Encores as sung by Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell, Helen Traubel and Eleanor Steber.

This delightful disc, performed by one of the most admired sopranos of today, accompanied by her long-time collaborator, pays homage to an important musical tradition and part of performance history, as well as to four great sopranos from the past.

The repertoire includes the encore-songs, mainly by American composers, performed by Kirsten Flagstad, Eileen Farrell, Helen Traubel and Eleanor Steber at the end of their recitals. As Christine Brewer writes in an intimate performance note: ‘These little gems evoke an era of recitals not often encountered these days. Stepping back into that era has been a joy to Roger and me, and I hope it will bring back memories to those who might have heard these women sing these songs, or perhaps ignite a new love affair for younger listeners!’

Contents:
1. Sidney Homer: Sing To Me, Sing
2. Edwin Mcarthur: Night
3. Arthur Walter Kramer: Now Like A Lantern
4. Mildred Lund Tyson: Sea Moods
5. Sir Landon Ronald: O Lovely Night!
6. James H Rogers: At Parting
7. John Alden Carpenter: The Sleep That Flits On Baby’S Eyes
8. Paul Sargent: Hickory Hill
9. Vincent Youmans: Through The Years
10. Paul Nordoff: There Shall Be More Joy
11. Frank La Forge: Hills
12. Frank Bridge: Love Went A-Riding
13. Idabelle Firestone: In My Garden
14. Sigmund Romberg: Will You Remember? ‘Sweetheart’
15. Idabelle Firestone: If I Could Tell You
16. Friedrich Von Flotow: The Last Rose Of Summer, from Martha
17. Harold Vicars (‘Moya’): The Song Of Songs ‘Chanson Du Coeur Brisé’
18. John La Montaine: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
19. Harold Arlen: Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe, from Cabin In The Sky
20. Leonard Bernstein: Some Other Time, from On The Town
21. Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs
22. Celius Dougherty: Review