Sleep / Warlock (2:20) -- Gentle Morpheus / Handel (7:05) -- Oblivion soave / Monteverdi ; arr. Sérgio Assad (2:21) -- White moon / Crawford Seeger (2:05) -- Black anemones / Schwantner (4:26) -- Weep you no more, sad fountains / Dowland ; arr. Sérgio Assad (2:18) -- Aria from Bachianas brasileiras no. 5 / Villa-Lobos (6:18) -- Night of the four moons / Crumb (15:22) -- See, even night / Purcell ; arr. Sérgio Assad (3:30).
Note
In part opera excerpts. The 1st, 4th and 5th works with piano acc.; the 2nd with chamber orchestra; the 3rd and 9th with 2 guitars; the 6th with guitar; the 7th with 8 violoncellos; the 9th with alto flute/piccolo, banjo, electric violoncello and percussion.
Language (note)
The 3rd work sung in Italian, the 7th in Portuguese, the 8th in Spanish, the remainder in English.
Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; with Margo Garrett, piano ; Sérgio and Odair Assad, guitars ; Eric Bartlett, electric cello ; Susan Rotholz, alto flute, piccolo ; David Starobin, banjo ; James Baker, percussion ; members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra ; and assisting artists.
Event
Recorded 1995 June Hit Factory, New York City.
Language
The 3rd work sung in Italian, the 7th in Portuguese, the 8th in Spanish, the remainder in English.