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Track 6 - Love Comes Quickly (Creeley)/ Lullaby (Knowles) from A Single Veil: Six Songs for Soprano and Guitar
Track 19 - Song from Woman of the Water (Roethke) Nine Songs for mezzo-soprano and 10 course lute
 
Genre / Style: Classical

Composer: FRANK WALLACE

Title: WOMAN of the WATER: Songs of Frank Wallace
Performer: Duo LiveOak - Nancy Knowles, voice; Frank Wallace; lute, guitar, voice
Tracks/ Timings: Pearly Everlasting for soprano, baritone and 10 course lute (Knowles) (5:54); A Single Veil - Six Songs for soprano and guitar - Radiance (Rumi) (1:14):A Falling Darkness (Shem Tov Ben Palquera) (2:18):A Single Veil (Guillevic) (1:38):Towards the Sun (Knowles) (1:59):Love Comes Quickly (Creeley)/ Lullaby (Knowles) (4:19); Dake's Song (3:22); Debil del Alba (6:37); Bestiary (Roethke& Knowles) - Six Songs for mezzo-soprano, baritone and guitar - The Sloth (2:47): The Cow (0:30): The Lady and the Bear (3:12): The Star-nosed Mole (1:24): The Snake (0:54): The Serpent (3:29); Woman of the Water (Roethke) - Nine Songs for mezzo-soprano and 10 course lute - The Young Girl (1:15); Her Words (1:42); The Apparition (2:50); Her Reticence/ Her Longing (4:04) Song (1:36); The Moment (4:02); The Restored (2:35); Meditation (2:06)
Label: GYRE MUSIC
To purchase this CD go to: www.gyremusic.com
Information:
Frank Wallace and Nancy Knowles - Duo LiveOak - are already represented on ClassiQuest by a recording of Renaissance Love Songs that has received glowing critical praise. This new recording now presents the compositional talent and inspiration of Frank along with the poetry of his partner Nancy. Frank Wallace's inspiration for these songs can be traced to John Dowland. He believes that no composer, in the English language, has matched Dowland's depth and elegance of songwiriting, save perhaps Benjamin Britten - but Britten's output was tiny in comparison. Frank's style and skill, along with his tremendous talent on both lute and guitar are well demonstrated here (simply listen to the soundclips). He believes he is quite blessed by having a partner whose voice is such an asset to these songs as well as being a poet herself. Nancy Knowles' choice and selection of texts, whether her own or - for many of the songs here - those of the late American poet Theodore Roethke, have helped shape these song cycles and given direction to Frank's creative process.
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