Occident Meets Orient
Robert Barefield (baritone), Carole FitzPatrick (soprano), Russell Ryan (piano)
This recording explores societal attitudes and misconceptions about life in Eastern cultures through Western classical and popular music of the 19th and 20th centuries. Fascinated by the East, Western composers of opera, operetta, musical theater, art song and popular dance-inspired tunes were influenced by a trend now known as Orientalism; the construction of a mythic Eastern stereotype through music, visual art, poetry, and other cultural texts. Soprano Carole FitzPatrick, baritone Robert Barefield and pianist Russell Ryan have collaborated in discovering, performing and now recording these songs that reflect Western society's fascination, ambivalence and misconceptions of the East.
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| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| The Desert Song | Sigmund Romberg | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Talismane Op. 25, No. 8 | Robert Schumann | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Le repos en Égypt | Ottorino Respighi | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Allah | George W. Chadwick | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| O messager de Dieu Baigne d'eau mes mains | Jules Massanet | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| I Seraillets Have Op. 4, No. 2 | Carl Nielsen | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe | Georges Bizet | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Harem Life | Irving Berlin | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Rebecca (Came Back from Mecca) | Bert Kalmar | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Beshebara | Thomas Hughes | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Suppose, I say, suppose | Arthur Sullivan | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Suleika und Hatem | Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Suleika Op. 14, No. 1 | Franz Schubert | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Komm Liebchen, komm! | Hugo Wolf | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| El Zegrí | Isodoro Hernández | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Les roses d'Ispahan Op. 39, No. 4 | Gabriel Fauré | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| The Return | Granville Bantock | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| La fuite | Alphonse Duvernoy | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Desertana | Paul Biese | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
| Sahara (We'll Soon Be Dry Like You) | Jean Schwartz | Carole FitzPatrick, soprano; Robert Barefield, baritone; Russell Ryan, piano |
Reviews
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"In short, a fascinating issue that tackles its enterprising subject with great intelligence."
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"This vocal recital is an absolute delight from be-ginning to end. The mix of songs, from serious Lied and salon repertoire to lighter clas-sics from musical theater and speakeasy, is perfect in its organization and presentation, and the alternating and duetting voices of baritone Barefield and soprano Fitzpatrick couldn't be more ideal."
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