Move Records Australian classical & art music, est. 1968

ABC of American Art Song

Melanie Duncan blitzed the 1999 Mietta Song Recital Award, winning the Popular Choice award and the Musical Partnership with her accompanist Claire Cooper, in addition to the Award itself. This is her recital CD of 20th century American art song.

Melanie Duncan soprano
Claire Cooper piano
Dominick Argento composer
Samuel Barber composer
Aaron Copland composer
Thomas Nash songwriter
Samuel Daniel songwriter
William Shakespeare songwriter
Henry Constable songwriter
Ben Jonson songwriter
Rainer Maria Rilke songwriter
Emily Dickinson songwriter

In her recital CD of 20th century American song her attractive coloratura voice highlights the beauty of Dominick Argento's "Six Elizabethan Songs", the vocal lyricism of Samuel Barber's French "Mèlodies Passagères" and the drama of Aaron Copland's "Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson".

Melanie's performance of the Copland captivated the judging panel during the final recital of the Award.

Artists

Photograph of Melanie Duncan

Melanie Duncan

Melanie Duncan is a first-class Honours graduate of the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, and is currently completing a Masters at Monash University on a Monash Postgraduate Scholarship. She has been a semi-finalist in several competitions, including the 1997, 1998 Marianne Mathy Awards, and the 1998 Herald Sun Aria and Australian Youth Aria.

Photograph of Claire Cooper

Claire Cooper

Claire Cooper studied with John Winther at the Canberra School of Music, and later at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. She spent five years as repetiteur and accompanist for the Victorian College of the Arts and was a member of staff at the Faculty of Music, University of Melbourne as an accompanist.

Audio previews

Track Listing

    Six Elizabethan Songs Dominick Argento Thomas Nash

  1. Spring
  2. Sleep
  3. Winter
  4. Dirge
  5. Diaphenia
  6. Hymn

    7. Mélodies passagères, Op. 27 Samuel Barber Rainer Maria Rilke

  7. Puisque tout passe
  8. Un cygne
  9. Tombeau dans un parc
  10. Le clocher chante
  11. Dèpart

    12. Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson Aaron Copland Emily Dickinson

  12. Nature, the gentlest mother
  13. There came a wind like a bugle
  14. Why do they shut me out of Heaven!
  15. The world feels dusty
  16. Heart, we will forget him
  17. Dear March, come in!
  18. Sleep is supposed to be
  19. When they come back
  20. I felt a funeral in my brain
  21. I've heard an organ talk sometimes
  22. Going to Heaven!
  23. The chariot

Performers

Composers

Photograph of Dominick Argento

Dominick Argento

Photograph of Samuel Barber

Samuel Barber

Photograph of Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

Photograph of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

No photograph: Henry Constable

Henry Constable

No photograph: Samuel Daniel

Samuel Daniel

No photograph: Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

No photograph: Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

No photograph: Thomas Nash

Thomas Nash

No photograph: Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke

Where to listen

ABC of American Art Song is available for download from the iTunes Music Store.
It's available for streaming through Apple Music.

ABC of American Art Song is available as a CD. It can be purchased online through Buywell Music or the Australian Music Centre which both offer secure online ordering.

Move CDs can be ordered through music retailers across Australia including Readings.

Product details

Catalogue number
MD 3212
List price
$25.00 AUD
Recording Engineer
Thomas Grubb
Editing Engineer
Thomas Grubb
Mastering Engineer
Vaughan McAlley
Venue
Move Records Studio
Thanks to
City of Melbourne
Song Recital Award
Release date
Musical work
copyright
© 1999 Move Records
Sound recording
copyright
℗ 1999 Move Records
Categories
Classical, Vocal
Barcode
EAN 9314574321227