Recordings
Virgins Vixens & Viragos

Released: Nov. 13, 2012
Purchase: Amazon | onyxclassics.com
Tracks
1. | Purcell, Henry - The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation |
2. | Berlioz, Hector - La Mort d’Ophélie |
3. | Schubert, Franz - Lied der Mignon: Heiß mich nicht reden 03:40 |
4. | Schumann, Robert - So laßt mich scheinen |
5. | Liszt, Franz - Mignons Lied |
6. | Duparc, Henri - Romance de Mignon |
7. | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr - Ilyich Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt |
8. | Wolf, Hugo - Kennst du das Land |
9. | Horovitz, Joseph - Lady Macbeth (scena) |
10. | Poulenc, Francis - Fiançailles pour rire - I La dame d’Andre |
11. | Poulenc, Francis - Fiançailles pour rire - II Dans l’herbe |
12. | Poulenc, Francis - Fiançailles pour rire - III Il vole |
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13. | Poulenc, Francis - Fiançailles pour rire - IV Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant |
14. | Poulenc, Francis - Fiançailles pour rire - V Violon |
15. | Poulenc, Francis - Fiançailles pour rire - VI Fleurs |
16. | Porter, Cole - The Physician |
17. | Duke, Vernon - Ages Ago |
18. | Poulenc, Francis - Les chemins de l’amour |
19. | Sondheim, Stephen - The Boy from Tacarembo La Tumbe del Fuego Santa Malipas Zatatecas La Junta del Sol y Cruz |
Susan Graham’s eagerly awaited new recording is a characteristically wide-ranging recital which covers a broad spectrum of female emotions as experienced by the virgins, vixens and one of the most frightening of viragos – Lady Macbeth – captured here in song. Added to this emotional rollercoaster ride, there are also lighter issues for a girl to confront in Poulenc’s witty songs, plus the fruitless pursuit of a boy in the Sondheim…