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Recordings
An extensive discography of American art song appears below.
Please send information about other recordings of American art song to info "at sign" americanartsong.org and I will include them in the list.
Recordings, Artists, and Contents
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My selection of recordings at this time focuses on lesser know composers. You will find only a smattering of the recordings of Ives and Barber songs that are widely available. My inclusion of a CD here in no way represents an endorsement. However, there are a few CDs, mostly compilations, that I do note as "Recommended" because of the high quality of the songs selected and/or the performances.
Soon, I will have these recordings nicely organized, with links from composers to recordings. For now, you can enjoy browsing.
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Love's Secret and other Songs by American Composers,
Vox Music Group, CDX 5129, 1996
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Artists
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Mildred Miller, mezzo-soprano
Donald Gramm, bass-baritone
John McCollum, tenor
Edwin Biltcliffe, piano
Robert Cumming, piano
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Composers
Ernst Bacon, Samuel Barber, Jack Beeson, William Bergsma, Paul Bowles, John Alden Carpenter, Theodore Chanler, Aaron Copland, Henry Cowell, David Diamond, John Edmunds, Irving Fine, William Flanagan, Charlies T. Griffes, John Gruen, Charles Ives, John La Montaine, Otto Luening, Edward MacDowell, Douglas Moore, Vincent Persichetti, Daniel Pinkham, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Robert Ward, Ben Weber
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Fond Affection: Songs of Ernst Bacon
Composers Recordings, Inc., CD 890, 2002
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Recommended
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Artists
Janet Brown, soprano
Herbert Burtis, piano
William Sharp, baritone
Amy Burton, soprano
John Musto, piano
Ronald Copes, violin
Alan Feinberg, piano
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Other Works
Sonata for Violin and Piano
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Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Songs, Albany, 1995
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Recommended
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Artists
Paul Sperry, tenor
Irma Vallecillo, piano
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Composers
Paul Bowles, Theodore Chanler, Arthur Farwell, Richard Hundley, Virgil Thomson
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American Cycles and Sets
Albany, 1995
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Recommended
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Artists
Paul Sperry, tenor
Irma Vallecillo, piano
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Composers
Robert Beaser, Christopher Berg, Louis Gruenberg, Larry Alan Smith, Louise Talma, Richard Wilson
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Paul Sperry Sings An American Sampler
Albany, 1995
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Recommended
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Artists
Paul Sperry, tenor
Irma Vallecillo, piano
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Composers
Samuel Barber, Robert Beaser, William Billings, William Bolcom, Elliott Carter, Henry Cowell, Celius Dougherty, John Duke, William Flanagan, Stephen Foster, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Morten Lauridsen, John Musto, Ned Rorem, Louise Talma, William Schuman, Warren M. Swenson, Hugo Weisgall, Ben Weber, Kurt Weill, Maury Yeston
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She Walks in Beauty, Parnassus Records, PACD96-025, 1998
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Recommended
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Artists
Danielle Woerner, soprano
Robert Starer, piano
Sylvia Buccelli, piano
Patricia Spencer & Marcia Gates, flute
Jean Kopperud, clarinet
Susan Seligman, cello
Hudson Vally Philharmonic String Quartet
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Composers
Otto Luening, Robert Starer
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Songs of Otto Luening, Composers Recordings, Inc., DC840, 2000
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Artists
Judith Betina, soprano
James Goldsworthy, piano
Susan Palm-Nidel, flute
NOTE: If you've never heard the songs of Otto Luening, you will be amazed at their beauty and Romanticism.
