2:32) ; My lizard (1:04) ; In the wilderness (3:21) ; Solitary hotel (2:39) ; Despite and still (1:24)) -- Three songs, op. 45 (Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (2:36) ; A green lowland of pianos (2:09) ; O boundless, boundless evening (4:17))

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Secrets of the old : complete songs of Samuel Barber

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