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 Songs Of Ned Rorem / Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau
Release Date: 04/04/2000 
Label:  Erato   Catalog #: 80222   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham,  Malcolm Martineau,  Sebastian Gottschick,  Christiane Plath,  Friedeman Ludwig

Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble Oriol

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 1 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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This disc was nominated for the 2000 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Vocal Recording."
Ned Rorem has been one of the dominant voices in the creation of the American art song. Rorem has been writing songs for nearly five decades and has found inspiration in the words of over two hundred poets. This collection includes songs set to the poetry of Walt Whitman, Frank O'Hara, Theodore Roethke, William Butler Yeats and others. The mezzo-soprano Susan Graham is joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau and Ensemble Oriol on this recording.
Rorem impresses with the flexibility of his creative voice. No two songs sit in the same stylistic pigeon hole, and his ability to set text is miraculous. This is much to admire in this recital. Although seventy-five years old, Rorem has an uncanny ability to capture the essence of youth. His settings of Paul Goodman's "For Susan," Gertrude Stein's "I Am Rose" and Andrew Glaze's "A Journey" are simple, unaffected and totally compelling. Of course it helps to have a singer like Graham who possesses intelligence and tonal beauty to spare. Rorem's world of song is extremely delicate and subtle, it is also endlessly rewarding. This is a fine introduction to a composer whose elegance, taste and lyrical gifts are boundless.
REVIEWS:
International Record Review (6/00, p.98) - "...for the most part, Graham and Martineau make the strongest possible case for Rorem's songs...Beautifully recorded in a natural 'concert hall' ambience, this is one of my favourite discs of the year so far..."
Newsday (4/30/00, p.26) - "...the glint in [Graham's] voice brings out the peach-and-gold streak of wistfulness of Rorem's songs. His musical settings seem to emerge from a somewhere deep inside the words. With her clear, unforced pronunciation...and soft rounding of a phrase, Graham tightens the partnership of poetry and notes..."
New York Times (Publisher) (6/11/00, p.30) - "...Every song - even the most modest ones, like the ambling, tender setting of Robert Hillyer's "Early in the Morning" - abounds in refinement and grace..."
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Clouds by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs. 
Language: English 
2.  Early in the morning by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1955; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 0 Secs. 
Language: English 
3.  The Serpent by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1972; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Language: English 
4.  Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1963; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 4 Minutes 19 Secs. 
Language: English 
5.  I Strolled Across an Empty Field by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1959; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Language: English 
6.  To a Young Girl by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1951; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Language: English 
7.  For Poulenc by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1963; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Language: English 
8.  Little Elegy by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 18 Secs. 
Language: English 
9.  Alleluia by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1946; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
10.  Look down, fair moon by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1957; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Language: English 
11.  O you whom I often and silently come by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1957; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 0 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Language: English 
12.  I Will Always Love You by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: English 
13.  The tulip tree by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs. 
Language: English 
14.  I am Rose by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1955; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 0 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Language: English 
15.  The Lordly Hudson by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1947; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: English 
16.  Far-Far-Away by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1963; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 49 Secs. 
Language: English 
17.  For Susan by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: English 
18.  A journey by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1974; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 26 Secs. 
Language: English 
19.  Love by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 48 Secs. 
Language: English 
20.  Orchids by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1959; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: English 
21.  Stopping by woods on a snowy evening by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 53 Secs. 
Language: English 
22.  Do I love you more than a day? by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1962-1963; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: English 
23.  That shadow, my likeness by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1963; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Language: English 
24.  Santa Fe Songs (12): no 4, Sonnet by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Sebastian Gottschick (Viola),
Christiane Plath (Violin), Friedeman Ludwig (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble Oriol
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1980; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs. 
Language: English 
25.  Santa Fe Songs (12): no 2, Opus 101 by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Christiane Plath (Violin), Sebastian Gottschick (Viola), Friedeman Ludwig (Cello),
Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble Oriol
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1980; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Language: English 
26.  Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair [after Stephen Foster] by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Malcolm Martineau (Piano), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 38 Secs. 
Language: English 
27.  Poèmes (6) pour le paix: no 2, Ode by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Language: French 
28.  Santa Fe Songs (12): no 8, The Wintry Mind by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1980; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 2 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: English 
29.  O do not love too long by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 23 Secs. 
Language: English 
30.  Sometimes with the one I love by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1957; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 33 Secs. 
Language: English 
31.  Nantucket Songs (10): no 9, Ferry me across the water by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1978-1979; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: English 
32.  Santa Fe Songs (12): no 12, The Sowers by Ned Rorem
Performer:  Friedeman Ludwig (Cello), Susan Graham (Mezzo Soprano), Malcolm Martineau (Piano),
Christiane Plath (Violin), Sebastian Gottschick (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ensemble Oriol
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1980; USA 
 		Date of Recording: 09/1999 
Venue:  Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany 
Length: 1 Minutes 45 Secs. 
Language: English 
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