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Virgins Vixens & Viragos
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
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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
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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…