Until her untimely death in 2003, Susan Chilcott was placed among the outstanding lyric sopranos of her generation, one whose captivating stage presence, dramatic vitality and vocal poetry created memorable portrayals of heroines in Verdi, Jan+ícek and Britten, among others. Her last recording was of songs by Copland, acclaimed at the time of it's first release for her 'commanding authority' and 'youthful vitality' (Gramophone). This recital is now complemented by a range of Shakespeare-inspired songs from Berlioz to Dominick Argento, never previously released.
1 Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 the Boatmen's Dance
2 Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 the Dodger
3 Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 Long Time Ago
4 Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 Simple Gifts
5 Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 I Bought Me a Cat
6 Copland Old American Songs, Set 2 the Little Horses
7 Copland Old American Songs, Set 2 Zion's Walls
8 Copland Old American Songs, Set 2 the Golden Willow Tree
9 Copland Old American Songs, Set 2 at the River
10 Copland Old American Songs, Set 2 Ching-A-Ring Chaw
11 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Nature, the Gentlest Mother
12 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson There Came a Wind Like a Bugle
13 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?
14 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson the World Feels Dusty
15 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Heart, We Will Forget Him
16 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Dear March, Come in!
17 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Sleep Is Supposed to Be
18 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson When They Come Back
19 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson I Felt a Funeral in My Brain
20 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson I've Heard An Organ Talk Sometimes
21 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson Going to Heaven!
22 Copland 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson the Chariot
23 Night (Aaron Schaffer) (1918)
24 Poet's Song (Ee Cummings) (1927)
25 Pastorale (Translated from the Kafristan By E Power Mathys) (1921)
26 R Strauss No.1 from Three Ophelia Lieder
27 Berlioz la Mort Dophélie
28 Argento Winter
29 Vaughan Williams Orpheus with His Lute
30 Britten Calypso
31 Copland Little Horses
Until her untimely death in 2003, Susan Chilcott was placed among the outstanding lyric sopranos of her generation, one whose captivating stage presence, dramatic vitality and vocal poetry created memorable portrayals of heroines in Verdi, Jan+ícek and Britten, among others. Her last recording was of songs by Copland, acclaimed at the time of it's first release for her 'commanding authority' and 'youthful vitality' (Gramophone). This recital is now complemented by a range of Shakespeare-inspired songs from Berlioz to Dominick Argento, never previously released.