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But Yesterday Is Not Today: The American Art Song 1927-1972
New World Records, 1996
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Recommended
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Artists
Donald Gramm, Donald Hassard, Robert Helps, Bethany Beardslee
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Composers
Samuel Barber, Paul Bowles, Theodore Chanler, Israel Citkowitz, Aaron Copland
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Voices of the Valley
Albany, 2006
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Recommended
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Artists
Danielle Woerner, soprano, James Fitzwilliam, piano, Barbara Pickhardt, piano, Susan Seligman, cello, Peter Schickele, piano, Marcia Gates, flute, Harry Ditzel, horn
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Composers
Robert Baksa, James Fitzwilliam, Aurora Northland, Peter Schickele, Alan Shulman, Robert Starer
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Carolyn Heafner Sings American Songs, Composers Recordings, Inc., CD 854, 2000
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Artists
Carolyn Heafner, soprano
Dixie Ross Neill, piano
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Composers
Ernst Bacon, Amy Beach, Jack Beeson, Lee Hoiby, Jay Pouhe, Hugo Weisgall
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The Poetess Sings, Musicians Showcase, MS 1085, 2002
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Artists
Carolyn Heafner, soprano
Shirley Ann Seguin, piano
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Composers
Ernst Bacon, Robert Baksa, Gordon Binkerd, Aaron Copland, John Duke, Lee Hoiby, Otto Luening, William Roy
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Americans in Paris, Aca Digital - #20073, 2001
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Artists
Hillary Hight Daws, soprano
Barbara Efird, piano
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Composers
Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Campbell-Tipton, Henry Hadley, Ethel Glenn Hier, Charles Ives, Morten Lauridsen, Charles Martin Loeffler, Robert Xavier Rodriguez, Kurt Weill
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All My Heart: Deborah Voight Sings American Songs, Angel Recordings, 2005
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Artists
Deborah Voight, soprano
Brian Ziegler, piano
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Composers
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Charles Ives, Ben Moore
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Paul Sperry Sings Songs of an Innocent Age, Albany, 1996
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Artists
Paul Sperry, tenor
Irma Vallecillo, piano
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Composers
Frederic Ayres, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Carrie Jacobs Bond, Dudley Buck, Charles Wakefield Cadman, John Alden Carpenter, Henry Clough-Leither, Arthur Foote, Henry Gilbert, Charles T. Griffes, Charles Ives, Harvey Worthington Loomis, Edward MacDowell, Ethelbert Nevin, John Knowles Paine, John Philip Sousa,
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New American Song Cycles
Albany, 2004
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Artists
Daron Hagen, Margo Garrett, Paul Moravec, Tom Cipullo, Paul Sperry
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Composers
Tom Cipullo, Daron Hagen, Libby Larsen, Paul Moravec
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Paulus: Songs
Albany, 1995
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Artists
Håkan Hagegård, Irma Vallecillo-Gray, Paul Schoenfield, Ruth Jacobson, Paul Sperry
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Composer
Stephen Harrison Paulus
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American Songbook - The American Music Collection, Vol. III
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Robert Honeysucker
William Sharp
Detroit Chamber Winds
Susanne Mentzer
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Composers
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, John J. Becker, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, Charles Ives, Betty Jackson King, Libby Larsen, Kurt Weill
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Fields of Wonder: Songs & Spirituals of Robert Owens
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Darryl Taylor, tenor
Robert Owens, piano
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Composers
Robert Owens
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Songs of America
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Jan de Gaetani, mezzo soprano
Gilbert Kalish, piano
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Composers
Samuel Adler, Milton Babbitt, Warren Benson, William Bolcom, Carrie Jacobs Bond, Charles Wakefield Cadman, John Cage, Elliott Carter, Rebecca Clark, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Irving Fine, Stephen Foster, Charles Ives, Sergius Kagen, Aaron Jay Kernis, Ned Rorem, William Schuman, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Stanley Walden
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William Sharp, baritone
New World Records, 1992
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Artists
William Sharp, baritone
Steven Blier, piano
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Composers
Paul Bowles, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, Eric Klein, John Musto, Virgil Thomson
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Heartbeats: New Songs from Minnesota for the AIDS Quilt Songbook
Innova, 1995
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Artists
Bradley Greenwald, James Bohn, William Parker, Douglas Shambo, Timothy J. Paradise
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Composers
Carol Barnett, William Bolcom, Craig Carnahan, Chris DeBlasio, Cary John Franklin, John Harris Harbison, Stephen Houtz, Carolyn Jennings, Daniel Kallman, Aaron Jay Kernis, Libby Larsen, John Musto, David John Olsen , Janika Vandervelde, Richard Wilson
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Music from Luzerne
Albany, 2000
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Artists
Theresa Treadway Lloyd, voice; Bert Phillips, cello; Toby Blumenthal, piano
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Composers
Seymour Barab, William Bolcom, Libby Larsen, Andre Previn
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Song of America: Music from the Library of Congress
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Thomas Hampson, Tony Trischka, Molly Mason, Michael Parloff, Jay Ungar
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Composers
Leonard Bernstein, Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh, Walter Damrosch, John Woods Duke, Stephen Foster, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Erich Korngold, Charles Naginski, Ned Rorem, Elinor Remick Warren, Kurt Weill, Haydn Wood
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To the Soul: Thomas Hampson sings the poetry of Walt Whitman
EMI Classics, 2006
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Artists
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Craig Rutenberg, piano
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Composers
Ernst Bacon, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Bridge, H. T. Burleigh, Gerald Busby, Charles Ives, Philip Dalmas, Charles Naginski, William Neidlinger, Ned Rorem, Robert Strassburg, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Craig Urquhart, Harry Warren, Kurt Weill,
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I Hear America Singing
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Wolfram Rieger, piano
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Composers
Ernst Bacon, Jean Berger, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Henry Thacker Burleigh, , Stephen Foster, Ernest Gold, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Richard Hageman, Sergius Kagen, Erich Korngold, Charles Martin Loeffler, Edward Macdowell, Charles Naginski, John Jacob Niles, Ned Rorem, William Grant Still, Hugo David Weisgall
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Music of Peter Lieberson
Bridge Records, 2006
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Artists
Lorraine Hunt-Liberson, Peter Serkin
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Composers
Peter Lieberson
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American Art Song Today -- Alive!
