Notes and Editorial Reviews
In Roots: My Life, My Song acclaimed singer Jessye Norman pays
homage to the music and artists who have influenced her, including
Berlioz, Strauss, Ethel Waters, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington and
Thelonious Monk. Recorded live at Berlin’s Philharmonie in June
of 2009, this 2-CD set invites the listener on a journey from the
drums of Africa to the New World, including superbly sung spirituals, classical repertoire and delightful American standards.
In Roots: My Life, My Song acclaimed singer Jessye Norman pays
homage to the music and artists who have influenced her, including
Berlioz, Strauss, Ethel Waters, Nina Simone, Duke Ellington and
Thelonious Monk. Recorded live at Berlin’s Philharmonie in June
of 2009, this 2-CD set invites the listener on a journey from the
drums of Africa to the New World, including superbly sung spirituals, classical repertoire and delightful American standards. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
African Drum Invocation by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
2.
His Eye is on the Sparrow by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Written: USA
3.
I Want Two Things by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
4.
I couldn't hear nobody pray by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Written: USA
5.
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Written: USA
6.
Heaven by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Written: USA
7.
My Baby Just Cares for Me by Walter Donaldson
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
8.
Stormy weather by Harold Arlen
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1933; USA
9.
West Side Story: Somewhere by Leonard Bernstein
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1957; USA
10.
Die Dreigroschenoper: Die Moritat von Mackie Messer "Mack the knife" by Kurt Weill
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928; Berlin, Germany
11.
Look over yonder, another man done gone by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Written: USA
12.
All the pretty little horses by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
13.
God's Gonna Cut You Down by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
14.
Léocadia: Les chemins de l'amour by Francis Poulenc
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1940; France
15.
J'ai deux amours by Vincent Scotto
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: France
16.
April in Paris by Vernon Duke
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; USA
Notes: Written with E. Y. Harburg
17.
Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle "Habañera" by Georges Bizet
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1873-1874; France
18.
Blue Monk by Thelonious Monk
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
19.
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) by Edward "Duke" Ellington
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; USA
20.
Take the "A" train by Billy Strayhorn
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1941; USA
21.
Don't Get Around Much Anymore by Edward "Duke" Ellington
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1942; USA
22.
When the saints go marching in by Traditional
Performer:
Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Written: USA
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