I Hear America Singing

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Album Summary

Performers

• Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Malcolm Martineau (Piano)

Composers

• Ernest Gold (Composer) (1921 - 1999)
• Paul Bowles (Composer) (1910 - 1999)
• Charles Naginski
• William Grant Still (1895 - 1978)
• Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985)
• Richard Hageman (1882 - 1966)
• Charles Martin Loeffler (1861 - 1935)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
• Sergius Kagen (1909 - 1964)
• Ned Rorem (1923 - )
• Ernst Bacon (1898 - 1990)
• John Jacob Niles (1892 - 1980)
• Kurt Pahlen (died 2003)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957)
• Spoken Word
• Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
• Hugo Weisgall (1912 - 1997)
• Harry (Henry) Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864)
• Jean Berger (1909 - 2002)
• Edward MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
• Frédéric Louis Ritter (1834 - 1891)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)

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Works Details

Word, Spoken : Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing" :: Introduction

• Running Time: 1 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 2001
• Studio/Live: Live

MacDowell, Edward : O Lovely Rose, for voice & piano, Op. 40/5

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Studio/Live: Live

Loeffler, Charles Martin : Poems (4) for voice & piano, Op. 15 :: no 6, To Helen

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Studio/Live: Live

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson : Evening Song

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1912
• Studio/Live: Live

MacDowell, Edward : The Sea, Op. 47/7

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1897
• Studio/Live: Live

Frédéric Louis Ritter (1834 - 1891) : Dirge for Two Veterans, for speaker & piano, Op. 13

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1880
• Studio/Live: Live

Word, Spoken : Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing" :: [Part 2]

• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 2001
• Studio/Live: Live

Bridge, Frank : The Last Invocation, for voice & piano, H. 136

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1918-1919
• Studio/Live: Live

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : A Clear Midnight, song for voice & piano (Poems by Walt Whitman no 2)

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: ?1925
• Studio/Live: Live

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Joy, Shipmate, Joy!, song for voice & piano (Poems by Walt Whitman no 3)

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: ?1925
• Studio/Live: Live

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario : Louisiana ("I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing"), for voice & piano

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Hindemith, Paul : Sing on There in the Swamp, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943
• Studio/Live: Live

Stanford, Charles Villiers : To the Soul, for voice & piano, Op. 97/4

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1906-1908
• Studio/Live: Live

Gold, Ernest [Composer] : Songs of Love and Parting, for soprano & orchestra :: Parting

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1963
• Studio/Live: Live

Kagen, Sergius : Drum, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Weisgall, Hugo : Shiloh ("Skimming lightly, wheeling still"), for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Bowles, Paul : Blue Mountain Ballads, songs (4) for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 7 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1946
• Studio/Live: Live

Word, Spoken : Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing" :: [Part 3]

• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 2001
• Studio/Live: Live

Rorem, Ned : As Adam early in the morning, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1957
• Studio/Live: Live

Burleigh, Henry Thacker : Ethiopia Saluting the Colors, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1915
• Studio/Live: Live

Naginski, Charles : Look Down Fair Moon, for voice & piano

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940
• Studio/Live: Live

Bacon, Ernst : One Thought Ever at the Fore, for voice & piano

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1930
• Studio/Live: Live

Bernstein, Leonard : To What You Said, for voice & piano

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 5 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Still, William Grant : Grief, for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1953
• Studio/Live: Live

Word, Spoken : Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing" :: Applause and commentary

• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 2001
• Studio/Live: Live

Niles, John Jacob : Black Is The Color

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Foster, Stephen : Beautiful dreamer

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Wolfram Rieger (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1862
• Studio/Live: Live

Hindemith, Paul : Hymns (3) of Walt Whitman, for baritone & piano, Op. 14

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 9 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1919
• Studio/Live: Live

Reutter, Hermann : Trommel, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Reutter, Hermann : Lied für ein dunkles Mädchen, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Studio/Live: Live

Pahlen, Kurt : Erlebnis, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Pahlen, Kurt : Auch ich bin Amerika (I, Too, Sing America), for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Bacon, Ernst : The Banks of the Yellow Sea, for voice & piano

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Bacon, Ernst : Wild Nights, for soprano & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Bacon, Ernst : Let Down the Bars, for voice & piano

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Bacon, Ernst : It's coming - the postponeless Creature, for baritone & piano

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Berger, Jean : Songs (4) of Langston Hughes, for voice & piano :: Heart

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951
• Studio/Live: Live

Berger, Jean : Songs (4) of Langston Hughes, for voice & piano :: Lonely People

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951
• Studio/Live: Live

Hageman, Richard : The Rich Man, song

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 1 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Naginski, Charles : Richard Cory

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 2 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Rorem, Ned : Look Down Fair Moon, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Rorem, Ned : Poems of Walt Whitman, for voice & piano :: Gods ("Lover divine and perfect Comrade")

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang : Märchenbilder, for piano, no 1, The Enchanted princess, Op. 3/1

• Performers: Thomas Hampson (Baritone); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1910
• Studio/Live: Live

Word, Spoken : Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing" :: I wish you bliss

• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 2001
• Studio/Live: Live

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang : Lieder (5), Op. 38 :: no 2. Der Kranke

• Performers: Wolfram Rieger (Piano); Thomas Hampson (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1947
• Studio/Live: Live