SKU | CD106 |
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Composer/Arranger | Hagen, Daron |
Voicing & Instruments | CD Recording |
Reviews | Daron Hagen teaches at the Curtis Institute and studied with Ned Rorem. Text declamation in his songs is simple, but the underlying craftsmanship is complex. At the same time, the music is easy to listen to, often referring to the jazz of musical theater. The songs are deceptively laid-back; I suspect they are not easy to sing. Crowder's sense of pitch is good, and she is aided by a clear voice and a controlled vibrato.... Stern (heard in Dear Youth) and Moore are excellent collaborators. Hagen's sophisticated songs remind me somewhat of the AIDS Quilt Songbook and deserve to be heard just as often. Russell Platt's extensive notes are affectionate, biographical, and analytical -The American Record Guide, Nov/Dec '97 Hagen's works are somewhat less conservative and more adventurous than those of his mentor [Ned Rorem]. This does not mean that they are by any means inaccessible; just the opposite is true. They merely present more interesting vocal and musical challenges at times. Throughout, listeners can pick up traces of jazz idioms and occasional hints of Broadway, leaving a distinct impression of Americana on the ear. -David C. Bradley, Journal of Singing, February 1998 I think this is a release that needs to be heard by anyone interested in American song. -John Story, Fanfare, Nov/Dec 1999 |
Publisher | Arsis Audio |
Susan Crowder, soprano
Bradley Moore, pianist
Sara Stern, flutist
Love Songs (1988)
1. I Am Loved
2. Little Uneasy Song
3. Ah! Sun-Flower
4. Lost Love
5. Washing Her Hair
6. Requiem
7. The Satyr
8. Sonnet
Echo's Songs (1983)
9. Never Pain to Tell Thy Love
10. "I Am Not Yours"
11. A Dream Within a Dream
12. Echo's Song
13. I Am Rose
14. Lost
15. why did you go
16. Since You Went Away
17. Thou Wouldst Be Loved
18. Look Down, Fair Moon
19. The Mild Mother
Dear Youth (1990)
20. The Bonnie Blue Flag
21. I Stop Again
22. The Picture Graved Into My Heart
23. The Trouble was Tom...
24. The Lord Knows...
25. O, for Such a Dream
26. Christmas Night
27. ...Silently Dispersing
Merrill Songs (1995)
28. A Downward Look
29. body
30. The Instilling
31. On the Block: Mantel Clock
32. Vol XLIV, No.3
33. On the Block: Lamp, Terrcotta Base
34. Pledge
35. An Upward Look