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Medea
Merlyn Quaife soprano, Angela Giblin mezzo-soprano
Michael C Smith tenor, David Lemke baritone
Chamber Made Orchestra, Mark Summerbell conductor
A chamber opera in five scenes, with music by Gordon Kerry
and libretto by Justin Macdonnell after Lucius Annaeus Seneca
"Australian composer Gordon Kerry's chamber opera Medea tells the classic mythological story of a magical woman and the man she loves, Jason of the Argonauts. Having betrayed her family, stolen their prized Golden Fleece and murdered her younger brother to delay her father's furious pursuit, Medea now becomes the victim herself when her beloved Jason, seeking refuge in Corinth, agrees to marry the king's daughter in return for safety for himself and his sons. Rejected by the man for whom she risked everything, Medea wreaks a terrible revenge. This live recording, conducted by Mark Summerbell and featuring Merlyn Quaife in the title role, is the only commercially available recording of this brilliant Australian work."
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Lest we forget A manifest of struggle and hope
Merlyn Quaife soprano & Andrea Katz piano
Playlist Walter Würzburger Vereinsamt Victor Jara Manifiesto Randy Newman Political Science Dennis Vaughan Mary’s plea Henri Duparc Elégie Alec Volkoviski Shtiler, shtiler Abel Meeropol (aka Lewis Allen) Strange fruit Cabaret songs from Kamp! Maria Theresia the Empress, Theresienstadt Questions, The Little Café in Terezin, Letter to my Child,
A Suitcase Speaks Arnold Bax Rann of Exile Oscar Straus Altes Ghettoliedchen, Op 108 Francis Poulenc C Dennis Vaughan Words are history Kurt Weill Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib John Lennon Imagine Randy Newman In Germany before the war
Franz Liszt Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh
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Welcome to the world’s first 'classical' protest CD. The music is wide-ranging, from Germany, France, England, Austria, Chile, USA, and Australia, covering issues as diverse as world wars, the Holocaust, dictatorships and the stolen generation. It is a no-holds-barred plea for humanity to get a grip on humanitarian values, before it is too late.
The CD has been undertaken as a labour-of-love by the artists & by Tall Poppies, with the profits going to the Fitzroy Learning Network in Melbourne, which gives educational and other assistance to refugees in Australia.
"This collection of songs began as a protest against recent events in our country, to remind ourselves that the relaxed and comfortable culture our government was intent on bringing us was in fact based on lies, fear, threats, apathy, hatred and the glorification of small-minded selfishness. Above them all, and most perniciously, came the vaunting fallacy that this selfish indifference was quite acceptable, the idea that not caring is somehow simply human and a harmless and innocent thing to do. Listen to our songs. Not caring is never harmless. All the songs were written by and about people whose plight was caused because others did not care enough to see; or even worse, they saw and did not care enough to stop what was happening. The songs, born of suffering or the knowledge of suffering, demonstrate compassion and even love. That is what gives them their strength: the real voice of humanity." MQ & AK
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Recital Australian Art Song
Merlyn Quaife soprano & Michael Kieran Harvey piano
Playlist Percy Grainger The Power of Love, Hard Hearted Barb'ra (H)Ellen,
The Love Song of the Har Dyal, The Sprig of Thyme, Willow, Willow, Died for Love
Fritz Hart Five Songs to Texts by William Sharp Op 64
Dorian Le Gallienne Three Shakespeare Settings Linda Phillips Two Songs
Christopher Willcock Betrayers David Horowicz Midsummer Daydream
Keith Humble Eight Cabaret Song
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Review " A fearless soprano fascinates... Think a recital of Australian art songs is bound to be dull? Not when Merlyn Quaife is singing them." Sandra Bowdler
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Solitudo Alone in Darkness
Merlyn Quaife soprano, State Orchestra of Victoria, Richard Mills conductor
Excerpts from two of the most important operas of our time and
from two orchestral song cycles...
