Songs of America: On Home, Love, Nature, and Death

~ Release by Jan DeGaetani, Gilbert Kalish (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Beautiful Child of Song
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Beautiful Child of Song
lyricist:
Stephen Foster (composer)
composer:
Stephen Foster (composer) (in 1860)
Stephen Foster3:03
2Dust of Snow
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Three Poems by Robert Frost: I. Dust of Snow (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Robert Frost (American poet)
composer:
Elliott Carter (classical composer) (in 1942)
part of:
Three Poems by Robert Frost (for voice and piano)
Elliott Carter1:09
3The Rose Family
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Three Poems by Robert Frost: II. The Rose Family (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Robert Frost (American poet)
composer:
Elliott Carter (classical composer) (in 1942)
part of:
Three Poems by Robert Frost (for voice and piano)
Elliott Carter1:12
4The Moon Drops LowCharles Wakefield Cadman2:27
5Home Thoughts
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Home Thoughts
lyricist:
Carl Sandburg
composer:
Ruth Crawford Seeger
Ruth Crawford Seeger2:49
6White Moon
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
White Moon
lyricist:
Carl Sandburg
composer:
Ruth Crawford Seeger (in 1929)
Ruth Crawford Seeger1:55
7Joy
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Joy
lyricist:
Carl Sandburg
composer:
Ruth Crawford Seeger (in 1929)
Ruth Crawford Seeger1:26
8The Widow's Lament in Springtime
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
The Widow's Lament in Springtime
lyricist:
William Carlos Williams (poet)
composer:
Milton Babbitt (composer) (in 1951)
Milton Babbitt3:18
9American Primitive
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
American Primitive
composer:
Warren Benson (in 1964)
Warren Benson2:14
10The Sleeper
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
The Sleeper
lyricist:
Edgar Allan Poe (American writer)
composer:
George Crumb (American composer) (in 1984)
George Crumb5:14
11My Father
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Mutability: My Father
composer:
Irving Fine (in 1952)
part of:
Mutability
Irving Fine2:38
12Nothin' but Love
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Nothin' But Love!
lyricist:
George N. Alsop
composer:
Carrie Jacobs‐Bond
Carrie Jacobs-Bond0:50
13I Love You Truly
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
I Love You Truly
lyricist and composer:
Carrie Jacobs‐Bond
Carrie Jacobs-Bond2:00
14Her Greatest Charm
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Her Greatest Charm
composer:
Carrie Jacobs‐Bond
Carrie Jacobs-Bond0:48
15The Junk Man
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
The Junk Man
composer:
Sergius Kagen
Sergius Kagen2:23
16Lost
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Lost
composer:
Mario Davidovsky
Mario Davidovsky3:42
17Little Four Paws
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
5 Songs for Contralto: No. 1. Little Four Paws
lyricist:
E. E. Cummings
composer:
John Cage (American composer) (in 1938)
part of:
5 Songs for Contralto
John Cage1:25
18Dozing on the Lawn
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Time to the Old: No. 3. Dozing on the Lawn
lyricist:
Archibald MacLeish
composer:
William Schuman (in 1979)
part of:
Time to the Old
William Howard Schuman3:03
19Song (She Is Not Fair)
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Song, S. 354 "She Is Not Fair"
lyricist:
Hartley Coleridge
composer:
Charles Ives (composer)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 354)
Charles Ives2:09
20The All-Enduring
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
The All-Enduring, S. 209
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
Charles Ives (composer) (in 1896)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 209)
Charles Ives6:09
21Lethe
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Lethe
lyricist:
Edna St. Vincent Millay
composer:
Rebecca Clarke (English composer and violist) (in 1941)
Rebecca Clarke3:07
22Interlude
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Poems of Love and the Rain: IX. Interlude
lyricist:
Theodore Roethke (American poet)
composer:
Ned Rorem (composer)
part of:
Poems of Love and the Rain
Ned Rorem2:10
23Time, You Old Gypsy Man
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Time, You Old Gypsy Man
lyricist:
Ralph Hodgson (English poet)
composer:
Samuel Adler (composer and conductor)
Samuel Adler1:42
24Grandma (Millie)
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Three Ladies: II. Grandma
composer:
Stanley Walden (in 1983)
part of:
Three Ladies
Stanley Walden5:18
25Stein X Seven: No. 6
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Stein Times Seven: VI.
lyricist:
Gertrude Stein (American writer)
composer:
Aaron Jay Kernis (in 1980)
part of:
Stein Times Seven
Aaron Jay Kernis1:58
26Waitin'
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Waitin
lyricist:
Arnold Weinstein (from 1977 until 1985)
composer:
William Bolcom (composer) (from 1977 until 1985)
part of:
Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1 and 2
William Bolcom1:56
27There Came a Wind Like a Bugle
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson: II. There came a wind like a bugle
lyricist:
Emily Dickinson
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1950)
dedicated to:
Elliott Carter (classical composer)
part of:
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
Aaron Copland1:45
28Sunrise for Voice, Violin and Piano
piano:
Gilbert Kalish (pianist)
violin:
Joyce Robbins
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Jan DeGaetani (mezzo‐soprano)
recording of:
Sunrise, S. 365
lyricist and composer:
Charles Ives (composer) (in 1926-08)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 365)
Charles Ives6:07