Rorem, Ned > Choral

Angels on Ivories

1 CD / Time Art / 2011-05-31

Works: Richard Strauss: Amor; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation; Franz Liszt: Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, ...
Performers: Koldenhoven, Darlene [Singer/Songwriter]

Recording information: Time Art Studio, Los Angeles; Haven Studio (01/2011)....continue...

Mostly Americana / 20th-Century Songs and Arias

1 CD / Enharmonic Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; Richard Hundley: The Astronomers, an epitaph for voice & piano; Isaac Greentree, an epitaph for voice & piano; My Master Hath a Garden, for voice & piano; Birds, U.S.A...
Performers: Piitz, Lori [Piano]; Poffenberger, Jennifer [Soprano]

Coloratura soprano Jennifer Poffenberger studied at Indiana University School of Music. She lives in Columbus, Indiana, where she teaches voice and is active in regional...continue...
Recording information: Recital Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1990-1992)....continue...

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

José Serebrier conducts Ned Rorem

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Ned Rorem: The Waking, for voice & piano; Root Cellar, for voice & piano (from "Three Poems of Theodore Roethke"); My Papa's Waltz, for voice & piano; I Strolled Across an Open Field, for voice & pia...
Performers: Farley, Carole; Khaner, Jeffrey; Mulligan, Simon; Quint, Philippe; Rorem, Ned; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José

"This stuff is simply gorgeous. Ned Rorem's symphonies are shot through with long, lyrical melodies that some observers might relate to his gifts as a...continue...

Ned Rorem: On an Echoing Road

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Ned Rorem: Early in the Morning, for voice & piano; Are you the new person, for voice & piano; Rain in spring, for voice & piano (from "Poems of Paul Goodman"); For Susan, for voice & piano (from "Po...
Performers: Imbrailo, Jacques; Johnston, Jennifer; Leese, Anna; Mead, Tim [Countertenor Vocal]; Staples, Andrew
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

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Recording information: Potton Hall, England (02/10/2009-02/13/2009)....continue...

All Is Bright / Llewellyn, Handel and Haydn Society

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, carol; Deck the Halls (Welsh); Dietrich Buxtehude: ...
Performers: Consoli, Susan; Finney, John; Giampa, Janice; Grimes, John [Engineer]; Krueger, Christopher; Nomura, Christòpheren; Rolfe, Wendy; Watson, Karen
Conductors: Llewellyn, Grant
Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society; Handel and Haydn Society Chorus; Trinity Handbell Ensemble

Bostons Handel and Haydn Society is one of Americas leading choral ensembles. Under the direction of recently appointed music director Grant Llewellyn, the Society has...continue...

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; et al / Bullock, Martineau

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Romeo and Juliet, incidental music, o.Op. 86 (TrV 150, AV 86); Die erwachte Rose ("Die Knospe träumte von Sonnenschein"), song for voice & piano, o.Op. 66 (TrV 90,; Begegnung, A...
Performers: Bullock, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

Susan Bullock, one of today's leading dramatic sopranos, offers a stunning recording for Avie's innovative Crear Classics series with a recital of songs which are...continue...

Rorem: Works for Choir and Organ / Harvard University Choir

1 CD / Black Box / 2006-03-21

Works: Ned Rorem: Arise, shine, for your light has come; Organbook III (Rondo, Impromptu, Passacaglia, Fanfare, Fugue); Sing, My Soul, His Wondrous Love, for chorus & organ; All Glorious God, for chorus & o...
Performers: Cooman, Carson P.; McMunn, John; Nyham, Kate
Conductors: Somerville, Murray Forbes
Ensemble: Appleton Wind Ensemble; Brattle Street Chamber Players

"Yet another side of Rorem is represented by the works for choir and organ. If you've read the Diaries it may seem odd to think...continue...

Ned Rorem: Songs and Cycles

1 CD / Orfeo / 2004-04-13

Works: Ned Rorem: Six Songs for High Voice, for voice & orchestra (or piano); Last Poems of Wallace Stevens, song cycle for soprano, cello & piano; Ariel, cycle of 5 poems of Sylvia Plath for soprano, clari...
Performers: Aiken, Laura; Jurgensen, Nicola; Sulzen, Donald; Zank, Gerhard

The Saint Thomas Tradition

1 CD / Priory / 2003-01-01

Works: Marcel Dupré: Preludes and Fugues (3) for Organ, Op. 7; Thomas Tomkins: O sing unto the Lord a new song; Henry Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z 15; Thomas Tallis: Laudate Dominum; William Byrd...
Performers: Hancock, Judith
Conductors: Hancock, Gerre
Ensemble: St. Thomas Men and Boy's Choir

American Classics - Rorem: Selected Songs / Carole Farley

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-01

Works: Ned Rorem: The Waking, for voice & piano; Root Cellar, for voice & piano (from "Three Poems of Theodore Roethke"); My Papa's Waltz, for voice & piano; I Strolled Across an Open Field, for voice & pia...
Performers: Farley, Carole; Rorem, Ned

"American audiences have known about Ned Rorem's songs for ages, it seems; on the evidence of this disc, it's about time the rest of the...continue...
Recording information: Old North Church, Nantucket, MA, USA (06/06/2000-06/09/2000)....continue...

A Season's Promise / Clurman, New York Concert Singers

1 CD / New World / 2001-09-01

Works: Wayne Oquin: Ave Maria; Ned Rorem: While All Things Were in Quiet Silence (no 1 from "Motets (7) for the Church Year"); Ruth Fox Hume / Paul Hume: The Shepherds and the Kings, for chorus; Joan Morris...
Performers: Singers, New York Concert
Conductors: Clurman, Judith

Personnel: Gayla Morgan, Marcia Young, Jan Krause (soprano); Archie Worley, Martin Doner, Gregory Hostetler (tenor); Steve Moore , Walter Richardson, Frank Barr, Jeffrey Johnson (bass voice).

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Sing My Soul - Rorem: Choral Music / Coffey, Concora

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-11-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Thee, God, for chorus & organ (from "Motets (3)"); While All Things Were in Quiet Silence (no 1 from "Motets (7) for the Church Year"); Before the Morning Star Begotten (no 2 from "Motets ...
Performers: Westfall, David
Conductors: Coffey, Richard M.

"Coffey's superb 36-member choral ensemble shines in this fine assemblage of Rorem's choral works...With excellent singing, both spirited and sensitive, this diverse selection offers as...continue...

Nativitas - American Carols / The Kansas City Chorale

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-10-01

Works: Conrad Susa: Three Mystical Carols; John Carter: In time of softest snow; Ned Rorem: Shout the glad tidings; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Jean Belmont Ford: Nativitas; Leo Sowerby: Love came dow...
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Kansas City Chorale

In this recording, the Kansas City Chorale explores the Christmas music of American composers in all its variety: from the 19th century to our own...continue...

Magnifical and Mighty / Calabrese, Britten Choir

1 CD / ACA Digital / 1996-11-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, festival cantata for trumpet, ATB soloists, chorus & organ, Op. 30; Te Deum in C major; Flower Songs (5), for chorus, Op. 47; Ned Rorem: Madrigals (4) on texts ...
Performers: Arnold, Elizabeth; Ashe, Susan; Floyd, Victor; Sprawls, Charles
Conductors: Calabrese, Alfred
Ensemble: Britten Choir