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Roberta Alexander - soprano;Dick Hoogeveen - guitar
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Voice and Guitar
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - When the morning of life had passed
2. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - The dove that nests in the tree-top
3. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Wrung with anguish
4. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Sorrow shatters my heart
5. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Fate has blocked the way
6. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - O brook
7. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Drink deep, my friend
8. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Dull and sad is the sky
9. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - The garden dons a coat of many hues
10. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Men and children of this world
11. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - The world is like a woman of folly
12. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Only in God I trust
13. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Where are the graves
14. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Let man remember all his days
15. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - I have seen upon the earth
16. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Come now, to the court of death
17. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Peace upon them
18. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - I behold ancient graves
19. The divan of Moses-ibn-Ezra Op.207 for soprano and guitar - Wouldst thou look upon me in my grave
20. Variazioni attraverso i secoli Op.71 for guitar solo - Chaconne
21. Variazioni attraverso i secoli Op.71 for guitar solo - Variations: Preludio - Walzer I - Walzer II - Tempo del Walzer I - Fox-Trot
22. Tre Preludi Mediterranei Op.176 for guitar solo - Serenatella (Allegretto)
23. Tre Preludi Mediterranei Op.176 for guitar solo - Nenia (Molto moderato)
24. Tre Preludi Mediterranei Op.176 for guitar solo - Danza (Molto mosso e vorticoso)

World premiere recording.

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All Artists: Roberta Alexander - soprano;Dick Hoogeveen - guitar
Title: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Music for Voice and Guitar
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Et'Cetera
Original Release Date: 5/22/2006
Release Date: 5/22/2006
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Instruments, Strings
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 8711525115002, 750582866722

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World premiere recording.

CD Reviews

A Really Beautiful Song Cycle and Really Beautiful Singing

James S. Eisenberg | 11/02/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Although I generally gravitate to more radical musical sounds in 20th and 2ist century music, I still have the greatest respect for more tradition bound composers who turn out beautifully polished tonalities and can still move with great harmonic simplicity. Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, the Italian, later naturalized American composer was one of the best of these. His song cycle THE DIVAN OF MOSES-IBN-EZRA, a rumination on life, love, death and loss on texts of the 11th century poet, is heartbreaking and lovely. The vocal lines are gorgeous and the guitar writing is both apt and clever.

Roberta Alexander's singing is astoundingly lovely. Although her career is mainly focused in Europe, she is among the very best American born sopranos.

Dutch guitarist Dick Hoogeveen is the superb accompanist.

The fillers for guitar solo are attractive without approaching the quality of the song cycle.

Recorded in co-production with Bavarian Radio, the sound quality is excellent."