The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers

On this CD:

1. Millay songs (5), for voice & piano For you there is no song
Composed by Leslie Adams
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

2. Dream Portraits (3)
Composed by Margaret Bonds
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

3. The Barrier, for voice & piano
Composed by Charles (composer) Brown
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

4. Death of an old seaman, for voice & piano
Composed by Cecil Cohen
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

5. Love let the wind cry how I adore you, for voice & piano
Composed by Undine Smith Moore
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

6. Faithful one, for voice & piano
Composed by Robert Owens
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

7. Genius child, for voice & piano
Composed by Robert Owens
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

8. Melancholy, for voice & piano
Composed by Coleridge Taylor Perkinson
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

9. Night
Composed by Florence B. Price
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

10. Song to the Dark Virgin
Composed by Florence B. Price
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

11. A death song
Composed by Howard Swanson
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

12. The Negro speaks of rivers, for voice & piano
Composed by Howard Swanson
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

13. A Red, Red Rose, for voice & piano
Composed by George Walker
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

14. Dancing in the sun, for voice & piano
Composed by John W. II Work
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

15. Soliloquy, for voice & piano
Composed by John W. II Work
Performed by Odekhiren Amaize, David Korevaar

The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers, Music, Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds, Charles (composer) Brown, Cecil Cohen, Undine Smith Moore, Robert Owens, Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, Florence B. Price, Howard Swanson, George Walker, John W. II Work, David Korevaar, Odekhiren Amaize, 20th/21st Century Music for Voice and Keyboard, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Vocals, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Vocal, Vocal Music
The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Rich and moving
The Negro Speaks of Rivers: Art Songs by African-American Composers
Cecil Cohen , Undine Smith Moore , Robert Owens , Coleridge Taylor Perkinson , Florence B. Price , Howard Swanson , George Walker , John W. II Work , and David Korevaar
Manufacturer: Msr Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000243D
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Rich and moving.......2001-02-18

Amaize's selection of art songs covers a wide range of poets, among them Sappho, Langston Hughes, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Robert Burns. Whatever he's singing, you know it comes from someplace very deep in his soul. A wonderful CD.

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