Rita Dove & Amnon Wolman: Thomas and Beulah [Enhanced]

On this CD:

1. Thomas and Beulah, theatre song cycle for voice, piano & live electronics
Composed by Amnon Wolman
Performed by Amnon Wolman, Ursula Oppens

Rita Dove & Amnon Wolman: Thomas and Beulah, Music, Amnon Wolman, Ursula Oppens, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Vocal, Vocal Music

Thomas & Beulah / Rita Dove and Amnon Wolman
Average customer rating:

An extraordinary Achievement -- Also Starring Cynthia Haymon

Thomas & Beulah / Rita Dove and Amnon Wolman
Ursula Oppens & Cynthia Haymon
Manufacturer: INNOVA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000065CWO
Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

The Event, Variation On Pain
Jiving, Straw Hat, Courtship
The Zeppelin Factory, Under The Viaduct 1932, Compendium
Aircraft, One Volume Missing, The Charm
Gospel, Roast Possum, The Stroke
Thomas At The Wheel
Taking In Wash, Magic
Courtship Diligence, Promises, Dusting
Weathering Out, Mothering , Daystar

Tracks:

The Great Palaces Of Versailles, Sunday Greens, Wingfoot Lake
Company, The Oriental Ballerina

Customer Reviews:

An extraordinary Achievement -- Also Starring Cynthia Haymon.......2002-08-18

An extraordinary achievement! It should be mentioned that the soprano singing Rita Dove's Pulitzer Prize-winning poems in Amnon Wolman's musical tour de force is Cynthia Haymon, who achieved international fame a few years back when she sang Porgy in Trevor Nunn's outstanding Glyndebourne Festival production of "Porgy & Bess" (available on both CD and DVD). Ms. Haymon has given vocal justice to Rita Dove poems before --most notably in the song cycle "Seven for Luck", composed by John Williams and conducted by him in 1998 both at Tanglewood (with the Boston Symphony) and on the PBS program "Boston Pops". (Unfortunately not yet available on CD; a surprising fact, considering that John Williams, honored with half a dozen or so Oscars and with his movie music in everyone's ear, is one of the most famous composers of our time. "Seven for Luck" is not only a beautiful work, a prime example of a successful writer-composer collaboration, but also unique in the sense that Williams deviated from his usual symphonic approach and subjected himself to words.)