John Harbison: The Great Gatsby: Vocal Album

From the Opera The Great Gatsby-New York's Metropolitan Opera ushers in the new millennium with the world premiere of John Harbison's splendid opera The Great Gatsby with a libretto based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece. Among the highlights of theproduction are the fourteen “Gatsby Songs ” written in the energetic dance style of the 1920s with sparklingly witty lyrics by Murray Horwitz.Contents: By the Shore • Kind of in Love • Funny NewFeeling • A Saturday Night To-Do • I'm Leavin' It All to You • I Could End Up Loving You Tonight • Dreaming of You • Blowing a Bundle on You • I Can't Believe It • Remember the Old Days •I'm Doin' Fine • Cool • Who Can Say • Strange.

Soprano and Piano-Soprano and Piano. G. Schirmer is proud to announce the publication of a set of five concert arias from Harbison's powerful new opera The Great Gatsby based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel about the dark side of theAmerican Dream. The Great Gatsby was commissioned and premiered by the Metropolitan Opera where these arias were performed by Dawn Upshaw Jerry Hadley and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Where is the Old Warm World is Daisy's aria.

Baritone and Piano. G. Schirmer is proud to announce the publication of a set of five concert arias from Harbison's powerful new opera The Great Gatsby based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel about the dark side of theAmerican Dream. The Great Gatsby was commissioned and premiered by the Metropolitan Opera where these arias were performed by Dawn Upshaw Jerry Hadley and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson.

This collection features piano works by prominent G. Schirmer composers including: Adams Barber Cowell Dello Joio Harbison Kabalevsky Khachaturian Prokofiev Shostakovich Tan Dun and others. Includes previouslyunpublished first editions by John Corigliano and Gabriela Lena Frank. Suitable for advanced high school and college-level pianists.