American Modern Recordings
16 products
Powerhouse Pianists, Vol. 2: Works For Two Pianos
Winter Songs & Other Vocal Works
Eternal Reflections - Paterson: Choral Works / Musica Sacra
Wood & Forest
Scorpion Tales
Robert Paterson and American Modern Ensemble: The Four Seaso
Six Mallet Marimba
Embracing the Wind
Three Way: A Trio of One-Act Operas / Williamson, Nashville Opera
An Il trittico for the Tinder generation, THREE WAY is a new opera on the present and future of sex and love with music by Robert Paterson (The Whole Truth) and a libretto by David Cote (The Scarlet Ibis). In three playful one-acts, average heroes explore the worlds of android lovers, BDSM and multiple partners in their searches for the emotional connections that are ever-elusive in today’s romantic world. This release is the original cast recording, featuring the Nashville Opera conducted by Dean Williamson. “Nashville Opera has secured for itself a place among important regional companies.” (American Record Guide-Opera Everywhere) The Nashville Opera Association is a professional opera company in Nashville, Tennessee and is a member of OPERA America. The company currently offers four fully staged opera productions and the On Tour educational outreach program during an annual season which runs from October through April. Performances are offered at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Downtown Nashville and the award-winning Noah Liff Opera Center in the Sylvan Heights section of West Nashville.
Joy: Contemporary American Works for Violin and Piano / Su, McMillen
Pimpin'
Robert Paterson: Star Crossing
Powerhouse Pianists
2 Bridges / Duo Scorpio
Spheres
Paterson: In Real Life / Breckenridge, Williams, American Modern Ensemble
In Real Life is a new album that combines three witty, contemporary pieces for solo singer and ensemble: In Real Life I (for soprano), In Real Life II (for baritone), and Extraordinary, an operatic scene for soprano and baritone. The beloved musicians on this album are Marnie Breckenridge, soprano, Jorell Williams, baritone, and American Modern Ensemble, one of America’s most admired new music ensembles, conducted by Steven Osgood. In Real Life was originally conceived by composer Robert Paterson and lyricist and librettist David Cote as a set of dating app songs for a soprano and piano called In Real Life (retitled In Real Life I), commissioned by Austin Chamber Ensemble Artistic Director Martha Mortensen Ahern, in honor of its 35th season. Getting into the heads (and hearts) of five different women looking for romance was so fun, Paterson and Cote wondered, what would a similar cycle for baritone sound like? The result was In Real Life II, songs that dramatize the romantic quests of five different men. As a full program, In Real Life consists of these two song cycles (interwoven for variety) and Extraordinary, an operatic “date” for soprano and baritone. Mingling comedy with pathos through a lively range of character types, In Real Life is a chance for a soprano and a baritone to show off their versatility, and for an audience to enjoy a delicious, theatrical revue about love, romance, and second chances. In Real Life was produced by Grammy® winning producer and engineer Adam Abeshouse, and recorded live at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music’s Mary Flagler Cary Hall in NYC.
Tracks
In Real Life I
Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano
1. 1. A Regular Woman
2. 2. Late Bloomer
3. 3. Anastasia
4. 4. Collateral
5. 5. Rewind
In Real Life II
Jorell Williams, Baritone
6. 1. Ain’t No Frog
7. 2. Sola Fide
8. 3. Die With Me
9. 4. Still Vamping
10 5. Nice-Plus
11. Extraordinary
Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano; Jorell Williams, Baritone
TOTAL TIME: 60’30”
