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2004 Grammy Award in the category of Best Classical Contemporary Composition

This magical CD brings together world premier recordings of three works by one of America’s outstanding living composers, Dominick Argento and features the magnificent singing of mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade.

"Everything Argento writes . . .originates in his love for the voice. His subject is self-discovery - the human condition illuminated by music of extraordinary lyric beauty." Casa Guidi, with Ms von Stade, is a set of five songs with orchestra based on letters of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Argento's Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra ("Rossini in Paris") is a delightful tribute to the spirit and melodic brilliance of the great 19th century composer of "The Barber of Seville". Finally, In Praise of Music: Seven Songs for Orchestra is a brilliant symphonic tribute to the glory of music itself, drawing inspiration from the spirit of music expressed by many cultures over the centuries. Pulitzer Prize winning Dominick Argento is the Composer Laureate of the Minnesota Orchestra and under the direction of Eiji Oue, that orchestra plays with passion, panache and tremendous sensitivity to this beautiful music.

REFERENCE RECORDINGS is a well known audiophile label. Indeed "Professor Keith O. Johnson" has been associated with many cutting edge recording examples / techniques not only on the software side of the business, but in the hardware side as well - the highly known and respected "Spectral" brand name comes to mind immediately. 

Their music software  (both CD and LP) competes with the likes of other grand audiophile labels such as; MFSL, Sheffield Lab, Wilson Audio, Opus 3, Mark Levinson, Proprius, etc..

Many of the company's issues have been associated with sonic spectaculars, more specifically, with The Absolute Sound (TAS) magazine, or as it's known in audiophile circles "HP's Super Disc List" (Harry Pearson) as is this title - "The Absolute Sound Super Disc List"!

If you haven't done so already, give a few of the Reference Recording titles a spin, you won't be sorry!

This listing is for a very rare audiophile CD title - a FACTORY SEALED and Mint CD PRESSED and ISSUED by Reference Recordings of a highly collectible title from the Reference Recordings catalog - a superb Classical / Choral Music title featuring the music of -

Dominick Argento

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano

Eiji Oue, conductor

The Minnesota Orchestra

Burt Hara, clarinet

CD title and music on this rare item -

Casa Guidi, etc.

Track Listings -


 Casa Guidi: Five Songs for Mezzo-soprano and Orchestra:

Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Her Sister

1. Casa Guidi

2. The Italian Cook and the English Maid

3. Robert Browning

4. The Death of Mr. Barrett

5. Domesticity


Capriccio for Clarinet and Orchestra (Rossini in Paris)

6. Une Rejouissance

7. Une Caresse a ma femme

8. Un petit Train du plaisir


In Praise of Music: Seven Songs for Orchestra

9. For the healer, DAVID

10. For the god, APOLLO

11. For the satyr, PAN

12. For the sorrower, ORPHEUS

13. For the angel, ISRAFEL

14. For the saint, CECILIA

15. For the child, MOZART

The CD is from the ultra-rare REFERENCE RECORDINGS series of audiophile CDs.

The CD, JEWEL CASE and INSERTS are in MINT condition, as this item is FACTORY SEALED!! 

The CD is an audiophile quality pressing (any collector of fine MFSL, half speeds, direct to discs, Japanese/UK pressings etc., can attest to the difference a quality pressing can make to an audio system).  

Don't let this rarity slip by!!!