June 2008 Compact Discs

Media Newsletter: June 2008

Listening Room

New Compact discs:

81 FAMOUS POEMS
CDS1057
Subtitle on container: Audio companion to The Norton Anthology of Poetry, third edition, regular & shorter.
A collection of 81 of the world's best loved and known poems. The readings are presented in the order they appear in "The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition". Thirty-nine major poets are included from Shakespeare, Blake, and Wordsworth to Keats, the Brownings, Whitman, Dickinson and Yeats.
2 compact discs, 142 min., 1992

AT BLACKWATER POND
CDS1058
In her first-ever audio recording, Mary Oliver offers readers the all-too-rare experience of a live reading. She has selected forty of her favorite poems from work spanning four decades. The companion booklet includes an original essay.
1 compact disc, 60 min., 2005

Bolcom, William.
CABARET SONGS: COMPLETE
CDS1066
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano ; William Bolcom, piano.
Recorded in performance Sept. 21, 2003, Flea Theater, New York City.
1 compact disc, 2004

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
THE CANTICLES
CDS1068
Ian Bostridge, tenor ; David Daniels, countertenor ; Christopher Maltman, baritone ; Julius Drake, piano ; Timothy Brown, horn (3rd work) ; Aline Brewer, harp.
Recorded Sept. 11-17 and Oct. 17, 2001, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead, London.
1 compact disc, 75 min., 2002

Green, Nancy, 1952-
COMPLETE WORKS FOR CELLO AND PIANO
CDS1060
Nancy Green, violoncello ; Frederick Moyer, piano.
Two pieces, op. 12. Petite ballade (2:51) ; Danse-capricieuse (4:17) ; Four pieces, op. 56. Orientale (2:54) ; Romance (3:11) ; Chante Triste (4:27) ; Humoresque (3:43) / Anton Arensky -- Sonata in G minor for piano and cello, op. 19. Lento: Moderato (13:36) ; Allegro scherzando (6:36) ; Andante (6:14) ; Allegro mosso (11:31) / Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Recorded August 22-24, 2003 (Rachmaninoff) and April 6-7, 2004 (Arensky), Mt, Kisco, N.Y.
1 compact disc, 2006

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE FRANKLIN'S TALE
CDS1048
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: A.C. Spearing (Narrator) ; Mary Ann Stouck (Dorigen) ; Tom Burton (Aurelius) ; William Cooper (Aurelius's Brother) ; Harvey De Roo (Clerk) ; Paul R. Thomas (Squire) ; Emerson Brown, Jr. (Arveragus).
1 compact disc, 59 min., 2003

KRONOS QUARTET PERFORMS PHILIP GLASS
CDS1069
Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, John Sherba, violins ; Hank Dutt, viola ; Joan Jeanrenaud, violoncello).
String quartet no. 5 (21:53) -- String quartet no. 4 : (Buczak) (23:01) -- String quartet no. 2 : (Company) (7:24) -- String quartet no. 3 : (Mishima). 1957 : Award montage ; November 25 : Ichiyaga ; 1934 : Grandmother and Kimitake ; 1962 : Body building ; Blood oath ; Mishima/closing (15:30).
Recorded Aug., 1993 at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, California.
1 compact disc, 1995

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE MANCIPLE'S TALE
CDS1046
Read in Middle English by Philip Thiel.
1 compact disc, 2003

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE MERCHANT'S TALE
CDS1047
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Emerson Brown Jr., Bennett J. Lamond, Robert Worth Frank Jr., D. Thomas Hanks Jr., Tom Burton, Richard Firth Green, Paul R. Thomas, Susan Crane, John Burrow, Jane Chance.
1 compact disc, 2004

