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Both the composers and the performers on this release from the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone are mostly associated with the city of San Francisco, but the program is nevertheless diverse enough to live up to the more general "Songs by American Composers" subtitle. The title comes from Gordon Getty's The Ballad of Poor Peter (track 7), one of several compositions on the program that take their inspiration from folk music. Getty's set Poor Peter, to his own texts, draws on English folk song, while Jake Heggie's lush Four Songs include reworkings of three American folk melodies. The Heggie and the opening selections from the rather preciously naughty Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom are the only non-premieres here. Even though she is presenting music by the most varied compositional voices, soprano Lisa Delan holds the program together with a personality that's strong enough to make you forget the example of Bolcom and partner Joan Morris in the Cabaret Songs and also in John Corigliano's satirical Dodecaphonia, which was also composed for them. Most of the songs are comic in one way or another, but they're balanced by the genuinely intense, neo-Romantic Annettes-Lieder of David Garner, setting German-language poems by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and by the Spanish-language Odas de todo el mundo of Luna Pearl Wolf. The latter work is technically a stretch for Delan, but she's consistently fun to listen to. Superior Super Audio sound from California's Skywalker Studios is another attraction for a release that can be recommended to anyone looking for a one-disc survey of contemporary American art song. Booklet notes are in English, French, and German (the varying translations of the phrase "so-so sex" are instructive in themselves). The song texts are given in English only except where they are not in English; for those, an English translation is provided.
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Cabaret Songs (William Bolcom)
William Bolcom, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
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William Bolcom, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
William Bolcom, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
William Bolcom, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Poor Peter (Gordon Getty)
Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist - Gordon Getty, Composer
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist - Gordon Getty, Composer
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist - Gordon Getty, Composer
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
My True Love Hath My Heart (version for soprano, mezzo-soprano, cello and piano) (Jake Heggie)
Jake HEGGIE, Composer - Susanne Mentzer, Artist - Matt Haimovitz, Artist - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
3 Folk Songs (version for voice and piano) (Jake Heggie)
Jake HEGGIE, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Jake HEGGIE, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Jake HEGGIE, Composer - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Annettes-Lieder (David Garner)
David Garner, Composer - Matt Haimovitz, Artist - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
David Garner, Composer - Matt Haimovitz, Artist - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
David Garner, Composer - Matt Haimovitz, Artist - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Dodecaphonia (John Corigliano)
Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist - John Corigliano, Jr., Composer
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Marvelous Invention (John Corigliano)
Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist - John Corigliano, Jr., Composer
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Odas de todo el mundo (Luna Pearl Woolf)
Matt Haimovitz, Artist - Kristin Pankonin, Artist - Lisa Delan, Artist, MainArtist - Luna Pearl Woolf, Composer
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
Album review
Both the composers and the performers on this release from the Dutch audiophile label PentaTone are mostly associated with the city of San Francisco, but the program is nevertheless diverse enough to live up to the more general "Songs by American Composers" subtitle. The title comes from Gordon Getty's The Ballad of Poor Peter (track 7), one of several compositions on the program that take their inspiration from folk music. Getty's set Poor Peter, to his own texts, draws on English folk song, while Jake Heggie's lush Four Songs include reworkings of three American folk melodies. The Heggie and the opening selections from the rather preciously naughty Cabaret Songs of William Bolcom are the only non-premieres here. Even though she is presenting music by the most varied compositional voices, soprano Lisa Delan holds the program together with a personality that's strong enough to make you forget the example of Bolcom and partner Joan Morris in the Cabaret Songs and also in John Corigliano's satirical Dodecaphonia, which was also composed for them. Most of the songs are comic in one way or another, but they're balanced by the genuinely intense, neo-Romantic Annettes-Lieder of David Garner, setting German-language poems by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff and by the Spanish-language Odas de todo el mundo of Luna Pearl Wolf. The latter work is technically a stretch for Delan, but she's consistently fun to listen to. Superior Super Audio sound from California's Skywalker Studios is another attraction for a release that can be recommended to anyone looking for a one-disc survey of contemporary American art song. Booklet notes are in English, French, and German (the varying translations of the phrase "so-so sex" are instructive in themselves). The song texts are given in English only except where they are not in English; for those, an English translation is provided.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:36
- Main artists: Lisa Delan Kristin Pankonin Susanne Mentzer Matt Haimovitz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: PENTATONE
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2009 PentaTone (P) 2009 PentaTone
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