Josara Records, 1998
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Recommended
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Artists
Anne Marie Church, soprano, Linda Sweetman-Water, piano
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Composers
Emma Lou Diemer, Daron Hagen, Richard Lane, Libby Larsen, John Musto, Paul Suits, Richard Pearson Thomas, Joseph Turrin
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Fabulous Femmes
Centaur Records, 2000
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Artists
Nanette McGuinness, soprano; Jan Roberts-Haydon, flute; Sylvie Beaudette, piano
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Composers
Margaret Garwood, Libby Larsen, Louise Talma
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Love's Seasons
MSR Classics, 2004
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Artists
Sandra McClain, Margo Garrett
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Composers
Mary Howe, Robert Ward
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An Old Song Re-Sung: American Concert Songs
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Thomas Hampson, baritone, Armen Guzelimian, piano
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Composers
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Ernest Charles, Walter Damrosch, John Duke, Stephen Foster, Charles T. Griffes, Vittorio Giannini, Richard Hageman, Benjamin Hanby, May Harrison, Erich Korngold, Andre Messager, John Sacco, Sigmund Rochberg, Oley Speaks, Haydn Wood
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An Old Song Resung
New World Records, 1995
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Artists
William Parker, baritone, Dalton Baldwin, piano, William Huckaby, piano, Ani Kavafian, violin
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Composers
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Arthur Farwell, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, and Charles Ives
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Lieder of Ives, Griffes, MacDowell
Elektrac/Wea, 1992
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Artists
Thomas Hampson, baritone, Armen Guzelimian, piano
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Composers
Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell
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Songs We Forgot to Remember
Koch, 1996
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Artists
John Aler, Grant Gershon
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Composers
Carrie Jacobs Bond, Ernest Charles, Idabelle Firestone, Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Richard Hageman, Mana-Zucca, Ethelbert Nevin, Oscar Rasbach
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My Native Land: A Collection of American Songs
Elektra/Wea, 1997
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Artists
Jennifer Larmore, mezzosoprano, Antoine Palloc, piano
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Composers
Lisa Aborn, Robert Abramson, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, John Woods Duke, Jake Heggie, Lee Hoiby, Richard Hundley, Charles Ives, Charles Naginski, John Jacob Niles,
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Marilyn Horne: I Will Breathe a Mountain
RCA, 1998
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Artists
Marilyn Horne, mezzosoprano, Martin Katz, piano
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Composers
Samuel Barber, William Bolcom, Leonard Bernstein
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Permit Me Voyage: Songs by American Composers
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Mary Ann Hart, mezzosoprano, Dennis Helmrich, piano
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Composers
Dominick Argento, Elliott Carter, Henry Cowell, William Flanagan, Ricky Ian Gordon, Richard Hundley, Gary Schocker
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Restless Spirits
Koch, 2001
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Artists
Dora Ohrenstein, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano, Judith Pearce, flute, Phillip Bush, piano
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Composers
William Bolcom, Lee Hoiby, Alice Shields
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Purrfectly Classical
Centaur, 2001
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Artists
Deidra Palmour, soprano; Noel Lester, piano; Nancy Roldan, piano
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Composers
George Antheil, Samuel Barber, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Alan Hovhaness, Elie Siegmeister
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E. E. Cummings: An American Circus
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Jennifer Goltz, soprano; Stephen Lusmann, baritone; Logan Skelton, piano
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Composers
Logan Skelton
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Songs of Logan Skelton, Vol. 1
Centaur, 2004
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Artists
Philip Frohnmayer, baritone; Logan Skelton, piano; Leone Buyse, flute
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Composers
Logan Skelton
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Macchia, McMichael, Shen: Song Cycles
Gasparo, 2003
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Artists
Jon Humphrey, tenor, Lynn Klock, saxophone
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Composers
Salvatore Macchia, Catherine McMichael, Hsueh-Yung Shen
