Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts: Songs of Stephen C. Foster

On this CD:

1. Beautiful Dreamer for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

2. Soirée Polka for piano
Composed by Stephen Foster


3. Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

4. We Are Coming, Father Abraham for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

5. Linger in Blissful Repose for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

6. Santa Anna's Retreat
Composed by Stephen Foster


7. Farewell! Mother Dear I Go
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

8. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

9. That's What's the Matter for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

10. Hard Times Come Again No More for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

11. Summer Longings for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

12. I'm Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

13. My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano
Composed by Stephen Foster
Performed by Jeffrey Dooley, Christine Gummere, Patricia Neely, Leah Nelson

Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts: Songs of Stephen C. Foster, Music, Paula Rand, Christine Gummere, Stephen Foster, Jeffrey Dooley, Patricia Neely, Randy Crafton, Kathryn Cok, David Dixon, John DeLucia, Leah Nelson, Jeffrey Dooley, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Keyboard, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Orchestral & Symphonic, Polka for Keyboard, Romantic Music for Voice and Keyboard, Solo Voice(s) and Orchestra, Vocal, Vocal Music
Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts: Songs of Stephen C. Foster
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • A "Boxy" Performance
 Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts: Songs of Stephen C. Foster
Jeffrey Dooley
Manufacturer: Lyrichord Discs Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

PolkasPolkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music
Foster, StephenFoster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000IM8D
Release Date: 1999-04-13

Tracks:

  1. Beautiful Dreamer
  2. Soiree Polka - Kathryn Cok
  3. Ah! May The Red Rose Live Alway!
  4. We Are Coming, Father Abraam, 300,000 More
  5. Linger In Blissful Repose
  6. Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista - Kathryn Cok
  7. Farewell! Mother Dear I Go
  8. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
  9. That's What's The Matter
  10. Hard Times Come Again No More
  11. Summer Longings
  12. I'm Nothing But A Plain Old Soldier
  13. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars A "Boxy" Performance.......2002-05-05

Taking Stephen Foster's music out of the parlor and into the concert hall is not a new idea but here it just does not work. Jeffrey Dooley, a noted countertenor whose repertoire includes the works of Handel and Purcell, composers whose music responds to countertenors with excellent effect, renders a performance here that sounds like it was recorded inside a box, resulting in a high-pitched echo that hurt my ears and made it difficult to follow the lyrics of the songs. I gave this recording two stars because the instrumentals are quite good.

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  8. George Frideric Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 6, Nos. 9 - 12
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