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Duo Rosa - American Soul
HC19026 (Hänssler Classic, CD)
DDD
NEW RELEASE (24 May 2019)
Playing time: 59'26"
Tracks: 23
Booklet pages: 8
© 2019 Profil Medien GmbH / hänssler CLASSIC
Main country of recording: Luxembourg
Country of manufacture: Austria
Received: 23 April 2019
Duo Rosa:
Stephany Ortega, soprano (tracks 1-8, 10-18 and 20-23)
Léna Kollmeier, piano
Leonard Bernstein:
1 I feel pretty (West Side Story)
2 I can cook too (On the town)
Richard Hageman (1881-1966):
3 Do not go my love
William Bolcom (born 1938):
4 Amor (Cabaret Songs Vol 1 No 6)
John C Sacco (1905-1987):
5 That's Life
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
6 I got rhythm (An American in Paris)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950):
7 Je ne t'aime pas
Leonard Bernstein:
8 Something's coming (West Side Story)
Aaron J Kernis (born 1960):
9 Play before lullaby (No 2, Before sleep and dreams)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
10 Sure on this shining night, Op 13 No 3
Leonard Bernstein:
11 Peter, Peter (Peter Pan)
I hate music! A cycle of five kid songs
12 My name is Barbara
13 Jupiter has seven moons
14 I hate music!
15 A big Indian and a little Indian
16 I'm a person too
Kurt Weill:
17 Buddy on the nightshift (Lunchtimes Follies)
John Corigliano (born 1938):
18 Mr Tambourine Man (Seven poems of Bob Dylan - prelude)
William Bolcom:
19 The garden of Eden: The Serpent's Kiss
George Gershwin:
20 The man I love
21 Swanee
Leonard Bernstein:
22 Lucky to be me (On the town)
23 Somewhere (West Side Story)
Recorded 3-6 January 2018 at ArcA, Luxembourg and 6 June 2018 at Tonstudio Edimair & Lenz OG, Vienna, Austria (The Serpent's Kiss)