Bolcom / Farley: Songs

Carole Farley: Songs - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Songs

Artist:

Carole Farley

Label:

Naxos American

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

636943924921

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2005-06-21

Number of Discs:

1

The American composer William Bolcom (b. 1938) is best-known for his large-scale setting of William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience," which is available on a 3-CD Naxos set. This new collection of Bolcom's songs also on Naxos shows the composers's lifelong fascination with Blake. It includes an early lyrical setting of Blake's poem, "Mary" which deals with a beautiful and intelligent young woman and her rejection by her society. In the several torch and cabaret-style works it includes, the collection also shows Bolcom's attempts to fuse classical with popular styles of music. Bolcom also has done so in his piano music, much of which is heavily influenced by ragtime. The songs on this CD are performed and selected by soprano Carole Farley with Bolcom himself at the piano.

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