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE MILLER'S TALE
CDS1055
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Alan T. Gaylord (Chaucer), Paul R. Thomas (Host), William A. Stephany (Miller), Richard Firth Green (Reeve), Tom Burton (Nicholas), Christine Herold (Alisoun), Michael A. Calabrese (Absolon), D. Thomas Hanks, Jr. (John), Nicholas R. Havely (Robin), Winthrop Wetherbee (Brother from Osney), Pete G. Beidler (Gervais).
1 compact disc, 2003

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE PARDONER'S TALE
CDS1056
Read in Middle English by Joseph Gallagher.
1 compact disc, 2003

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
PARLEMENT OF FOULES
CDS1053
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Francis de Vries (Narrator), Kevin Magarey (Africanus), John Gray (First Gate), Michael Wright (Second Gate/Cuckoo), Margaret Singer (Nature), Greg Waite (Royal Tercel), Stephanie Hollis (Goose/Duck), Rosemary Greentree (Turtle-Dove), Andrew Lynch (Falcon Tercelet), Forrest Scott (Sparrowhawk/Merlin), Mary Dove (Formel).
1 compact disc, 42 min., 2007

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE PRIORESS'S TALE
CDS1050
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Thomas Rendall (first reading) ; Michelle Matthews (second reading).
1 compact disc, 2004

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
THE RAPE OF LUCRETIA: OP. 37
CDS1070
Opera in 2 acts.
Libretto by Ronald Duncan, based on: Le viol de Lucrèce / André Obey.
Catherine Pierard, Patricia Rozario, sopranos ; Ameral Gunson, mezzo-soprano ; Jean Rigby, contralto ; Nigel Robson, tenor ; Donald Maxwell, Alan Opie, baritones ; Alastair Miles, bass ; City of London Sinfonia ; Richard Hickox, conductor.
Recorded July 5-8, 1993, Goldsmiths' College, London.
2 compact discs, 117 min., 1994

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE REEVE'S TALE
CDS1052
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Alan T. Gaylord, Richard Firth Green, Nicholas R. Havely, William A. Stephany, Paul R. Thomas, Peter G. Beidler, Mary Hamel, Susan F. Yager.
1 compact disc, 2006

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE SECOND NUN'S TALE
CDS1054
Read in Middle English by Katherine Davies.
1 compact disc, 2003

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
STRING QUARTETS 1, 2, & 3 ; 3 DIVERTIMENTI
CDS1067
Belcea Quartet.
Recorded July 2003 (3rd work); June 28-July 3, 2004 (1st-2nd, 4th works), Potton Hall, Suffolk.
2 compact discs, 2005

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE SUMMONER'S TALE
CDS1049
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Harvey De Roo (Chaucer) ; Paul R. Thomas (Summoner) ; Tom Burton (The Canterbury Tales friar) ; Thomas Rendall (Host) ; Maldwyn Mills (Friar in tale) ; R.A. Shoaf (Thomas) ; Priscilla Martin (Thomas's wife) ; Emerson Brown, Jr. (Lord) ; Mary-Ann Stouck (Lady) ; Joseph Gallagher (Squire).
1 compact disc, 44 min., 2007

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE TALE OF MELIBEE
CDS1045
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Andrew Lynch, Susan F. Yager, D. Thomas Hanks, Jr., Tom Burton.
2 compact discs, 2003

TWO SONATAS FOR SOLO CELLO
CDS1059
Nancy Green, violoncello.
Sonata in D for solo cello, opus 30 / Donald Francis Tovey (34:00) -- Sonata for solo cello, opus 8 / Zoltán Kodály (35:00).
Recorded at Roseholm Studios, Mount Kisco, N.Y.
1 compact disc, 1999

Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
THE WIFE OF BATH'S PROLOGUE AND TALE
CDS1051
Performed in Middle English.
Readers: Mary Hamel (Wife of Bath) ; D. Thomas Hanks, Jr. (Pardoner/Summoner) ; Peter G. Beidler (Knight/Friar/Host) ; Paul R. Thomas (Chaucer) ; Beverly Kennedy (Queen) ; Jane Chance (Old Wife).
1 compact disc, 75 min., 2003