A Musical About Dorothy Parker
You Might as Well Live
La Lupa (Scene from Act 1)
An opera based on the Giovanni Verga novella.
The scene was performed at the Ft. Worth Opera.
Anna Laurenzo, Mezzo-Soprano
Trevor Martin, Baritone
Christina Castro, Soprano
Songs of the Poet
A Song Cycle to Walt Whitman Poems
La Lupa (Scene from Act 2)
An opera based on the Giovanni Verga novella.
The scene was recorded at Opera America.
Trevor Martin, Baritone
Anna Laurenzo, Mezzo-Soprano
Mila Henry, Pianist
La Lupa, Two Arias
Two arias from Act 2 of the opera La Lupa.
Dascha Jensen, Soprano. Recorded at Opera America.
Mathews Sings Mathews
All the songs in this album were composed, sung, and played by Norman Mathews. The first 9 songs are all from the one-person Dorothy Parker musical, You Might as Well Live. Several of these songs have never been recorded before.
The 10th and 11th tracks are from the revue, Somebody Write Me a Song, written with lyricist Patty Seyburn.
The 12th track is from the Walt Whitman song cycle, Songs of the Poet.
Lost Empires
A Musical Based on the J.B. Priestley Novel.
Norman Mathews, Music; Patty Seyburn, Lyrics
Sonnet No. 61
A setting of Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 61 for chorus, piano, and oboe. A winner of the 2011 VocalEssence Award.
Somebody Write Me a Song
A Musical Revue
Live at the Donnell Library, New York City
Norman Mathews, Music; Patty Seyburn, Lyrics
Rossetti Songs
5 Songs to Christina Rossetti Poems for Soprano,
Piano, Flute, and Cello
Short Clips from a Navona Records CD.
Full tracks available on iTunes or Amazon (click here)
Ye Are Many—They Are Few
Cantata for a Just World
A cantata for 4 voices and piano.
Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Norman Mathews, and Others
Brian von Rueden, Baritone; Carla Janzen, Soprano; Nicholas Pulikowski Tenor; Kathryn Wills, Mezz-Soprano, James Morehead, Pianist
Performed Live at the Chicago Cultural Center
Anders' Theme
Jazz Tune for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Performed by Famed Soprano Saxophonist Anders Paulsson
Rossetti Songs: Voice/Piano Version
5 Songs to Christina Rossetti Poems
Sara Fanucchi, Mezzo-Soprano; Jessica Schroeider, Piano
Version for Voice and Piano
Performed Live at Source Song Festival
Flights of the Heart
A Chamber Opera
3-Character Chamber Opera
About French composer Cecile Chaminade, Camille Saint-Saens,
and a fictional character.
Libretto: Patty Seyburn
Performed by Shorter University Music Faculty
Part of a full-evening performance devoted to my music.
String Quartet
A reading by members of ACM of Chicago
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