This is a great collection of songs inspired by the river. The album includes traditional folk songs, works by composers such as Stephen Foster and John Jacob Niles, as well as works by Korngold, Rorem, Weill, and others. All of these are brought to the listener in beautiful performances. The American baritone, Steven Kimbrough, studied at the University of Birmingham, Alabama, and at Princeton Theological Seminary (graduated in 1962). He had further studies in Italy. Kimbrough is well known as a recital and concert singer through many appearances at New York's Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and with symphonies in the USA and abroad. He is the foremost interpreter of the "turn-of-the-century" school of Viennese composers (most of whom were effaced by Hitler's Third Reich), as is demonstrated by his many highly praised recordings. He has presented in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and elsewhere a recital of their songs under the title "Forbidden Composers."

Tracklist:

Old American Songs, Set 1: No. 1, The Boatmen’s Dance (Version For Baritone & Piano)
O Shenandoah (Arr. M.K. Jackson For Baritone, Flute & Piano)
Deep River (Arr. F.H. Klickman)
My River Runs To Thee
Old American Songs, Set 2: No. 4, Shall We Gather At The River (After R. Lowry) [Version For Baritone & Piano]
Unvergänglichkeit, Op. 27: No. 2, The River Flows
The Lordly Hudson (Version For Baritone & Piano)
Bendemeer’s Stream (Arr. M.K. Jackson For Baritone, Flute & Piano)
River Chanty (From "Huckleberry Finn")
At The River (Arr. C. Ives For Baritone & Piano)
The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
5 Gambling Songs: No. 4, The Gambler’s Song Of The Big Sandy River
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Arr. M.K. Jackson For Baritone, Flute & Piano))
8 Songs: No. 1, The Green River
To The River
Old Folks At Home (Arr. M.K. Jackson For Baritone & Piano)

UPC: 044747385327
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 8.6.21
Format: CD

River Songs / Various - River Songs / Various (CD)