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Blue -- The Complete Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein
Summit (Classical), 1993
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Artists
Michelle Murray, soprano; David Murray, piano
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Composers
William Bolcom
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Cabaret Songs
Centaur, 2004
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Artists
Joan Morris, mezzosoprano; William Bolcom, piano
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Composers
William Bolcom
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Bolcom: Briefly It Enters; Let Evening Come
Centaur, 2001
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Artists
Joan Morris, mezzosoprano; Cynthia Raim, piano; William Bolcom, piano; Benita Valente, soprano; Michael Tree, viola
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Composers
William Bolcom
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William Bolcom: Songs
Naxos, 2005
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Artists
Carole Farley, soprano; William Bolcom, piano
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Composers
William Bolcom
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Lauridsen: Northwest Journey
Rubeda Canis Musica, 2000
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Artists
Sunny Wilkinson, vocal, Shelly Berg, piano; Jane Thorngren, soprano; James Drollinger, baritone; Morten Lauridsen, piano; Ralph Grierson, piano
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Composers
Morten Lauridsen
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Return: Art Songs from Carolina
Albany, 2001
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Artists
Marilyn Taylor, piano; Martin Brewer, piano
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Composers
Kenneth Frazelle, Charles G., Jr. Vardell, Robert Ward
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American Classics: Edward MacDowell Complete Songs
Naxos, 1999
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Artists
Steven Tharp, tenor; James Barbagallo, piano
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Composers
Edward MacDowell
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Love Lies Bleeding: Songs of Libby Larsen
Centaur, 2004
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Artists
Eileen Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano
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Composers
Libby Larsen
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Grand Larsen-y: Vocal Music of Libby Larsen
Koch, 1996
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Artists
Ellen Williams, mezzosoprano; Terry Rhodes, soprano; Benton Hess, piano; Steven Reis, cello
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Composers
Libby Larsen
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Secret and Divine Signs: The Music of Craig Urquhart
Avie, 2006
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Artists
Michael Slattery, tenor; Craig Urquhart, piano
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Composers
Craig Urquhart
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Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke
New World Records, 2002
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Artists
Lauralyn Kolb, soprano; Tina Toglia, piano
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Composers
John Duke
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The Cloisters
New World, 1997
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Artists
Henry Herford, baritone; Robin Bowman, piano
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Composers
Arthur Shepherd, Conrad Susa, Ben Weber, John Corigliano
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Carole Bogard: A Collection of American Songs
Parnassus, 2001
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Artists
Carole Bogard, soprano; Ruchard Cumming, piano; John Moriarty, piano; David Del Tredici, piano
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Composers
John Alden Carpenter, Aaron Copland, Richard Cumming, John Woods Duke, William Flanagan, Ned Rorem
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Songs My Mother Taught Me
Etcetera, 2000
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Artists
Roberta Alexander, soprano; Brian Masuda, piano
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Composers
Ernest Charles, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Olive Dungan, Vittorio Giannini, Richard Hageman
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Time Marches On: More Modern American Songs
Capstone, 1998
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Artists
Gregory Wiest, tenor, Oresta Cybriwsky, piano
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Composers
Elizabeth Austin, Paul A. Epstein, Corey Field, Norman Mathews, Ronald Perera, John Wallach, Stephen Wilcox
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American-Jewish Art Songs
Centaur, 1992
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Artists
Paulina Stark, soprano; Nadine Shank, piano
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Composers
Unavailable
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Songs of Charles Ives and Ernst Bacon, Composers Recordings, Inc., CD 675, 1994
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Artists
Helen Boatwright, soprano
Ernst Bacon, piano
John Kirkpatrick, piano
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Composers
Ernst Bacon, Charles Ives
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