{"product_id":"bolcom-songs-of-innocence-and-experie","title":"BOLCOM: SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE - University of Michigan School of Music Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (3 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1193\/6852\/files\/gramophone_guide_review_large.gif?v=1517002486\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a magnum opus that occupied Bolcom for 25 years, starting as early as 1956. He's drawn on a wide range of musical styles to parallel Blake's method of moving from sophisticated to almost folk idioms. In some features – diatonic writing, English text and children's voices – Britten's Spring Symphony is in the background, but Bolcom is defined by the styles he juxtaposes with carefully calculated transitions in between.\u003cbr\u003eSome of the most memorable moments involve popular idioms, evoking his ragtime performances or the songs he recorded so vividly with his wife Joan Morris. The word-setting is straightforward, reflecting the strophic poems, and refreshingly free from elaboration. The Songs of Innocence are charming and pastoral but in the Songs of Experience there's real anger at the human predicament. This recording is based on a live performance with massive forces comprising 10 soloists, three choirs totalling almost 350 singers and a full symphony orchestra plus a harmonica and various extra electronic players and percussion. Nathan Lee Graham is an actor-singer who can project his catchy tunes and spoken poems; Joan Morris exercises all her magic in a range of styles, but Thomas Young seems too consistently declamatory. Christine Brewer is magisterial in numbers that reflect the modernistic side of Bolcom, and Carmen Pelton has a rare purity of sound. This unique Blake spectacular makes a cumulative impact that represents Bolcom's wide stylistic embrace at its most ambitious.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeasha Brueggergosman, Ilona Davidson (soprano), Joan Morris (mezzo-soprano), Nathan Lee Graham (baritone), Thomas Young (tenor), Tommy Morgan (harmonica), Peter Ruth (harmonica, vocals)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra \u0026amp; Musical Society, Leonard Slatkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDisc 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBolcom, William\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Songs of Innocence\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1 Part 1: Introduction 03:08\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2 Part 1: The Ecchoing Green 02:32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3 Part 1: The Lamb 03:20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4 Part 1: The Shepherd 02:14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5 Part 1: Infant Joy 01:58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 Part 1: The Little Black Boy 04:07\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7 Part 2: Laughing Song 00:33\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8 Part 2: Spring 01:45\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9 Part 2: A Cradle Song 04:04\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10 Part 2: Nurse's Song 01:36\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 11 Part 2: Holy Thursday 01:08\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 12 Part 2: The Blossom 00:41\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 13 Part 2: Interlude 00:25\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 14 Part 2: The Chimney Sweeper 03:14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 15 Part 2: The Divine Image 03:50\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 16 Part 3: Nocturne 02:03\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 17 Part 3: Night 05:01\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 18 Part 3: A Dream 01:41\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 19 Part 3: On Another's Sorrow 01:53\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 20 Part 3: The Little Boy Lost 02:48\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 21 Part 3: The Little Boy Found 01:56\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 22 Part 3: Coda 01:32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDisc 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Songs of Experience, Volume I\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1 Part 1: Introduction 02:20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2 Part 1: Hear the Voice of the Bard 02:55\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3 Part 1: Interlude 00:51\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4 Part 1: Earth's Answer 04:54\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 5 Part 2: Nurse's Song 01:10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 6 Part 2: The Fly 01:43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 7 Part 2: The Tyger 01:50\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 8 Part 2: The Little Girl Lost 01:10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 9 Part 2: In the Southern Clime 02:08\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 10 Part 2: The Little Girl Found 04:47\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 11 Part 3: The Clod and the Pebble 01:47\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 12 Part 3: The Little Vagabond 02:31\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 13 Part 3: Holy Thursday 02:44\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 14 Part 3: A Poison Tree 02:09\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 15 Part 3: The Angel 03:15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 16 Part 3: The Sick Rose 03:14\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 17 Part 3: To Tirzah 03:32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDisc 3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e Songs of Experience, Volume II\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1 Part 4: The Voice of the Ancient Bard 02:29\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2 Part 4: My Pretty Rose Tree 01:43\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3 Part 4: Ah! 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