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Efrain Amaya: Clepsydra

Amadis Amaya (vocals), Charlene Canty (soprano), Sean Donaldson (vocals), Kimberly Steinhauer (vocals), Annie Rago (vocals), Douglas Ahlstedt (tenor), Jeanne Wentworth (mezzo-soprano)

Point Chamber Orchestra, Efrain Amaya

Efrain Amaya: Clepsydra
Albany strikes again!...this time two contrasting and exhilerating works by Efrain Amaya. ...The music is very tuneful–catchy tunes galore–jazzy, rhythmic, and easy to listen to. ...I am most...

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Efrain Amaya: Clepsydra

Amadis Amaya (vocals), Charlene Canty (soprano), Sean Donaldson (vocals), Kimberly Steinhauer (vocals), Annie Rago (vocals), Douglas Ahlstedt (tenor), Jeanne Wentworth (mezzo-soprano)

Point Chamber Orchestra, Efrain Amaya

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Albany strikes again!...this time two contrasting and exhilerating works by Efrain Amaya. ...The music is very tuneful–catchy tunes galore–jazzy, rhythmic, and easy to listen to. ...I am most...

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About

Efraín Amaya was born in Venezuela. He studied composition and piano at the University of Indiana and conducting at Rice University. He is on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University and founder and conductor of the Point Chamber Orchestra. His children’s opera, featured on this recording, was first performed by the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. The other work, Clepsydra premiered as part of the First Night celebrations in Pittsburgh as a collaborative multimedia performance.

  • Release date: 1st Jan 2008
  • Label: Albany
  • Catalogue number: TROY1075
  • Length: 54 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Amaya: Phantasmagorilla? No! Phantasmagoria
Work length30:45
  • The Point Chamber Orchestra, Amadis Amaya, Charlene Canty, Sean Donaldson, Anne Rago, Kimberly Steinhauer
  • Efraín Amaya
Here we are! At the opera
Track length1:52
Of wishes and ennies
Track length1:43
Dormite, me niño
Track length1:14
My sweet boy I'm no ghost
Track length2:35
Grandma, I so miss your smile
Track length0:42
Nessie?! You came here too?
Track length1:03
How did you find me?
Track length1:24
You are nicer over here
Track length1:11
Of science we talked
Track length0:55
Hey boy! This is the time
Track length1:41
You mean, you will be gorilla ghosts?
Track length0:33
It is you!! You! Who is kiling
Track length1:46
Mrs. Cirkem! My science teacher!
Track length0:38
You think of them as creatures
Track length2:37
It's us! We're taking a walk
Track length1:18
I think I am amused
Track length1:37
Fight Bernard!
Track length1:40
She's the one who's been jumping around!
Track length1:01
You speak music!
Track length2:14
I was dreaming
Track length1:23
Wake up Bernard!
Track length1:38
Amaya: Clepsydra
Work length23:19
  • The Point Chamber Orchestra, Douglas Ahlstedt, Jeanne Wentworth
  • Efraín Amaya
Two rivers, one is red (A)
Track length2:28
The sand sifts in rare geometry (A)
Track length1:29
Her eyes seek a burning disc (A)
Track length0:59
After a chart of changes (A)
Track length1:14
A woman's son is the Sky (A)
Track length1:27
Two rivers, one is red (B)
Track length2:27
The sand sifts in rare geometry (B)
Track length1:29
Her eyes seek a burning disc (B)
Track length0:59
After a chart of changes (B)
Track length1:14
A woman's son is the Sky (B)
Track length1:27
Two rivers, one is red ©
Track length2:27
The sand sifts in rare geometry ©
Track length1:29
Her eyes seek a burning disc ©
Track length0:59
After a chart of changes ©
Track length1:14
A woman's son is the Sky
Track length1:57

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Albany strikes again!...this time two contrasting and exhilerating works by Efrain Amaya. ...The music is very tuneful–catchy tunes galore–jazzy, rhythmic, and easy to listen to. ...I am most pleased by both works

The music here is...intensely beautiful
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