‘Songs are simply the most sensuous kind of fun one can have with the combination of words and music,’ remarks Scott Wheeler, composer of the highly praised The Construction of Boston. ‘That combination can range from humor to melancholy to high operatic drama. This recording is a selection from over twenty years of exploration of that expressive range. I am deeply grateful to the…five intensely communicative artists on this disc.’ Set to texts by Emily Dickinson, Blake, Rilke and others, these songs glow with a subtle, immensely appealing immediacy.
Berman, Donald
Kaiser, Joseph
Phillips, Susanna
River, Krista
Sharp, William
Wheeler, Scott
Van Doren, Mark - Lyricist
Serenata
1 I. If I Had a Wife 01:51
2 II. Her Hand in My Hand 01:40
3 III. Little Trip 01:40
4 IV. Desire Like This 02:51
5 V. Love me Little 01:26
Wheeler, Scott
Dickenson, Emily - Lyricist
Sunday Songs
6 I. Oriole 02:42
7 II. Keeping the Sabbath 02:06
Wheeler, Scott
Blake, William - Lyricist
Heaven and Earth
8 I. Night 04:28
9 II. The Little Vagabond 02:44
10 III. Holy Thursday 04:53
11 IV. Oh, For a Voice Like Thunder 02:32
Wheeler, Scott
Jarrell, Randall - Lyricist
Rilke, Rainer Maria - Lyricist
Auden, Wystan Hugh - Lyricist
Singing To Sleep (excerpts)
12 I. To Say to Go to Sleep 03:40
13 II. Lullaby 05:05
Wheeler, Scott
Collins, Billy - Lyricist
Litany
14 Litany 03:36
Wheeler, Scott
Millay, Edna St. Vincent - Lyricist
Wasting the Night
15 I. Thursday 01:33
16 II. Recuerdo 03:16
17 III. I Shall Forget You 01:43
18 IV. Time Does Not Bring Relief 03:00
19 V. Betrothal 02:41
Wheeler, Scott
Stevens, Wallace - Lyricist
Mozart, 1935
20 Mozart, 1935 04:35
Wheeler, Scott
Doolittle, Hilda - Lyricist
Turning Back
21 I. Aubade 04:04
22 II. Circe 02:58
23 III. Lethe 02:37
24 IV. Eurydice 04:25
