Owens, Robert (I)

Heart on the Wall: African American Art Songs for Orchestra / Louise Toppin

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Robert Owens: Heart on the Wall, songs for voice & piano; Julius P. Williams: Myths of History, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Robert L. Morris: Lyric Suite, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Nkei...
Performers: Toppin, Louise
Conductors: Williams, Julius P.
Ensemble: ; Dvorak Symphony Orchestra

The art song cycles and collections crafted by the American composers on this recording musically document African-American culture through poetry, historical subjects, the diaspora and...continue...
Recording information: Prague Radio Hall, Prague, Czech Republic (2006-2007)....continue...

With A Song In My Heart - Dousa, Bonds, etc / Gerald Blanchard, Sergei Kvitko, et al

1 CD / Blue Griffin / 2008-05-01

Works: Harry: Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit; Traditional Spiritual: Witness for My Lord; Margaret Bonds: The Negro speaks of rivers; Moses Hogan: Give Me Jesus, arr. for voice & piano; Walk Together Children...
Performers: Blanchard, Gerald; Dousa, Dominic; Kvitko, Sergei

The two major cycles (Six Songs on the Poetry of Langston Hughes and With A Song in My Heart) on this collection whose theme centers...continue...
Personnel: Sergei Kvitko (piano).

Recording information: First Presbyterian Church, Lansing, MI (01/2003)....continue...

American Classics - Dreamer -A Portrait of Langston Hughes

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Langston Hughes: My People (poem); The Weary Blues (poem); Negro (poem); Evil (poem); Sunday Morning Prophecy (poem); Madam and the Census Taker (poem); Sylvester's Dying Bed (poem); Still Here (poem...
Performers: Corley, Maria; Santos, Erik; Taylor, Darryl

Langston Hughes poetry lends itself so readily to musical setting that the composer Elite Siegmeister once declared him the "most musical poet of the twentieth...continue...

The Negro Speaks of Rivers /Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2000-01-01

Works: Leslie Adams: Millay songs (5), for voice & piano; Margaret Bonds: Dream Portraits (3) for voice & piano; Charles Brown: The Barrier, for voice & piano; Cecil Cohen: Death of an old seaman, for voice...
Performers: Amaize, Odekhiren; Korevaar, David