Animal Songs - Bestiaries in English, French and German / Stephen Swanson, baritone; David Gompper, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• David Gompper (Piano)
• Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Donald Swann (Piano)

Composers

• Donald Swann (1923 - 1994)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• David Gompper (1954 - )
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916)

Notes & Reviews:

Baritone Stephen Swanson and pianist/composer David Gompper perform a program of songs about animals, including the world premiere recording of The Animals by David Gompper, which is a cycle of nine songs based on poetry by Marvin Bell. Ravel's Histoires naturelles is based on prose poems by Jules Renard. Ravel experimented with new methods of setting text in this elegant song cycle. Reger's songs were based on nursery rhymes and dedicated to his children. The selections from The Bestiary of Flanders and Swann include some of the most popular of this team's collaboration. Beautifully sung by Stephen Swanson, a professor of voice at the University of Iowa, these bestiaries offer animal songs in English, French and German.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011).

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Works Details

Ravel, Maurice : Histoires naturelles

• Performers: David Gompper (Piano); Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 14 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1906

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 :: no 48. Zwei Mäuschen

• Performers: David Gompper (Piano); Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1912

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 :: no 51. Die fünf Hühnerchen

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1912

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 :: no 55. Furchthäschen

• Performers: David Gompper (Piano); Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1912

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 :: no 56. Der Igel

• Performers: David Gompper (Piano); Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1912

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 :: no 57. Die Bienen

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1912

Reger, Max : Schlichte Weisen, Op. 76 :: no 58. Mausefangen

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1903-1912

Swann, Donald : The Warthog (The hog beneath the skin)

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Swann, Donald : The Armadillo

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Swann, Donald : The Spider

• Performers: David Gompper (Piano); Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Swann, Donald : The Sloth

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Swann, Donald : The Wild Boar

• Performers: Donald Swann (Piano); Stephen Swanson (Baritone)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Gompper, David Karl : The Animals, song cycle for voice & piano

• Performers: Stephen Swanson (Baritone); David Gompper (Piano)
• Notes: Audio Recording Sutdios, Bentleyville, Ohio (08/02/2011-08/04/2011)
• Running Time: 25 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 2009