This new release from Centaur features a beautiful program of nineteenth and twentieth century American art songs. In these pieces, there is a special focus upon the strength of the poetry as well as the music. The performances are done beautifully by soprano Stephanie Tingler and pianist Martha Thomas. Dr. Stephanie Tingler, recently hailed as ‘extraordinary’ by composer, librettist, and producer Sheldon Harnick, has appeared in opera as the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote, Adina in Elixir of Love, Nannetta in Falstaff, and in several musical theater productions as well. She apprenticed with the Lyric Opera of Cleveland, performed with a number of opera companies, and presented arias in concert with the Athens Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfanica de Porto Alegre (Brazil). A sought after concert artist, Tingler has served as soloist for Chants d’Auvergne, Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Poulenc’s Gloria, Mozart and Faura Requiem, Carmina Burana, and many others.