Porter, C: Evr'y Time we say Goodbye

A really interesting disc of Italian bass Cesare Siepi performing ‘popular’ songs including Cole Porter standards such as Night and Day and I Get a Kick Out of You, as well as some popular Italian songs such as Serenata by Tosti. Recorded 1947-48.

In later years Siepi turned his attention to the American musical and this CD includes a number of songs by Cole Porter including Night and Day and Ev’ry time we say goodbye, as well as famous songs by composers such as Tosti.

Richard Pearson Thomas is equally at home writing works for the concert hall and the stage (including the Off-Off Broadway hit “Parallel Lives”) and “Ossessione” is his modern counterpart to the “standard” repertoire of 24 Italian Art Songs, with a re-examining of the texts casting them through a modern perspective. The first performance with John Muriello led to a collaboraton, including Thomas’ unique adaptation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” displaying Muriello’s remarkable abilities as a singing actor. As a novel bonus, this CD also includes their sparkling interpretations of classic pop songs about love such as Arlen’s “That Old Black Magic” and Richard Rodgers’ “Bewitched.”