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Nostalgia / Houtzeel, Spencer


Release Date: 05/13/2016 
Label:  Capriccio Records   Catalog #: 5262   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Alberto Ginastera,  Charles Ives,  Gustav Mahler,  Carlos López Buchardo,   ... 
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel,  Charles Spencer
Number of Discs: 1 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Houtzeel has appeared on opera stages all over the world, including the Vienna State Opera, the Opera National de Paris, the Israeli Opera, and the Graz Opera. Her performances have been proclaimed as “vocally, dramatically and physically sublime.” (Opera News) Aiming to create a feeling of nostalgia, Houtzeel has chosen works by Ginastera, Ives, Mahler, Buchardo, and Piazzolla for this recording. Houtzeel is accompanied by pianist Charles Spencer. American mezzo-soprano Stephanie Houtzeel has appeared on opera stages all over the world, including the Vienna State Opera, the Opera National de Paris, the Israeli Opera, and the Graz Opera. Her performances have been proclaimed as “vocally, dramatically and physically sublime.” (Opera News) Aiming to create a feeling of nostalgia, Houtzeel has chosen works by Ginastera, Ives, Mahler, Buchardo, and Piazzolla for this recording. Houtzeel is accompanied by pianist Charles Spencer. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Canciones (2), Op. 3: no 2, Cancion al arbol del olvido by Alberto Ginastera
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
2.
Songs my mother taught me by Charles Ives
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1895; USA 
3.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: no 7, Rheinlegendchen by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892-1898; Hamburg, Germany 
4.
Prendiditos de la mano by Carlos López Buchardo
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
5.
Down East by Charles Ives
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1919; USA 
6.
Ann Street by Charles Ives
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1921; USA 
7.
The Housatonic at Stockbridge by Charles Ives
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1921; USA 
8.
Rückert Lieder (5): no 2, Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901-1902; Vienna, Austria 
9.
Encantamiento by Carlos Guastavino
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Argentina 
10.
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: no 1, Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1896; Germany 
11.
Pampamapa by Carlos Guastavino
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Argentina 
12.
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: Ich hab' ein glühend Messer in meiner Brust by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1883-1885 
13.
The Indians by Charles Ives
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1921; USA 
14.
Tom Sails Away by Charles Ives
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1917; USA 
15.
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: no 9, Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen by Gustav Mahler
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892-1898; Hamburg, Germany 
16.
Canciones (5) populares argentinas, Op. 10: no 2, Triste by Alberto Ginastera
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1943; Argentina 
17.
Los pájaros perdidos by Astor Piazzolla
Performer:  Stephanie Houtzeel (Mezzo Soprano), Charles Spencer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: Argentina 

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