Ain't A That Good News: African-American Art Songs and Spirituals

Editorial Reviews
Journal of Singing, March/April, 1999
The balance between Mr. Heard's voice and Ms. Howland's playing is superb...terrific recording team.

Album Description
HM Classics is an independent producer of classical recordings featuring acclaimed pianist Pamela Howland and her colleagues. We are dedicated to creating unsurpassed musical experiences for your listening pleasure.

Ain't A That Good News: African-American Art Songs and Spirituals, Music, Richard Heard, Pamela Howland, Margaret Bonds, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Charles Lloyd, Jr., H.T. Burleigh, W.C. Handy, Edward Boatner, Hale Smith Cecil Cohen, William Grant Still, John Work
Ain't A That Good News: African-American Art Songs and Spirituals
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful Music
  • A work to be purchased and savored!
 Ain't A That Good News: African-American Art Songs and Spirituals

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005BITQ
Release Date: 1998-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Aint A That Good News (Uzee Brown)
  2. Amen (Uzee Brown)
  3. Here is One (H.F. Mells)
  4. Grief (William Grant Still)
  5. Dancing in the Sun (John Work)
  6. Death of an Old Seaman (Cecil Cohen)
  7. Minstrel Man (Margaret Bonds)
  8. A Child's Grace (Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson)
  9. Compensation (Charles Lloyd, Jr.)
  10. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child(H.T. Burleigh)
  11. I'll Never Turn Back (W. C. Handy)
  12. Ride On, King Jesus (Edward Boatner)
  13. His Name So Sweet (Edward Boatner)
  14. Give Me Jesus (Edward Boatner)
  15. This Lil' Light of Mine (Hale Smith)
  16. I've Got Religion (H.F. Mells)

Album Description

HM Classics is an independent producer of classical recordings featuring acclaimed pianist Pamela Howland and her colleagues. We are dedicated to creating unsurpassed musical experiences for your listening pleasure.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful Music.......2004-11-18

Richard Heard has a rich tenor voice that makes you want to hear more. The only problem with the cd is that it ended. I can't wait for him to put out another.

5 out of 5 stars A work to be purchased and savored!.......2003-11-30

What a tremendous talent! Richard Heard (accompanied on the piano by Pamela Howland) is certain to be one of the premier up-and-coming tenors of recent times. This album of African-American art songs and spirituals should be purchased for the quality of the music as well as its historic preservation value. Be sure to contact Richard Heard (Wake Forest University) and commend him on this album and give him the impetus to record another!

Track Listings:

  1. Alvin Lucier: Navigations for Strings; Small Waves
  2. An American Album
  3. Antonio Vivaldi: 6 Concerti, Op. 10
  4. Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
  5. Bartok: Piano Concertos, Violin Concertos [Import]
  6. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 8, Coriolan & Egmont Overtures
  7. Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8 [Import]
  8. Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 [Import]
  9. Charpentier: Messe de Minuit; Handel: Organ Concertos / New Trinity Baroque, The Canterbury Choir, Brad Hughley, Predrag Gosta
  10. Chopin: Ballades and Fantasies

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