Emily Dickinson in Song
Dwell in Possibility

Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano
Shields-Collins Bray; Tara Emerson; William Jordan, pianists


Virginia Dupuy's latest recording is a labor of love. These are spirited and poignant renditions of 25 songs written by 20 composers - all settings of some of the finest poems by her favorite poet, Emily Dickinson.

 
Richard Hundley: Will There Really Be a Morning? 2'12"
Leo Smit: Papa above! 53"
Leo Smit: They shut me up in Prose 1'26"
Jake Heggie: The Road to Bethlehem 1'46"
Lori Laitman: They Might Not Need Me 2'08"
Lori Laitman: If I . . . 1'58"
Jake Heggie: I would not paint a picture - 3'17"
Ernst Bacon: It's all I have to bring 1'19"
Ernst Bacon: Savior 2'53"
James MacDermid: If I can stop one heart from breaking 2'47"
Simon Sargon: I Died for Beauty 2'23"
Aaron Copland: Why do they shut me out of Heaven? 1'55"
Celius Dougherty: New England Pastoral 3'26"
Libby Larsen: In this short Life 55"
Lee Hoiby: Wild Nights 2'05"
Russell Schutz-Widmar: The Journey 3'32"
Etta Parker: Have You got a Brook in Your Little Heart? 1'58"
Richard Pearson Thomas: I never saw a Moor 2'35"
Peter Askim: To Make a Prairie 6'51"
John Duke: New feet within my garden go 1'57"
Dan Welcher: Go Slow, My Soul 2'18"
Martha Sullivan: Good Morning - Midnight - 2'17"
William Jordan: The Bustle in a House 2:09"
Gerald Ginsburg: Ample Make This Bed 2'33"
William Jordan: Dear Cousins (letter) 3'07"
 
Liner Notes & Complete Texts by Georgiana Strickland.
Recorded in Caruth Auditorium, Meadows School of the Arts, SMU, Dallas, TX. Producer: Paul C. Phillips. Recording engineer: Soundboard, Inc. (Roy Cherryhomes & George Gilliam).

Catalog No. GSCD-360 © 2004, Gasparo Records, Inc.

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