Reference Recordings CD RR-100: Argento - Casa Guidi - von Stade

Description: ****Welcome to our listing, thanks very much for looking!2004 Grammy Award in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition This magical CD brings together world premier recordings of three works by one of America’s outstanding living composers, Dominick Argento and features the magnificent singing of mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade. "Everything Argento writes . . .originates in his love for the voice. His subject is self-discovery - the human condition illuminated by music of extraordinary lyric beauty." Casa Guidi, with Ms von Stade, is a set of five songs with orchestra based on letters of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Argento's Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra ("Rossini in Paris") is a delightful tribute to the spirit and melodic brilliance of the great 19th century composer of "The Barber of Seville". Finally, In Praise of Music: Seven Songs for Orchestra is a brilliant symphonic tribute to the glory of music itself, drawing inspiration from the spirit of music expressed by many cultures over the centuries. Pulitzer Prize winning Dominick Argento is the Composer Laureate of the Minnesota Orchestra and under the direction of Eiji Oue, that orchestra plays with passion, panache and tremendous sensitivity to this beautiful music. REFERENCE RECORDINGS is a well known audiophile label. Indeed "Professor Keith O. Johnson" has been associated with many cutting edge recording examples / techniques not only on the software side of the business, but in the hardware side as well - the highly known and respected "Spectral" brand name comes to mind immediately. Their music software (both CD and LP) competes with the likes of other grand audiophile labels such as; MFSL, Sheffield Lab, Wilson Audio, Opus 3, Mark Levinson, Proprius, etc.. Many of the company's issues have been associated with sonic spectaculars, more specifically, with The Absolute Sound (TAS) magazine, or as it's known in audiophile circles "HP's Super Disc List" (Harry Pearson) as is this title - "The Absolute Sound Super Disc List"! If you haven't done so already, give a few of the Reference Recording titles a spin, you won't be sorry!This listing is for a rare audiophile CD title - a FACTORY SEALED CD PRESSED and ISSUED by Reference Recordings of a highly collectible title from the Reference Recordings catalog, featuring - Dominick Argento // Frederica von Stade CD Title - Casa Guidi - Frederica von Stade Sings Dominick Argento Track Listings - Casa Guidi: Five Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra: Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Her Sister 1. Casa Guidi 2. The Italian Cook and the English Maid 3. Robert Browning 4. The Death of Mr. Barrett 5. Domesticity Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra (Rossini in Paris) 6. Une Rejouissance 7. Une Caresse a ma femme 8. Un petit Train du plaisir In Praise of Music: Seven Songs for Orchestra 9. For the healer, DAVID 10. For the god, APOLLO 11. For the satyr, PAN 12. For the sorrower, ORPHEUS 13. For the angel, ISRAFEL 14. For the saint, CECILIA 15. For the child, MOZART Performers on this disc include - Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano Eiji Oue, conductor The Minnesota Orchestra Burt Hara, clarinet The CD is from the rare REFERENCE RECORDINGS series of audiophile CDs. CD catalog # RR-100CD HDCD DiscCD issued in 2002CD made in the USA The CD, JEWEL CASE and INSERTS are all assumed to be in MINT overall condition, as this item is FACTORY SEALED! The CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system). Do not let this rarity slip by!

Price: 29.99 USD

Location: New York, New York

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