Thomson: Portraits, Self-Portraits & Songs

Album by Virgil Thomson.

Release date: 2020-10-23

Tracks (50)

  1. 5 Ladies: No. 1, Cynthia Kemper (A Fanfare)
  2. Susie Asado
  3. 5 Ladies: No. 2, Anne Miracle
  4. 4 Saints in 3 Acts: Pigeons on the Grass Alas (Version for Baritone & Piano)
  5. 5 Ladies: No. 3, Alice Toklas
  6. Praises and Prayers: No. 1, From "The Canticle of the Sun"
  7. 5 Ladies: No. 4, Yvonne de Casa Fuerte
  8. Praises and Prayers: No. 2, My Master Hath a Garden
  9. 5 Ladies: No. 5, Mary Reynolds
  10. Praises and Prayers: No. 3, Sung by the Shepherds
  11. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 1, Philip Claflin (Dans le temps très noceur)
  12. Praises and Prayers: No. 4, Before Sleeping
  13. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 2, Jane Bowles (Early and as Remembered)
  14. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 3, Sea Coast (A Portrait of Constance Askew)
  15. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 4, A Portrait of R. Kirk Askew, Jr.
  16. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 5, Maurice Bavoux (Young and Alone)
  17. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 6, Dora Maar, or the Presence of Picasso
  18. 7 Selected Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 7, Florine Stettheimer (Parades)
  19. A Portrait of Two: I. Tempo commodo
  20. A Portrait of Two: II. Andante
  21. A Portrait of Two: III. Alert
  22. Sonata for Violin & Piano: I. Allegro
  23. Sonata for Violin & Piano: II. Andante nobile
  24. Sonata for Violin & Piano: III. Tempo di valzer
  25. Sonata for Violin & Piano: IV. Andante. Doppio movimento
  26. Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp & Percussion: I. Rapsodico
  27. 3 Portraits (Arr. S. Dushkin for Violin & Piano): No. 1, Barcarolle [A Portrait of Georges Hugnet]
  28. 3 Portraits (Arr. S. Dushkin for Violin & Piano): No. 2, In a Bird Cage [A Portrait of Lise Deharme]
  29. 3 Portraits (Arr. S. Dushkin for Violin & Piano): No. 3, Tango Lullaby [A Portrait of Mlle. Flavie Alverez de Toledo]
  30. Piano Sonata No. 2: I. Cantabile
  31. Piano Sonata No. 2: II. Sostenuto
  32. Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Leggiero e brillante
  33. Serenade for Flute & Violin: I. March. Allegro militaire
  34. Serenade for Flute & Violin: II. Aria. Lento ma non tropo
  35. Serenade for Flute & Violin: III. Fanfare. Vivo
  36. Serenade for Flute & Violin: IV. Flourish. Presto possible
  37. Serenade for Flute & Violin: V. Hymn. Lento
  38. Etude for Cello & Piano (A Portrait of Frederic James)
  39. Lili Hastings
  40. 6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 1, Alternations (A Portrait of Maurice Grosser)
  41. 6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 2, Paul Sanfaçon (On the Ice)
  42. 6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 3, Louis Rispoli (In a Boat)
  43. 6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 4, Persistently Pastorale (Aaron Copland)
  44. 6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 5, Scott Wheeler (Free-Wheeling)
  45. 6 Portraits for Solo Piano: No. 6, Tony Tommasini (A Study in Chords)
  46. Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): I. The Hunt [A Portrait of A.E. Austin, Jr.]
  47. Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): II. Anne-Marie Soullière [Something of a Beauty]
  48. Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): III. Karen Brown Waltuck [Intensely Two]
  49. Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): IV. Russell Hitchcock, Reading
  50. Northeastern Suite (After V. Thomson): V. Rodney Lister [Music for a Merry-Go-Round]

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