The Color of the Word

The Color of the Word

Songs by

Hugo Wolf
Nachtzauber
Nimmersatte Liebe
Zur Ruh, zur Ruh!
Auf einer Wanderung
Das verlassene Mägdlein
Mein Liebster ist so klein

André Caplet
Trois Fables de Jean de la Fontaine

Modest Mussorgski
V chetiryokh stenakh
Poyekhal na palochke
Ozomik
Kolibel'naya
Kozyol: Svetskaya skazochka
Gopak

Claude Debussy
Chansons de Bilitis

Henry Purcell
From rosy bow'rs
Kind Fortune smiles
How I sigh when I think of the Charms
Nymphs and shepherds

Georgine Resick, soprano
Warren Jones, piano

BRIDGE 9268

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The Color of the Word presents songs by some of the greatest masters of the art of setting poetry to music. With the exception of Purcell's songs, the repertoire heard here grows out of the 19th century German Romantic Lied tradition. Soprano Georgine Resick and pianist Warren Jones are known for their fascinating thematic programming, and this recital follows in that tradition, showing unusual contrasts and similarities between diverse repertoire. Georgine Resick was principal lyric soprano at the Cologne Opera, later moving to the same position at the Deutsche Oper am Rhine in Düsseldorf. She has also performed with the Vienna State Opera, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Paris Opera and numerous others. Warren Jones has worked with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Bo Skovhus, Samuel Ramey, Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Battle and many other leading singers and instrumentalists.

Ms. Resick and Mr. Jones have recorded these discs for Bridge
Song Cycles of Leo Smit (BRIDGE 9227)
Visions Intérieures (a survey of the history of the song cycle) (BRIDGE 9168A/B)
Men's Songs, Women's Voices (BRIDGE 9152)
and Songs of Grechaninov (BRIDGE 9142)