though love be a day / American Celebration Duo

On this CD:

1. Though Love Be a Day, songs for voice & piano
Composed by Gwyneth Walker


2. From the Song of Songs, for voice & piano
Composed by Mark Carlson


3. Landscape with Bells, for piano solo
Composed by Robert Beaser


4. Canciones de Caribe
Composed by C. Edward Hupton


5. Barn Swallow Suite
Composed by John Luebke


6. Sonnet 23 (Sonnets from the Portuguese)
Composed by Antonio Carlos DeFeo


7. Night Thought
Composed by Beth Wiemann


8. Prairie Autumn for piano
Composed by Jonathan Chenette


9. Stop All The Clocks
Composed by Drew M. Placzek


10. Another Spring for voice & piano
Composed by Howard Helvey


though love be a day / American Celebration Duo, Music, American Celebration Duo, Richard Steinbach, Diana Guhin Wooley, Gwyneth Walker, Robert Beaser, Mark Carlson, C. Edward Hupton, John Luebke, Antonio Carlos Defeo, Beth Wiemann, Jonathan Chennette, Drew M. Placzek, Howard Helvey, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Classical Vocals, Vocal, Vocal Music
though love be a day / American Celebration Duo
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • American Record Guide, July/August 2000
  • Lovely Late 20th-century Songs
 though love be a day / American Celebration Duo
American Celebration Duo , Richard Steinbach , Diana Guhin Wooley , Gwyneth Walker , Robert Beaser , C. Edward Hupton , John Luebke , Antonio Carlos Defeo , Beth Wiemann , Jonathan Chennette , Drew M. Placzek , and Howard Helvey
Manufacturer: INNOVA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00004RDK8
Release Date: 1980-01-01

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars American Record Guide, July/August 2000.......2001-03-24

I cannot heap enough praise on THOUGH LOVE BE A DAY. Soprano Diana Guhin Wooley and pianist Richard Steinbach, calling themselves the American Celebration Duo, perform ten songs and song sets by as many composers. The music on this disc has been culled from over 100 songs submitted to the duo in response to a call for scores. All of the songs are very good; several are outstanding. The great work in this collection is Antonio Carlos Defeo's "Sonnet 23"--poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. I spent the better portion of one recent morning listening to it repeatedly and weeping like a baby through much of it. Of course, Browning's text is magical, and Defeo's exquisite lyrical gift and a wonderful harmonic and rhythmic sense heighten the poem magnificently. This beautiful song rates among the best new ones I've heard in years. Several other songs merit special recognition also. Gwyneth Walker's fine setting of EE Cumming's quirky texts are captivating and enjoyable, and John Luebke's lithe "Barn Swallow Suite" should become a classic. The performances are heartfelt and the sound quality is excellent. I rarely recommend song recordings to all, but I love this disc and believe that every music lover will want to own it.

5 out of 5 stars Lovely Late 20th-century Songs.......2000-05-26

The American Celebration Duo has given us a window into the world of the composer of our day. Nothing scary here -- no serialism, atonality, or academicism. Just ravishing melody. From Gywnneth Walker's set "though love be a day" to Howard Helvey's remarkable setting of Christina Rosetti's "Another Spring," there isn't a clunker in the lot. And, the performances are fabulous; Diana Wooley's warm voice beautifully complements Richard Steinbach's exquisite pianism. Highly recommended for anybody, especially those who fear the music written in the past century.

Music Track:

  1. ...to arrive where we started
  2. Tropical Moonlight/Cuban Moonlight
  3. Xenakis: Thalleïn; Aïs
  4. Yehuda Yannay: Hidden Melodies
  5. Alexander Von Zemlinsky: String Quartet No.3/Lyrische Symphonie, Op. 18
  6. All That Strauss [Live]
  7. Bach (arr. Ton Koopman): St. Mark Passion
  8. Bach: Sonatas BWV 1020, 1022, 1027-1029
  9. Barker: Nyvaigs
  10. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 "Spring"; Brahms: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3

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