Cantaloupe
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Donnacha Dennehy: The Last Hotel
Robin Adams (baritone), Claudia Boyle (soprano), Katherine Manley (soprano), Sophie Motley (tape), Donnacha Dennehy (tape)
Alan Pierson
Dennehy’s generally lyrical vocal writing is at times beautiful…Nevertheless, I wasn’t always convinced. Too often The Last Hotel lurches from naturalism into melodrama…Misgivings aside, this... —
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David Lang/Mark Dion: Anatomy Theater
Peabody Southwell (voice), Marc Kudisch (voice), Robert Osborne (voice), Timur (voice), International Contemporary Ensemble, Christopher Rountree
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David Lang: Love Fail (Version for Women's Chorus)
Clare McNamara (mezzo-soprano), Carrie Cheron (mezzo-soprano), Sonja DuToit Tengblad (soprano), Sarah Brailey (soprano), Emily Marvosh (alto), Lorelei Ensemble, Beth Willer
The expanded version is a gift for the Lorelei Ensemble … A wholly remarkable modern composition and a faultless performance —
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The interior melodies in the first of Philip Glass’s Etudes rise to the surface like foam on the seashore in Vicky Chow’s new recording of Nos 1-10 (Book 1)...Chow’s own phenomenal technique... —
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The eight-member Boston-based Lorelei Ensemble brings this off with great precision and tightly focused sonority. Lang is partial to vocal leaps into the upper ranges of the female voice, and... —
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Meet The Composer: Splitting Adams
Nadia Sirota (narrator), Alan Pierson (narrator & conductor), John Adams (narrator), Walter Frisch (narrator)
Alarm Will Sound
