Love & the Dickens

John Muriello (baritone), Richard Pearson Thomas (piano)

Catalog #: TROY1007
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Format: Digital
Vocal

Richard Pearson Thomas is equally at home writing works for the concert hall and the stage (including the Off-Off Broadway hit "Parallel Lives") and "Ossessione" is his modern counterpart to the "standard" repertoire of 24 Italian Art Songs, with a re-examining of the texts casting them through a modern perspective. The first performance with John Muriello led to a collaboraton, including Thomas' unique adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," displaying Muriello's remarkable abilities as a singing actor. As a novel bonus, this CD also includes their sparkling interpretations of classic pop songs about love such as Arlen's "That Old Black Magic" and Richard Rodgers' "Bewitched."

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Title Composer Performer
Ossessione Richard Pearson Thomas John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Abridged & Condensed Richard Pearson Thomas John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
I Want a Good Baby Bad Lucky Robert John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
That Old Black Magic Harold Arlen John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Taking a Chance on Love Vernon Duke John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Blah-Blah-Blah George & Ira Gershwin John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Why Did I Choose You? Michael Leonard John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Bewitched Richard Rodgers John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) Bert Kalmar John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Cole Porter John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
I Don't Remember Christmas David Shire John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Why Can't I Let You Go? Richard Pearson Tomas John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano
Marry Me a Little Stephen Sondheim John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano

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