Bacon, Ernst

Between the Bliss and Me: Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson by Copland, Farwell, Laitman, Pearson-Thomas, Hoiby / Julia Faulkner, soprano; Martha Fischer, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Songs of Emily Dickinson; John Woods Duke: Bee! I'm expecting you, for voice & piano; Arthur Farwell: The Butterfly, for voice & piano; Aristocracy; I'm nobody! Who are you?, for voice...
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Fischer, Martha; Hoiby, Lee

Recording information: Mills Concert Hall, University Of Wisconsin, Madison, W....continue...

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

Finding Home

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Ricky Ian Gordon: Heaven, for voice & ensemble; God's World, song for voice & piano; I Thank You God, song for voice & piano; Prayer, song for voice & piano; Will There Really Be A Morning?, for voic...
Performers: Gordon, Ricky Ian; Heggie, Jake; Moretti, Amy Schwartz [Violin]; Moretti, Steve; Partridge, Leah [Soprano Vocal]

Recording information: Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA; Neva Langley Ficklin (06/28/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

Bacon, Diamond / Greening-Valenzuela, Walker

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-10-13

Works: Ernst Bacon: Sonata, for violin & piano; David Diamond: Chaconne for violin & piano
Performers: Greening-Valenzuela, James; Walker, John

A world-premiere recording of James Greening-Valenzuela, violinist, and John Walker, pianist. The duo was coached by Ernst Bacon before the recording sessions for authentic interpretation....continue...

American Classics - Abraham Lincoln Portraits

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, for mezzo-soprano &...
Performers: LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States, has inspired many works of literature, art and music. To celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth,...continue...

I Hear America Singing

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-08-02

Works: Spoken Word: Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing"; Edward MacDowell: O Lovely Rose, for voice & piano, Op. 40/5; The Sea, Op. 47/7; Charles Martin Loeffler: Poe...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Martineau, Malcolm; Rieger, Wolfram

The Poetess Sings - A Tribute to Emily Dickinson / Heafner

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2003-02-01

Works: Ernst Bacon: It's all I have to bring; To make a prairie; So bashful; The little Stone; The Heart; Poor Little Heart; I'm nobody; The simple days; William Roy: This Little Rose; Otto Luening: Songs (...
Performers: Heafner, Carolyn; Seguin, Shirley Ann

Includes the poetess sings (a tribute to emily dickinson), by various composers....continue...

Cook 'n Bacon / Marion Ruhl Metson

1 CD / Raven Records / 1995-11-01

Works: Ernst Bacon: Spirits and Places; Trumpet Tune; John Cook: Fantasy for organ on a Scottish Hymn; Variations on "Alles Ist an Gottes Segen" for organ; Improvisation on "Veni Creator Spiritus" for organ
Performers: Metson, Marian Ruhl

The Listeners / William Parker

1 CD / New World / 1995-09-01

Works: Ned Rorem: Mourning Scene from Samuel; Robert Ward: He Who Gets Slapped "Pantaloon"; Lee Hoiby: Summer and Smoke; Theodore Chanler: Peacock Pie; Norman Dello Joio: The Listeners; Robert Evett: Billy ...
Performers: Baldwin, Dalton; Blackwell, Virgil; Emelianoff, Andre; Hill, Janet Lyman; Huckaby, William; Hudson, Benjamin; Parker, William [Classical]; Zeavin, Carol
Conductors:
Ensemble: Columbia String Quartet