Naxos
Danielpour: Darkness in the Ancient Valley / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony
$9.99
Details
- Composer
- DANIELPOUR
- Artist
- Hila Plitmann, Angela Brown, Giancarlo Guerrero
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Sep 24, 2013
- Catalog #
- 8559707
- UPC
- 636943970720
About
Musicians ranging from Leonard Bernstein to the Emerson String Quartet have championed award-winning composer Richard Danielpour. Lacrimae Beati owes its origin to Mozart’s Requiem and was conceived after a perilous flight in 2002. Darkness in the Ancient Valley, a symphony in five movements inspired by recent events in Iran, utilizes a wide range of Persian folk-melodies and Sufi rhythms. A Woman’s Life, a cycle of poems by Maya Angelou, charts a moving trajectory from childhood to old age.
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REVIEW:
The program closes with A Woman’s Life (2007), based on a cycle of poems on that topic by Maya Angelou, who read the cycle, apparently unforgettably, to Danielpour and his wife in 2006. These songs are pitch perfect and memorably touching. I was enthralled from the start—a childhood poem of devastating innocence cloaked with an aura usually reserved for the likes of Barber—and if you love his music and American song repertoire in general you must hear this cycle. The finale is unspeakably beautiful. Ms Brown sings with loving understanding. The Nashville players sound great, as is usual these days.
–American Record Guide
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REVIEW:
The program closes with A Woman’s Life (2007), based on a cycle of poems on that topic by Maya Angelou, who read the cycle, apparently unforgettably, to Danielpour and his wife in 2006. These songs are pitch perfect and memorably touching. I was enthralled from the start—a childhood poem of devastating innocence cloaked with an aura usually reserved for the likes of Barber—and if you love his music and American song repertoire in general you must hear this cycle. The finale is unspeakably beautiful. Ms Brown sings with loving understanding. The Nashville players sound great, as is usual these days.
–American Record Guide
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 I. Lamentation 04:34
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Lamentation
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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2 II. Desecration 04:03
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Desecration
- Duration
- 04:03
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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3 III. Benediction 10:49
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Benediction
- Duration
- 10:49
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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4 IV. Profanation 03:49
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Profanation
- Duration
- 03:49
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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5 V. Finale: Consecration 12:35
- Track
- 5
- Title
- V. Finale: Consecration
- Duration
- 12:35
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Hila Plitmann
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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6 Lacrimae Beati 11:14
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Lacrimae Beati
- Duration
- 11:14
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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7 I. Little Girl Speakings 03:22
- Track
- 7
- Title
- I. Little Girl Speakings
- Duration
- 03:22
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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8 II. Life Doesn't Frighten Me 03:20
- Track
- 8
- Title
- II. Life Doesn't Frighten Me
- Duration
- 03:20
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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9 III. They Went Home 02:50
- Track
- 9
- Title
- III. They Went Home
- Duration
- 02:50
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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10 IV. Come and Be My Baby 02:41
- Track
- 10
- Title
- IV. Come and Be My Baby
- Duration
- 02:41
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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11 V. Let's Majeste 03:50
- Track
- 11
- Title
- V. Let's Majeste
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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12 VI. My Life Has Turned to Blue 03:21
- Track
- 12
- Title
- VI. My Life Has Turned to Blue
- Duration
- 03:21
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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13 VII. Many and More 03:27
- Track
- 13
- Title
- VII. Many and More
- Duration
- 03:27
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Angela Brown
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero