Lucy Shelton
Even though American soprano Lucy Shelton is best known for her high-flying, passionate performances of contemporary music, she has never restricted her musical air space to a single century or just a handful of styles; she is as comfortable in the works of Handel as in those of Wolfgang Rihm. Shelton was born in Pomona, CA, in February 1944, and studied at Pomona College (until 1965) and then at the New England Conservatory of Music (M.M., 1968) under Gladys Miller. In her mid-thirties, Shelton was twice recipient of top prize at the prestigious Naumburg Competition -- first, in 1977, as part of the Jubal Trio, and then in 1980 as a soloist. The Naumburg success threw Shelton's career into high gear, and she kept herself busy both as an ensemble singer (perhaps most significantly with the Waverly Consort) and as an increasingly in-demand solo vocalist with a rare passion for new music. In this latter role, Shelton has been the inspiration for a body of important works by high-profile composers. Joseph Schwantner composed his Magabunda for her, Olivier Knussen his Whitman Settings; and the grandmaster of new American music, Elliott Carter, provided her with a work called Of Challenge and Love. From the 1990s on, she has brought this appreciation of non-standard song literature to a large class of students, both at the New England Conservatory of Music and at Tanglewood. Lucy Shelton is also active, though less prominently so, in the world of opera, most notably when she sang the role of Jenifer in a British-TV production of Michael Tippett's Midsummer Marriage.
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18 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Œuvres orchestrales (Intégrale - Volume 6)
Lucy Shelton, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 27 de dez. de 2000
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Œuvres orchestrales (Intégrale - Volume 5)
Lucy Shelton, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Carolina, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1998
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Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss; Faun and Shepherdess op. 2; Ode (Elegiacal Chant)
Lucy Shelton, The Cleveland Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 1 de jan. de 1997
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Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra; Study in Mixed Accents; Three Songs; Three Chants; String Quartet; Two Ricercari; Andante for String Orchestra; Rissolty Rossolty; Suite for Wind Quintet / Charles Seeger: John Hardy
Lucy Shelton, Schönberg Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 1 de jan. de 1997
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American Canvas
Dolce Suono Trio, Lucy Shelton
Classical - Lançado por Innova em 23 de fev. de 2018
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Quatuors à cordes (Intégrale)
Enso String Quartet, Lucy Shelton
Chamber Music - Lançado por Naxos em 30 de jun. de 2009
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Knussen Conducts Knussen
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 1 de jan. de 1996
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Del Tredici: Syzygy/Vintage Alice/ Songs
Lucy Shelton, Asko Ensemble, Oliver Knussen
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 1 de jan. de 2003
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Ladino Songs of Love and Suffering / Mikhoels the Wise (Excerpt)
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Milken Family Foundation em 20 de jan. de 2004
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Jacob Druckman: Lamia
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, Lucy Shelton
Classical - Lançado por BMOP - sound em 14 de mai. de 2013
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Virko Baley: Music for Emily Dickinson
Lucy Shelton, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Virko Baley, Karen Bentley Pollick, Timothy Hoft
Classical - Lançado por Toccata Classics em 1 de set. de 2023
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In Concordiam - TreeStone
Ilkka Talvi, Lucy Shelton, Seattle Symphony, David Gordon, Gerard Schwarz, New York Chamber Symphony
Classical - Lançado por Naxos em 1 de jan. de 1989
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Lorenzo il Magnifico - Psaulme
Lucy Shelton, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Cappella Carolina, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 1 de jan. de 1998
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Harvard Composers
Mendelssohn Quartet, Lucy Shelton
Chamber Music - Lançado por BIS em 30 de set. de 2003
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Matrix: Music of Louis Karchin
Classical - Lançado por Albany Records em 1 de dez. de 2006
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La Taille de l'Homme
Lucy Shelton, Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Classical - Lançado por Marco-Polo em 27 de dez. de 2000
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Messiaen: Harawi, Chant d'amour et de mort
Classical - Lançado por Koch International Classics em 16 de fev. de 1999
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American Premieres - New Music for Flute, Viola and Harp
Cosmos Trio, Lucy Shelton, Christine Mortine
Chamber Music - Lançado por MSR Classics em 21 de fev. de 2017
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