Citizen of paradise. Prologue: This is my letter to the world (:44) ; I went to school (3:04) ; I'm nobody (:58) ; Friendship and society. To see her is a picture (1:12) ; Thank you that you never weary of me (2:44) ; I am much ashamed (1:19) ; What soft cherubic creatures (1:14) ; Love. I confess that I love him (1:01) ; Heart! We will forget him (1:09) ; Empty my heart of thee (1:13) ; There is a pain so utter (1:27) ; Nature. If roses had not faded (1:57) ; I taste a liquor never brewed (1:25) ; Take all away from me (1:00) ; Death and solitude. It's coming, the postponeless creature (2:34) ; The dear mother (4:22) ; Emerging from an abyss (2:40) ; There is a solitude of space (2:08) ; Epilogue: This is my letter to the world (1:34) -- Three early songs. When you are old and gray (3:06) ; I am a beggar on a lonely hill (2:29) ; Old song (2:22) -- Soul of heaven. Musick, thou soule of heaven (1:14) ; Skarlet is no colour (:52) ; Music is love (:22) ; A rich man bought a swan and a goose (1:40) ; So is music and asylum (1:19) ; Without music (:21) ; Have you not observed a captain (1:58) ; For proofe that musick (1:56) ; Music is good for the melancholy (1:56) ; Do but note a wild and wanton herd (2:33) -- bonus track. Susanne and Carlisle rehearsing.
Note
World premiere recordings. Mentzer sings with pianists Grant Loehnig and Christopher James Ray.
Author
Floyd, Carlisle, composer.
Title
Letter to the world : Susanne Mentzer sings songs by Carlisle Floyd.
Publisher
[New York] : GPR Records, [2013]
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano ; Grant Leohnig, Christopher James Ray, piano.