ROREM, N.: Selected Songs (Farley, Rorem)

Universally recognized as the greatest American composer of art songs, Ned Rorem’s strengths lie in his uncanny facility with language, his deep understanding of the texts, and his ability to compose fluid, eminently singable vocal lines. Singers favour his evocative music because his songs feel comfortable in the voice. Listeners feel involved because the texts are clear and communicative, their emotions heightened by the music. Composers of diverse schools respect and admire his output because he has kept alive a tradition otherwise relegated mostly to music theatre or popular songs. From among his hundreds of songs, we have put together these selections which include some of Ned Rorem’s own favourites. – Carole Farley

Tracklist

Rorem, Ned
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
1The Waking02:44
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Roethke, Theodore - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
2Root Cellar02:00
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
3My Papa's Waltz01:21
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
4I Strolled Across an Open Field01:12
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
5Memory01:06
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Roethke, Theodore - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
6Orchids01:56
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
7The Serpent01:56
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
8Night Crow01:33
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Roethke, Theodore - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
9Snake00:58
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Wylie, Elinor - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
10Little Elegy01:24
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Buchan, Eleanor (reader)
11The Nightingale01:11
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Buchan, Eleanor (reader)
Rorem, Ned
Williams, William Carlos - Lyricist
Ashbery, John - Lyricist
Landor, Walter Savage - Lyricist
Rossetti, Christina - Lyricist
Waller, Edmund - Lyricist
Roethke, Theodore - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
12Nantucket01:12
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Pearse, Padriac - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
13Lullaby of the Woman of the Mountain02:01
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Browning, Robert - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
14Love in a Life03:29
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Spenser, Edmund - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
15What if Some Little Pain...01:47
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Bishop, Elizabeth - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
16Visits to St. Elizabeth's03:31
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Frost, Robert - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
17Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening01:43
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Hopkins, Gerard Manley - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
18Spring01:50
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Moss, Howard - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
19See How They Love Me01:38
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Tennyson, Alfred - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
20Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal02:51
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Stein, Gertrude - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
21I am Rose00:21
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
22Ask Me No More02:56
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Tennyson, Alfred - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
23Far-Far-Away01:46
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Hillyer, Robert - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
24Early in the Morning01:35
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Bible - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
25Alleluia02:22
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Goodman, Paul - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
26Such Beauty as Hurts to Behold02:11
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
27Sally's Smile00:48
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Whitman, Walt - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
28Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night02:04
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
29O You Whom I Often and Silently Come00:25
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
30Full of Life Now01:46
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
31As Adam Early in the Morning01:24
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
Rorem, Ned
Whitman, Walt - Lyricist
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)
32Are You the New Person?02:31
Farley, Carole (soprano)
Rorem, Ned (piano)

Total Playing Time: 57:32