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Ned Rorem: The Waking
The Waking
Ned Rorem: Root Cellar
Root Cellar
Ned Rorem: My Papa's Waltz
My Papa's Waltz
Ned Rorem: I Strolled Across an Open Field
I Strolled Across an Open Field
Ned Rorem: Memory
Memory
Ned Rorem: Orchids
Orchids
Ned Rorem: The Serpent
The Serpent
Ned Rorem: Night Crow
Night Crow
Ned Rorem: Snake
Snake
Ned Rorem: Little Elegy
Little Elegy
Ned Rorem: The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Ned Rorem: The Nantucket Songs
Nantucket
Ned Rorem: Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain
Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain
Ned Rorem: Love in a Life
Love in a Life
Ned Rorem: What if some little pain
What if Some Little Pain...
Ned Rorem: Visits to St. Elizabeth's
Visits to St. Elizabeth's
Ned Rorem: Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Ned Rorem: Spring
Spring
Ned Rorem: See how they love me
See How They Love Me
Ned Rorem: Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Ned Rorem: I am Rose
I am Rose
Ned Rorem: Ask Me No More
Ask Me No More
Ned Rorem: Far-Far-Away
Far-Far-Away
Ned Rorem: Early in the Morning
Early in the Morning
Ned Rorem: Alleluia
Alleluia
Ned Rorem: Such beauty as hurts to behold
Such Beauty as Hurts to Behold
Ned Rorem: Sally's Smile
Sally's Smile
Ned Rorem: Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night
Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night
Ned Rorem: O you to whom I often and silently come
O You Whom I Often and Silently Come
Ned Rorem: Full of Life Now
Full of Life Now
Ned Rorem: As Adam early in the morning
As Adam Early in the Morning
Ned Rorem: Are You the New Person?
Are You the New Person?
2010
“Seventeen of these 32 songs aren't otherwise available on disc, and they include some of Rorem's finest and most haunting. The utter simplicity that weaves a magic spell in Nantucket, the beautiful paralleling of Gerard Manley Hopkins's ecstatic imagery in Spring, the bare but deeply eloquent Such beauty as hurts to behold, the amiable contemplation of old age and possible immortality in Full of life now – all these are warmly welcome, and it's good to have for the first time a complete recording of Rorem's nine settings of Theodore Roethke. Carole Farley's diction is so immaculate that you'll hardly need the booklet of texts, and her acute response to words must be one reason why Rorem so willingly collaborated with her on this recording. About the voice itself some might have a reservation. Although Farley fines her tone down for the most part effectively her sound is basically operatic. But rejecting this disc on that account would mean foregoing the infectious lilt of The Nightingale, the amply lyrical, movingly expressive Love in a life, the beautiful long lines of Ask me no more and all the others mentioned. No, admirers of Rorem's unique talent will simply have to have this collection. His piano-playing is beautifully supportive.”
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