Love & the Dickens
John Muriello (baritone), Richard Pearson Thomas (piano)
Richard Pearson Thomas is equally at home writing works for the concert hall and the stage (including the Off-Off Broadway hit "Parallel Lives") and "Ossessione" is his modern counterpart to the "standard" repertoire of 24 Italian Art Songs, with a re-examining of the texts casting them through a modern perspective. The first performance with John Muriello led to a collaboraton, including Thomas' unique adaptation of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," displaying Muriello's remarkable abilities as a singing actor. As a novel bonus, this CD also includes their sparkling interpretations of classic pop songs about love such as Arlen's "That Old Black Magic" and Richard Rodgers' "Bewitched."
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Ossessione | Richard Pearson Thomas | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol Abridged & Condensed | Richard Pearson Thomas | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| I Want a Good Baby Bad | Lucky Robert | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| That Old Black Magic | Harold Arlen | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Taking a Chance on Love | Vernon Duke | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Blah-Blah-Blah | George & Ira Gershwin | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Why Did I Choose You? | Michael Leonard | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Bewitched | Richard Rodgers | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You) | Bert Kalmar | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye | Cole Porter | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| I Don't Remember Christmas | David Shire | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Why Can't I Let You Go? | Richard Pearson Tomas | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
| Marry Me a Little | Stephen Sondheim | John Muriello, baritone, Richard Pearson Thomas, piano |
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