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Song cycles for soprano and piano by Joyce Hope Suskind, Ruth Schonthal, Elisenda Fabregas and Elizabeth Austin. Susan Gonzalez, soprano; Marcia Eckert, piano. Leonarda CD #LE352. Duration 68:10.

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Joyce Hope Suskind (b.1928)
Six Songs to Poetry of Yeats (22:29) (1997)
1. Those Dancing Days Are Gone
2. The Song of Wandering Aengus
3. The Wild Swans at Coole
4. After Long Silence
5. Mad as the Mist and Snow
6. The Lake Isle of Innisfree




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Ruth Schonthal (1924-2006)
Frühe Lieder (Early Songs) (21:09) (1940-44) (Rilke)
  7. Meine frühverliehnen Lieder
  8. Arme Heilige
  9. Ihr Mädchen seid wie die Kähne
10. Erste Rosen
11. Liebes-Lied: Wie soll ich meine Seele halten
12. Weisse Seelen
13. Noch ahnst du nichts vom Herbst des Haines
14. Ich will ein Garten sein




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Elisenda Fábregas (b.1955)
Five Songs for Soprano and Piano (16:08) (1986) (Lorca)
15. El Silencio
16. La Mano Imposible
17. La Luna Negra
18. Las Seis Cuerdas
19. Clamor





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Elizabeth R. Austin (b.1938)
A Birthday Bouquet (8:24) (1990)
20. for your birthday (E. E. Cummings)
21. A Birthday (C. Rossetti)
22. Remember (C. Rossetti)
23. He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven (Yeats)



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Production: Recording and some editing by Joe Patrych, Bronx, New York. Final editing and mastering by Marnie Hall. DDD. Graphic Design: Marnie Hall. Cover PaintingWasserschlangen (Sea Serpent) by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) used by permission of Öesterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna. Support: This recording is made possible by The New York State Council on the Arts, a state Agency. Additional funding was provided by the The Research Foundation of the City University of New York and individual contributions.

Rights: Copyright © 2002, Leonarda Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Performing Rights: Schonthal, ASCAP; others, BMI. Music Publishers: Suskind: Casia Music Publishing, distributed by Theodore Presser. Schonthal and Fábregas: Southern Music Company: Art Songs by American Women Composers, a series edited by Ruth Friedberg. Austin: American Composers Alliance.


 

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