Songs of Smaller Creatures and other American choral works
CDR 90000 131
24 bit digital recording NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 60'42"
Tracks: 24
Booklet pages: 28
© 2012 Cedille Records
Received: 10 July 2012
Listen: Abbie Betinis: a noiseless, patient spider (Toward Sunshine, Toward Freedom: Songs of Smaller Creatures) (track 2, 2:00-2:56)
Grant Park Chorus Christopher Bell, conductor
Abbie Betinis (born 1980):
Toward Sunshine, Toward Freedom: Songs of Smaller Creatures (first recording) 1 the bees' song Hanna Dixon, soprano 2 a noiseless patient spider Susan Nelson, soprano 3 envoi
Lee Kesselman (born 1951):
Buzzings: Three Pieces about Bees (first recording) 4 To make a prairie 5 A Bee his burnished Carriage 6 Bee! I'm expecting you!
Eric Whitacre (born 1970):
7 When David Heard Peter Sovitsky, tenor
Stacy Garrop (born 1969):
Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy (first recording) 8 Now, by this moon, before this moon shall wane 9 Time does not bring relief; you all have lied 10 I shall forget you presently, my dear
David Del Tredici (born 1937):
11 Acrostic Song from Final Alice Amy Conn, soprano
Ned Rorem (born 1923):
Seven Motets for the Church's Year 12 While All Things Were in Quiet Silence 13 Before the Morning Star Begotten 14 Lay Up For Yourselves 15 Praise Him Who Was Crucified 16 God Is Gone Up 17 Today the Holy Spirit Appeared Katherine Gray Noon, soprano 18 Rejoice We All in the Lord
Paul Crabtree (born 1960):
Five Romantic Miniatures (first recording) 19 Abe 20 Lisa 21 Homer 22 Marge Hoss Brock, tenor 23 Homer
Eric Whitacre:
24 Sleep
Conducted by Christopher Bell, Chicago's Grant Park Chorus is 'as fine a symphony chorus as any to be found anywhere in the nation' (Chicago Tribune). Celebrating its fiftieth season, the chorus makes its a cappella CD debut with an all-American program of eight imaginative, moving, and sometimes whimsical works written between 1975 and 2005, including four world premieres.
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