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Lux Aurumque

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: Gothic Records

Release Date May 08, 2007
Wonderful CD by an impeccable group of singers; sad that it was their last album.

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Dominick Argento: Postcard From Morocco

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: Composers Recordings

Release Date June 10, 1994
Wonderful CD by an impeccable group of singers; sad that it was their last album.

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30th Anniversary Sampler

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: Reference Recordings

Release Date October 10, 2006
Wonderful CD by an impeccable group of singers; sad that it was their last album.

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Minnesota Orchestra Showcase

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: Reference Recordings

Release Date October 17, 2000
..ofcourse in my fair and unbiased opinion :)
But seriously this is fine music, fine recording, fine orchestra..it doesn't get much better than this. 5 stars!

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Sallie Chisum Remembers Billy the Kid

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
by: Barbara Bonney

Release Date January 27, 1998
I've actually owned this album for a while, and purchased it because of the Copland songs. I was learning the cycle, and so I bought several recordings of the cycle in order to hear various interpretations of the songs.

Recently, I listened to this album again, from the beginning, and realized how I had been missing out on some fantastic music. Previn is spectacular in his piano skills, incorporating this history of Jazz, into the songs.

The song cycles are spectacular, and are astonishingly difficult at times. I have been inspired to tackle some of the other pieces on this album, although I question my ability to do them justice. Bonney has a gorgeous flexibility and agility in her singing. This, along with her accuracy ... Read More:

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Shakespeare in Song [Hybrid SACD]

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by: Matthew Harris, Nils Lindberg, Jaakko Mantyjarvi, Frank Martin, Alan Murray, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Charles Bruffy, Carol Platt, Cassandra Ewer, Laura Inman, Robert Comeaux

Release Date September 21, 2004
For a lover of choirmusic - this album is a pearl! The Phoenix Bach Choir are wonderful singers, with enviable technique and intonation... This album is among the stayers on my MP3 player :o)

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To Be Sung upon the Water: Song Cycles by Dominick Argento

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
by: Dominick Argento, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Patrice Michaels, Larry Combs, Elliott Golub

Release Date October 30, 1996
Well, I'm sure you recognize me as the serial Patrice reviewer (I promise-I'll branch out a little bit sooner or later!). Oh, but Argento! How fun his works are! I've seen recitalists perform these pieces. The obvious highlight for me is the Mozart letter, especially when sung this well, and with such humor. It is rare to hear such warmth so consistently in interpretation of such contemporary (yet distinctly historical in style) vocal works. Brava to Patrice for continuing to champion the talented underdogs (herself included, I suppose) of the music world.

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Dominick Argento: Walden Pond

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: Gothic Records

Release Date October 07, 2003
Well, I'm sure you recognize me as the serial Patrice reviewer (I promise-I'll branch out a little bit sooner or later!). Oh, but Argento! How fun his works are! I've seen recitalists perform these pieces. The obvious highlight for me is the Mozart letter, especially when sung this well, and with such humor. It is rare to hear such warmth so consistently in interpretation of such contemporary (yet distinctly historical in style) vocal works. Brava to Patrice for continuing to champion the talented underdogs (herself included, I suppose) of the music world.

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Dominick Argento: From the Diary of Virginia Woolf

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: D'note Classics

Release Date April 22, 1997
Dame Janet is clearly the greatest postwar mezzo-soprano the British isles have ever produced. She had just about everything one could wish for in a singer: taste, sensitivity, passion, nuance, acting ability, superb vocal control, flexibility, an instantly recognizable timbre, and a dedication to championing lesser known works. She is the very definition of the serious-minded, committed artist who luckily also had great natural ability. She performs at her usual unassailable standards on this recording but somehow things don't add up to much. Perhaps the choice of material was to blame. The Argento songs are of that modern, atonal variety that, with the exception of a few original bars, sound pretty much like every other modern, atonal piece you've ever ... Read More:

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Winter

CD-Charts > Music > Argento- Dominick
from: Clarion

Release Date October 17, 2006
Dame Janet is clearly the greatest postwar mezzo-soprano the British isles have ever produced. She had just about everything one could wish for in a singer: taste, sensitivity, passion, nuance, acting ability, superb vocal control, flexibility, an instantly recognizable timbre, and a dedication to championing lesser known works. She is the very definition of the serious-minded, committed artist who luckily also had great natural ability. She performs at her usual unassailable standards on this recording but somehow things don't add up to much. Perhaps the choice of material was to blame. The Argento songs are of that modern, atonal variety that, with the exception of a few original bars, sound pretty much like every other modern, atonal piece you've ever ... Read More: