"When I met Dee Penicaut, I instantly felt attracted to her way of playing and above all, her tireless research for artistic truth and beauty. I have enjoyed immendsely working on these songs with her. Her knowledge of the composers and their intentions, and her tenacious desire to allow the flow of the musical line have enriched my own music making. I hope you enjoy our choice of songs as much as we enjoyed working on them." Amy Blake Two women, one from Australia and the other from Texas meet up on the Côte d'Azur, France and begin to work on song litterature together. Here they present their favorite French mélodies, German lieder, Russian songs and Spanish canciones. Their choices take the listener on a fabulous fresh journey. Love's Philosophy, the poem by P.B. Shelley gives its name to this collection and invites you to travel with pianist Dee Penicaut and soprano Amy Christianna Blake. You will immediately feel the vibrant colors of Spanish love, warm and sweet in "Nana" or scarlet and intense in "Polo" by Manuel de Falla. The same poem by Paul Verlaine "Clair de lune" put to music by Claude Debussy then Gabriel Fauré will amaze you with two very different innovative approaches. The sensous music of Reynaldo Hahn will seduce then the meltingly beautiful phrases of "Chanson triste" by Henri Duparc will leave you asking for more. Francis Poulenc takes us into the twentieth century producing the elegant "Fleurs" with the subtle complicity of Louise de Vilmorin. Written by Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, "Sogno" celebrates 'salon music' of the Belle Epoque in the London of Charles Dickens. The change of color is dramatic as Pushkin and Rachmaninoff lead us across the steppe of Russia. The "Georgian Song" is a poignant lamentation at the separation from the beloved homeland. To restore one's hope in love, there is the promise of tomorrow. "Morgen", a poem by John Henry Mackay, a Scottish born Germanist and Anarchist writer, is put to music by Richard Strauss who then also sets "Zueignung" which sings of devotion and gratitude for loving and being loved. To celebrate love for Music and the Beloved, Johannes Brahms sets "Wie Melodien zieht es mir" and "Dein Blaues Auge."