Jolley, Magin, Newman & Sheehan: Bespoke Songs

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Label
New Focus Recordings
Release Date
July 12, 2024
Format
Grammy Award
67th GRAMMY® Award Nominee | Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jennifer Jolley, Carrie Magin, Jonathan Newman, Benedict Sheehan
    • PERFORMER
      Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Karl
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 12, 2024
    • UPC
      690277901683
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FCR410
    • LABEL
      New Focus Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Here is a poem

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    2. No. 2. The Admonition

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    3. No. 3. New lovers

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    4. No. 4. Elegie

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    5. No. 5. If a lover brings an orange

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    6. No. 6. Song of Songs

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    7. No. 7. At Winter Solstice

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    8. No. 8. Is there ecstasy

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    9. No. 9. Kärlek (Love)

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    10. No. 10. One morning

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    11. No. 11. Lyubov (Love)

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    12. No. 12. This is my poem

      Composer: Jonathan Newman

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Garrick Zoeter, Timothy E. Roberts, Akemi Takayama, Julian Schwarz, Mark Edwards, Marika Bournaki, Karlyn R. Viña

      Conductor: Nadège Foofat

    13. No. 1. After great pain, a formal feeling comes

      Composer: Jennifer Jolley

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin

    14. No. 2. "Hope" is the Thing with Feathers

      Composer: Jennifer Jolley

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin

    15. No. 3. I Dwell in Possibility

      Composer: Jennifer Jolley

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julietta Curenton, Colin Davin

    16. How to See an Angel

      Composer: Carrie Magin

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Ryan Romine, Marika Bournaki

    17. No. 1. Evening Sun

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julian Schwarz, Nadia Pessoa

    18. No. 2. Briefly It Enters, and Briefly Speaks

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julian Schwarz, Nadia Pessoa

    19. No. 3. In the Nursing Home

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julian Schwarz, Nadia Pessoa

    20. No. 4. Let Evening Come

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Fotina Naumenko, Julian Schwarz, Nadia Pessoa


Soprano Fotina Naumenko releases Bespoke Songs, a collection of works she commissioned for voice and ensembles with various instrumentations that set texts by female authors. In pieces by Jonathan Newman, Benedict Sheehan, Carrie Magin, and Jennifer Jolley, Naumenko's crystalline voice leads the ensembles through varied aesthetic territory, displaying a broad snapshot of contemporary vocal ensemble composition.