Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Purcell, Berlioz, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, et al. / Susan Graham, soprano; Malcom Martineau

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Album Summary

Performers

• Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Malcolm Martineau (Piano)

Composers

• Mary Rodgers
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)
• Hugo Wolf (Composer) (1860 - 1903)
• Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
• Joseph Horovitz (1926 - )
• Vernon Duke (1903 - 1969)
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Notes & Reviews:

The New Yorker
Graham's mezzo-soprano is a voice without regrets, healthy, rounded, ineffably musical, and eager for a challenge.

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos, Susan Graham's eagerly awaited second album for Onyx, focuses on iconic female characters of history, literature and song. Accompanied by Graham's frequent collaborator Malcolm Martineau, the recital encompasses the full range of emotions in works by Purcell, Poulenc, Berlioz, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Duparc, Porter, Sondheim and Wolf. The recording includes British composer Joseph Horovitz's powerful Lady Macbeth, a scena based on texts from Shakespeare's drama. The program is an expanded version of the one Graham sang during her globe-spanning spring 2012 tour with Martineau.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012).

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Purcell, Henry : Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 "Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 7 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1693

Berlioz, Hector : La Mort d'Ophélie, song for soprano (or tenor) & piano, H. 92a (Op. 18/2)

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 7 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 05/1842

Schubert, Franz : Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Schumann, Robert : So lasst mich scheinen, bis ich werde, song for voice & piano (Wilhelm Meister songs), Op. 98a/9

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1849

Liszt, Franz : Buch der Lieder, Vol 1, S 531 :: Kennst du das Land, song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 275 (LW N8)

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 6 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1842-1860

Duparc, Henri : Romance de Mignon ("Le connais-tu, ce radieux pays"), song for voice & piano, Op. 2/3

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 59 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1869

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1869

Wolf, Hugo : Goethe Lieder

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 5 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 12/17/1888

Horovitz, Joseph : Lady Macbeth :: Scena

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 7 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1970

Poulenc, Francis : Fiançailles pour rire

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 12 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1939

Porter, Cole : The physician, song (from "Nymph Errant")

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 4 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Duke, Vernon : Ages Ago, song for voice & piano

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Poulenc, Francis : Les chemins de l'amour ("Les chemins qui vont"), for voice & piano (or orchestra), FP 106

• Performers: Malcolm Martineau (Piano); Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1940

Rodgers, Mary : The Mad Show :: The Boy from Tacarembo La Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zatatecas La Junta del Sol y C

• Performers: Susan Graham (Mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
• Notes: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)
• Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Modern