Beloved That Pilgrimage: Songs of Copland, Barber, Chanler

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Baritone Sanford Sylvan performs songs by American composers Theodore Chanler, Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland. The Boston Globe praised the performances' "intelligence, musicianship, [and] sensitivity to poetry and to the sound of words,” adding that Sylvan “is one of America's master singers.”

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Baritone Sanford Sylvan performs songs by American composers Theodore Chanler, Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland. The Boston Globe praised the performances' "intelligence, musicianship, [and] sensitivity to poetry and to the sound of words,” adding that Sylvan “is one of America's master singers.”

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PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded June 1990 at Methuen Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts
Engineered by Everett Porter

Texts by Walter de la Mare (1-8), anon. Irish texts (9-18), Emily Dickinson (19-30)

Design: John Heiden
Cover photograph: Joel Meyerowitz

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz

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79259

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1disc
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Sanford Sylvan
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Sanford Sylvan, baritone
David Breitman, piano

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CD+MP3
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075597925920BUN
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MP3
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11.00
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603497132966
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  • The singer Sanford Sylvan passed away at his home in New York City at the age of 65 last week. Nonesuch Chairman Emeritus Bob Hurwitz, who was the label's longtime president, brought Sandy to Nonesuch and served as executive producer on his recordings. He offers this remembrance.

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    Baritone Sanford Sylvan performs songs by American composers Theodore Chanler, Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland. The Boston Globe praised the performances' "intelligence, musicianship, [and] sensitivity to poetry and to the sound of words,” adding that Sylvan “is one of America's master singers.”

    Credits

    MUSICIANS
    Sanford Sylvan, baritone
    David Breitman, piano

    PRODUCTION CREDITS
    Recorded June 1990 at Methuen Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts
    Engineered by Everett Porter

    Texts by Walter de la Mare (1-8), anon. Irish texts (9-18), Emily Dickinson (19-30)

    Design: John Heiden
    Cover photograph: Joel Meyerowitz

    Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz