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CD1 1 Oh Freedom - Traditional & Traditional Spiritual (3:22) 2 Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera: Denn wie man sich bettet - Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht (3:38) 3 Zog nit keynmol az du geyst dem letztn veg (Never say that you are going on the last road) - Dmitri Pokrass & Leonard de Paur (4:00) 4 Lost in the Stars, musical play: Cry, the Beloved Country - Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson (3:38) 5 The Ants Go Marching (to the tune When Johnny Comes marching home) - Traditional & American Traditional (3:29) CD2 1 An die Musik ("Du holde Kunst..."), song for voice & piano, D. 547 (Op. 88/4) - Franz Schubert & Franz von Schober (3:03) 2 An Schwager Kronos ("Spu'te dich, Kronos"), song for voice & piano, D. 369 (Op. 19/1) - Franz Schubert & Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (3:01) 3 Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder"), song for voice & piano (Schwanengesang), D. 957/4 - Franz Schubert & Ludwig Rellstab (4:15) 4 Die Allmacht ("Gross ist Jehovah"), song for voice & piano, D. 852 (Op. 79/2) - Franz Schubert & Shirley Verrett (4:23) 5 Was I not a little blade of grass, song for voice & piano (also arr. for cello & strings), Op. 47/7 - Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky & Shirley Verrett (5:11) 6 Solitude (Again, as before, alone), song for voice & piano, Op. 73/6 - Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky & Shirley Verrett (1:50) 7 Oh thou, my field, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/5 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (3:51) 8 Spring waters, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/11 - Sergey Rachmaninov & Shirley Verrett (1:55) 9 Zion's Walls, song for voice & piano (Old American Songs II) - Aaron Copland & Shirley Verrett (2:07) 10 At the River, song for voice & piano (Old American Songs II) - Aaron Copland & Shirley Verrett (3:07) 11 Oh, Glory, for voice & piano - Hall Johnson & Shirley Verrett (4:51) 12 Witness, for voice & piano - Hall Johnson & Shirley Verrett (2:40) 13 Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluja - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Shirley Verrett (2:53) CD3 17 Siete Canciones Populares Espanola (7 Popular Spanish Songs), for voice & piano, G. 40 - Manuel de Falla (13:02) 8 Minué cantado, for voice & piano - Joaquin Nin & José Bassa (3:10) 9 Cantos populares espanoles (20), for voice & piano: Pano murciano - Joaquin Nin & Shirley Verrett (1:35) 10 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, songs (10) for voice & piano, H. 136: La maja dolorosa 1 - Enriqué Granados & Fernando Periquet (2:53) 11 Cantos populares espanoles (20), for voice & piano: Montanesa - Joaquin Nin & Shirley Verrett (2:38) 12 Canciones clásicas espanolas, for voice & piano in 4 books: Del cabello más sutil - Fernando J. Obradors & Shirley Verrett (1:21) 13 Canciones negras (5) for voice & piano (or orchestra): Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito - Xavier Montsalvatge & Shirley Verrett (2:57) 14 Triptico, for voice & piano, Op. 45: Farruca - Joaquín Turina & Ramon de Campoamor (3:14) 15 Tonadillas al estilo antiguo, songs (10) for voice & piano, H. 136: El mirar de la maja - Enriqué Granados & Fernando Periquet (3:04) 16 El Vito, for voice & piano - Fernando J. Obradors & Shirley Verrett (1:42) CD4 14 Credo, for chorus, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 591 - Antonio Vivaldi & Renato Fasano (10:58) 510 Stabat Mater, hymn for voice, strings & continuo in F minor, RV 621 - Antonio Vivaldi & Renato Fasano (15:03) 1119 Beatus vir, (Psalm 111), for 5 voices, double chorus, 2 oboes, 2 organs, double strings & continuo in C major, RV 597 - Antonio Vivaldi & Renato Fasano (30:43)