Echoes of Nightingales / Christine Brewer, Roger Vignoles, piano

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Album Summary

Performers

• Roger Vignoles (Piano)
• Christine Brewer (Soprano)

Composers

• Landon Ronald (1873 - 1938)
• Sargent
• Frank La Forge (1879 - 1953)
• Sigmund Romberg (1887 - 1951)
• John La Montaine (1920 - )
• Ernest Charles (1895 - 1984)
• A. Walter Kramer
• James H. Rogers
• Vincent Youmans (1898 - 1946)
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812 - 1883)
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986)
• Celius Dougherty (1902 - 1986)
• Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953)
• Mildred Lund Tyson
• John Alden Carpenter (Classical) (1876 - 1951)
• Nordoff
• Idabelle Firestone
• Harold Vicars Moya
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Edwin McArthur

Notes & Reviews:

This delightful disc from Christine Brewer, one of the most admired sopranos of today, pays homage to both an important musical tradition and four great sopranos from the past. The repertoire includes the encore-songs performed by Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell, Helen Traubel and Eleanor Steber at the end of their recitals. Brewer is ably accompanied by her long-time collaborator Roger Vignoles.

The repertoire includes the encore-songs, mainly by American composers, performed by Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell, Helen Traubel and Eleanor Steber at the end of their recitals. As Christine Brewer writes in an intimate performance note: 'These little gems evoke an era of recitals not often encountered these days. Stepping back into that era has been a joy to Roger and me, and I hope it will bring back memories to those who might have heard these women sing these songs, or perhaps ignite a new love affair for younger listeners!'

"It is her ability to reduce her sound that enables her to avoid bringing too much power to 'The Last Rose' and to put across Bernstein's 'Some other time' in a relaxed and intimate manner...Brewer's own [encore], 'Review', has the final word...It's fun and provides a final encore for which it was well worth staying till the end." -International Record Review

"unlike many dramatic sopranos, Brewer here demonstrates a clarity of enunciation and a variety of tone that suits this lighter material...Irresistable." -BBC Music Magazine

The Guardian
Brewer, in tremendous voice, carves out a niche as [Flagstad, Farrell, Traubel and Steber's] successor, partly because the majestic quality of her delivery equals theirs, but more importantly because she, like they, has the ability to make this repertoire live and breathe without sounding mawkish...And Brewer's pianist, Roger Vignoles, sounds as if he's thoroughly enjoying himself.

Gramophone Magazine
Brewer hosts her party with flair, unselfconscious enjoyment and unerring style. Never do we sense the opera singer trying to appropriate an alien domain...Vignoles is indeed unfailingly sympathetic, but so much more: an animator and colourist whose rhythmic energy and legerdemain contribute crucially to the success of the whole delightful, offbeat recital.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009).

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Works Details

Homer, Sidney : Sing to me, sing, Op 28

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

McArthur, Edwin : Night, for voice & piano

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Kramer, A. Walter : Now like a lantern, for voice & piano

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Tyson, Mildred Lund : Sea Moods, for voice & piano

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.

Ronald, Landon : O Lovely Night for voice & orchestra

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1901

Rogers, James Hotchkiss : At parting

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Carpenter, John Alden : Sleep That Flits On Baby's Eyes for voice & piano

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1913

Sargent : Hickory Hill

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Youmans, Vincent : Through the years :: [Excerpt]

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta

Nordoff : There shall be more joy

• Performers: Christine Brewer (Soprano); Roger Vignoles (Piano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 12 sec.

La Forge, Frank : Hills

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bridge, Frank : Love went a-riding, for voice & piano (or orchestra), H 114

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Firestone, Idabelle : In my garden

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Romberg, Sigmund : Will You Remember?, song (from "Maytime")

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Firestone, Idabelle : If I Could Tell You

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Flotow, Friedrich von : Die letzte Rose (as interpolated into "Martha") (a.k.a. "The Last Rose of Summer")

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Moya, Harold Vicars : Song of Songs (Chanson du coeur brisé), for voice & piano (or orchestra)

• Performers: Christine Brewer (Soprano); Roger Vignoles (Piano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914

Montaine, John La : Stopping By the Woods On A Snowy Evening, for voice & piano

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Arlen, Harold : Happiness is a thing called Joe, song

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Bernstein, Leonard : On the Town :: Some other time

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944

Charles, Ernest : When I have sung my songs

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: circa 1920

Dougherty, Celius : Review, for voice & piano

• Performers: Roger Vignoles (Piano); Christine Brewer (Soprano)
• Notes: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London (12/14/2009-12/16/2009)
• Running Time: 5 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern