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Martin Hennessy, Ned Rorem, Heidi Skok
Ned Rorem: Women's Voices; Songs of Martin Hennessy
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (18) - Disc #1
1. Moon Poem, song
2. I'll Love You, song
3. In the Stillness, song
4. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: Now Let No Charitable Hope
5. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: Birthday
6. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: My Dear and Loving Husband
7. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: To the Ladies
8. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: If Ever Hapless Woman
9. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: We Never Said Farewell
10. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: The Stranger
11. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: What Inn Is This
12. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: Defiled Is My Name
13. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: Electrocution
14. Women's Voices, song cycle of 11 poems by women for voice & piano: Smile, Death
15. Mother to Son, song
16. Sonnet for Michael, song
17. I Thank You Lord, song
18. Mentor, song

CD Details

All Artists: Martin Hennessy, Ned Rorem, Heidi Skok
Title: Ned Rorem: Women's Voices; Songs of Martin Hennessy
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Newport Classic
Release Date: 1/27/1998
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 032466561320, 723723128225

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CD Reviews

Great Interpretation from Heidi Skok

barbc01 | Bemidji, MN USA | 07/03/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I really love this cycle by Ned Rorem, and any fan of 20th century american art song will like it as well I should imagine. Heidi Skok has an AMAZING voice, it is rich like chocolate and so emotive. Her high notes soar and still have the depth of her low and mid-voice. Martin Hennessy does a great job accompanying. This is seriously difficult music and they manage to make it sound rather effortless.
I'm not quite sure yet what to think of the songs composed by Martin Hennessy--he certainly writes beautiful music, but it does not have the character that Rorem's compositions have. Also, he has certain whispered sections in "In the Stillness" which could not be performed live because of balance issues. Still they are enjoyable, my personal favorite being "Sonnet for Micheal" with text by Edna St Vincent Millay.
If you are either a fan of Rorem's or simply of 20th Century american art song, this is an essential recording. I am eternally glad that I own it."