Playlist John McCabe Notturni ed Alba for soprano and orchestra (1970)
Richard Meale Mer de Glace (Opera in Two Acts with Prologue, 1991)
Claire Clairemont beside the Lake, On the Mer de Glace, Prelude: Lake Geneva,
Village Dance, Mary Shelley's Nightmare
Christopher Willcock Two Soliloquies for soprano and strings, Pieta, Break of Day
John Adams Nixon in China (Opera in Three Acts, 1987) Madam Mao's Aria
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Sunday Morning at St Francis'
Masses by Mozart & Haydn
2 CD set
Playlist Mozart Coronation Mass in C major, K 317 Merlyn Quaife soprano
Haydn Nelson Mass
Mozart Missa Solemnis in C major, K 337
Haydn Paukenmesse 'Missa in tempore belli' Merlyn Quaife soprano
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'In loving memory of Barbara Marron, a True Believer in St Francis' Choir and
founder of the Friends of the Choir' |
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Night and Dreams (Nacht und Träume)
Songs by Mozart & Schubert, Gerhard, Moretti & Gustavino
Merlyn Quaife soprano & Jochen Schubert guitar
Playlist Mozart Ridente la Calma, Oiseaux si tous les ans, Die Zufriedenheit Komm,
liebe Zither Moretti La Reflexion, La Explicacion, El Descuido Schubert Heiden-Röslein, Nacht und Träume; Ständchen Gerhard La Indita, El Toro, La Ausencia, Un Galan y su Morena, La Lobada, La Muerta y la Donzella, Reinas de la Baraja Gustavino Severa Villafane, Ay Que el Alma, Puebliti, mi pueblo
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Review "...thoroughly versatile singer, capable of going straight from Baroque to computer music." The Australian
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Manuel de Falla Songs and Piano Music
Merlyn Quaife soprano, Len Vorster piano,
Anthony Field guitar & Ben Dickinson percussion
Playlist Canciones populares españolas, Nocturno for Piano, Serenata andaluza for Piano, Preludios, Dos rimas: Olas gigantes, Tus ojillos negros, El pan de Ronda, Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas, Dos rimas: Dios mío qué solos, Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos, Obras Desconocidas for Piano No 3, Canto de los Romeros del Volga, Obras Desconocidas for Piano No 2, Danza de Gnomos, Vals-capricho, Cantares de Nochebuena No 1, Pastores venir, Cantares de Nochebuena No 2, Maravilla nunca vista, Cantares de Nochebuena No 4, Un pastor lleva un pavo, Cantares de Nochebuena No 6, En el portal de Belén, Cantares de Nochebuena No 7, Por la calle abajito, Cantares de Nochebuena No 5, Venga la bota
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Manuel de Falla Popular Spanish Suite /
Three Pieces for Piano / Psyche / Concerto for Harpsicord
Merlyn Quaife soprano, Rosanne Hunt cello, Elizabeth Anderson harpsichord, Len Vorster piano, Elizabeth Sellars violin & The Schirmer Ensemble, Brett Kelly conductor
Playlist Canciones populares españolas No 1, El paño moruno, El sombrero de tres picos: Dance of the Corregidor, El amor brujo: Pantomime, El amor brujo: Canción del amor dolorido "Love's Sorrow", Mazurka for Piano in C, Serenata for Piano in E minor, Obras Desconocidas for Piano No 1, Canción, Psyché, Homenaje 'Le tombeau de Claude Debussy', Soneto a Córdoba, Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello, Canciones populares españolas No 5, Nana, Canciones populares españolas No 6, Canción, Canciones populares españolas No 7, Polo, Canciones populares españolas No 3, Asturiana, Canciones populares españolas No 4, Jota
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Australia Unite! Road to Federation
Merlyn Quaife soprano, John Bolton-Wood baritone
State Orchestra of Victoria, Richard Divall conductor
This recording celebrates Australia's musical heritage from the years of the mid-late 1800s. Patriotic songs, waltzes, polkas and gallops are all presented here in an authentic style by singers Merlyn Quaife and John Bolton-Wood with the State Orchestra of Victoria conducted by Richard Divall.
Playlist …Lavenu arr Richard Divall I Cannot Sing Tonight Merlyn Quaife soprano
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Bright Tracks The Chamber Music of Brenton Broadstock
Merlyn Quaife soprano, with the Ormond College Choir, and a host of others
Playlist Clear Flame Within, Aureole 3, In the Silence of Night, Bright Tracks, At the going down of the sun, Aureole 4, All That is Solid Melts into Air, Dying of the Light, Fourteenth Station of the Cross, Beast From Air, I touched your glistening tears..., String Quartet No 2
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"Bright Tracks, featuring soprano Merlyn Quaife was awarded the illustrious Paul Lowin Song Cycle Prize in 1994."
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Felix Werder Aspect
Merlyn Quaife soprano
Playlist Symphony No 1 Op 6, Gryphiusad Op 319, The Wenzel Connection Op 276 Clarinet Concerto, Belsazer Op 260, Symphony No 4 Op 107, Carrion Comfort Op 138, Saxophone Quartet & Percussion Op 250, Violin Sonata No 3 Op 232
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"...foremost opera singer with an outstanding reputation in Europe for her interpretation of contemporary music." |
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Tall Poppies 10th Birthday Sampler
The works on this CD have been chosen to highlight the performers and composers whose work has been recorded and released by Tall Poppies over the last four years. In many ways this choice has been a personal one, but I have also tried to sample the many series of CDs that Tall Poppies has initiated over the last ten years.
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