Sponsorship of my new recording
Available Fall 2010 will be my double CD of rare gems and well-loved favorites of lieder, aria, and art song, from Purcell and Bach to Barber and Bernstein.
If you haven't already, please have a listen to the "Song Sketches." These are just "sketches," not the final recordings! I want to give you a sense of just how beautiful the songs and arias are that will be on the CDs.
The actual recording sessions went very well in June in California, after months of choosing and rehearsing the music and starting the fundraising. Now I am in post-production -- a very busy and exciting process. It involves choosing exactly which tracks to use from the marathon sessions, getting them edited, then designing and printing the CD booklet with translations and other info, and getting the final CDs duplicated -- plus more fundraising!
The project was not possible for me to take on financially on my own. Along the way, I have received $10,000 in generous gifts and CD pre-purchases from friends and music-lovers and so far the expenses have totaled the same amount. What is needed for this post-production end of the recording is an additional $6000. If you are interested in helping the project towards its completion, please consider sponsoring a song, sending a contribution of any amount, or simply pre-purchasing the double CD of gorgeous music for $25. The projected release date is June 2010.
Some people have chosen to underwrite the total production cost of a particular song or set of songs. This is a wonderful way to give a big boost to this labor of love! Below are all the songs that will be on the CD as well as the names of generous song-underwriters. Songs that are available to listen to as Song Sketches are marked with an asterisk.
| Henry Purcell | ||
| *Music for a While | $465 | |
| Dog Star | $175 | |
| *Evening Hymn | $500 | |
| $1,140 | ||
| J.S. Bach | ||
| Schlummert ein | $1,065 | |
| W.A. Mozart | ||
| An Chlöe | $300 | |
| *Als Luise die Briefe… | $180 | generously sponsored by Roger Boxill |
| Das Veilchen | $240 | |
| $720 | ||
| Franz Schubert | ||
| An die Musik | $225 | generously sponsored by Janet Buchbinder |
| *Gott im Frühlinge | $210 | in loving memory of Lucie Buchbinder |
| Gretchen am Spinnerade | $360 | |
| *Nacht und Träume | $340 | |
| $1,135 | ||
| Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel | ||
| *Wanderlied | $240 | |
| *Die Frühen Gräber | $300 | |
| *Frühling | $210 | |
| $750 | ||
| Johannes Brahms | ||
| *An die Nachtigall | $340 | |
| *Lerchengesang | $310 | |
| Mädchenlied | $120 | |
| *Auf dem Schiffe | $120 | |
| *Dein blaues Auge | $190 | |
| Geheimnis | $140 | |
| *Von ewiger Liebe | $400 | |
| $1,620 | ||
| Opera Arias | ||
| Jules Massenet (from Chérubin) | ||
| *L'Ensoleillad’s Aria | $220 | |
| *Nina’s Aria | $180 | |
| Giacomo Puccini (from Gianni Schicchi) | ||
| O mio Babbino caro | $140 | generously sponsored by Stan & Cora Myers |
| G.F. Handel (from Amadigi) | ||
| Ah, Spietato! | $570 | generously sponsored by Rich & Rita Udell |
| $1,110 | ||
| Gabriel Fauré | ||
| Lydia | $270 | generously sponsored by Roger Boxill |
| Toujours | $150 | |
| Prison | $240 | |
| Au cimetière | $450 | |
| Clair de lune | $300 | |
| Notre amour | $230 | |
| $1,640 | ||
| Hugo Wolf | ||
| *Auch kleine Dinge | $300 | |
| *Fussreise | $315 | |
| $615 | ||
| Richard Strauss | ||
| Mädchenblumen: | ||
| Kornblumen | $336 | |
| *Epheu | $260 | |
| Mohnblumen | $170 | |
| Wasserrose | $540 | |
| $1,220 | ||
| Gustav Mahler | ||
| *Liebst du um Schönheit | $250 | |
| Ernst Krenek | ||
| *Heimkehr | $180 | |
| Samuel Barber | ||
| A Green Lowland of Pianos | $280 | |
| Bessie Bobtail | $320 | |
| Nocturne | $340 | |
| $940 | ||
| Leonard Bernstein | ||
| Two Songs on Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke | ||
| *Extinguish My Eyes | $190 | |
| *When My Soul Touches Yours | $210 | |
| $400 | generously sponsored by David LaMarche | |
| Ernst Bacon | ||
| Bees | $120 | |
| Dusk | $140 | |
| Snowfall | $100 | |
| $360 | ||
| Paul Bowles | ||
| Three | $145 | |
| Sugar in the Cane | $175 | |
| $320 | ||
| Kurt Weill | ||
| *Youkali | $780 | |
| Franklin Latner | ||
| Songs on Poems by Langston Hughes | ||
| *Joy | $185 | |
| Hope | $150 | |
| Harlem | $500 | |
| Juke Box Love Song | $725 | |
| $1,560 | generously sponsored by Joel & Richard Latner | |
To listen to songs marked with an asterisk, visit Song Sketches.
Thank you!