Charles Fussell: Specimen Days; Being Music

1. Being Music, for baritone & string quartet
Composed by Charles Fussell
with Judith Eissenberg , Lydian String Quartet , Mary Ruth Ray , Rhonda Rider , Sanford Sylvan
Conducted by Daniel Stepner

2. Specimen Days "Quicksand years that whirl me I know not where," cantata for baritone, chorus & orchestra
Composed by Charles Fussell
with Cantata Singers and Ensemble , Sanford Sylvan
Conducted by David Hoose

Charles Fussell: Specimen Days; Being Music,Sanford Sylvan,Rhonda Rider,Charles Fussell,Daniel Stepner,David Hoose,Cantata Singers and Ensemble,Lydian String Quartet,Mary Ruth Ray,Judith Eissenberg,Koch Int'l Classics,Cantata,Chamber Music & Recitals,Choral,Classical,Classical Composers,Classical Music,Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble,Vocal

Average customer rating: Gorgeous Vocal and Choral Music Exceptional Choral Writing and Text Setting Decent Performance, not so interesting music

Charles Fussell: Specimen Days; Being Music Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SIZ Release Date: 1997-06-17

Tracks:

1. Being Music
2. Specimen Days: I. Prelude
3. Specimen Days: II. Calamus Voices
4. Specimen Days: III. Irretrievable Voices
5. Specimen Days: IV. Earth Voices
6. Specimen Days: V. Heavenly Voices

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous Vocal and Choral Music.......2007-04-09

Sanford Sylvan is the perfect artist to interpret "Being Music" with his rich baritone voice and his exemplary diction. The opening line from Whitman is "Now I will do nothing but listen." That pretty well sums up my reaction as I've played this CD over and over. And "Specimen Days" to another Whitman text is a rich and quite wonderful setting. If you enjoy gorgeous vocal and choral music, I doubt you will be disappointed in the writing of Charles Fussell and the moving and lively interpretation of these artists.

Exceptional Choral Writing and Text Setting.......2004-11-24

Charles Fussell truly understands the meaning of good vocal writing from both the choral and solo viewpoints. His setting of the Walt Whitman text is carefully crafted, yielding a very moving and poignant work in Specimen Days. I was present at both the Philadelphia world premiere of this work and the Boston premiere (where this CD was recorded) and this piece was warmly and emotionally accepted with standing ovations.

It is very refreshing to encounter a new work which embraces the choral tradition so well.

Decent Performance, not so interesting music.......2002-03-20

Fussell's music offers nothing beyond the purely conventional. In specimen days, for instance, recitativo-like text setting and uadventurous harmonies and instrumentation make the musical discourse dull and uninteresting.

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6. FÉLIX MENDELSSOHN : Six Sonates op. 65 - Olivier Vernet
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8. Great Cathedral Anthems 7
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10. Handel: The Great Harpsichord Works

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