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Danielpour: Songs of Solitude & War Songs / Hampson, Guerrero, Nashville Symphony
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Details
- Composer
- DANIELPOUR, RICHARD
- Artist
- Hampson, Guerrero
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Oct 14, 2016
- Catalog #
- 8559792
- UPC
- 636943979228
About
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A 60th Annual Grammy Award Nominee
Acclaimed as one of America’s leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of six powerful orchestral songs. The motivating force for War Songs was a series of photographs of the young men and women killed in the Iraq War. The song cycle, with its texts by Walt Whitman, was written for the Nashville Symphony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Toward the Splendid City is a portrait of New York City driven by Danielpour’s love-hate relationship with his hometown. This is vivid music, subtle tonal-modern tour de force expressions, the main works heartfelt reactions to two of the most difficult historical periods in the USA.
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REVIEWS:
Performances are exceptionally well-wrought, detailed and strong. The sound is excellent. The music unforgettable. Very much recommended.
– Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Thomas Hampson…performs the music with just the right blend of evenness and emotional intensity, and the effect of the final and longest song, Come Up from the Fields Father, which lasts half the length of the whole cycle, is especially affecting here. The accompaniment by the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero is nuanced and subtle throughout, fitting the music very well indeed. Hampson and Guerrero are also well-teamed for Songs of Solitude.
– Infodad.com (October 2016)
A 60th Annual Grammy Award Nominee
Acclaimed as one of America’s leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of six powerful orchestral songs. The motivating force for War Songs was a series of photographs of the young men and women killed in the Iraq War. The song cycle, with its texts by Walt Whitman, was written for the Nashville Symphony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Toward the Splendid City is a portrait of New York City driven by Danielpour’s love-hate relationship with his hometown.
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REVIEWS:
Performances are exceptionally well-wrought, detailed and strong. The sound is excellent. The music unforgettable. Very much recommended.
– Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Thomas Hampson…performs the music with just the right blend of evenness and emotional intensity, and the effect of the final and longest song, Come Up from the Fields Father, which lasts half the length of the whole cycle, is especially affecting here. The accompaniment by the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero is nuanced and subtle throughout, fitting the music very well indeed. Hampson and Guerrero are also well-teamed for Songs of Solitude.
– Infodad.com (October 2016)
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 I. Prologue 03:28
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Prologue
- Duration
- 03:28
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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2 II. Blood and the Moon 02:50
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Blood and the Moon
- Duration
- 02:50
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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3 III. Drinking Song 05:36
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Drinking Song
- Duration
- 05:36
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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4 IV. These are the Clouds 03:34
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. These are the Clouds
- Duration
- 03:34
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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5 V. The Second Coming 09:07
- Track
- 5
- Title
- V. The Second Coming
- Duration
- 09:07
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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6 VI. Epilogue 04:05
- Track
- 6
- Title
- VI. Epilogue
- Duration
- 04:05
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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7 No. 1. Hush'd Be the Camps To-day 03:50
- Track
- 7
- Title
- No. 1. Hush'd Be the Camps To-day
- Duration
- 03:50
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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8 No. 2. Look Down, Fair Moon 01:31
- Track
- 8
- Title
- No. 2. Look Down, Fair Moon
- Duration
- 01:31
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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9 No. 3. Reconciliation 04:25
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 3. Reconciliation
- Duration
- 04:25
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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10 No. 4. Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me 02:36
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 4. Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me
- Duration
- 02:36
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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11 No. 5. Come Up From the Fields Father 11:15
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 5. Come Up From the Fields Father
- Duration
- 11:15
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Performer
- Thomas Hampson
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero
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12 Toward the Splendid City 08:32
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Toward the Splendid City
- Duration
- 08:32
- Composer
- Richard Danielpour
- Ensemble
- Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Giancarlo Guerrero