The Best Cuisine - Music of Carlos Simon

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Label
Azica Records
Release Date
August 22, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Carlos Simon
    • PERFORMER
      Chiarina Chamber Players, Carl DuPont, Domenic Salerni, Carrie Bean Stute, Efi Hackmey
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 22, 2025
    • UPC
      787867138021
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ACD-71380
    • LABEL
      Azica Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Be Still and Know

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

    2. Lickety Split

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

    3. I. Grace

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    4. Inscription (Salmon with Kale)

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    5. II. Salmon with Kale

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    6. Inscription (Mac and Cheese)

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    7. III. Mac and Cheeze

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    8. Interlude I

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

    9. IV. Roux

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    10. Interlude II

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

    11. V. Healthy Ramen

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Ensemble: Chiarina Chamber Players

      Performer: Carl Dupont

    12. Nightfall

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Performer: Carl Dupont, Efi Hackmey

    13. Dead Fires

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Performer: Carl Dupont, Efi Hackmey

    14. Prayer (Gather Up)

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Performer: Carl Dupont, Efi Hackmey

    15. Caro mio ben (arr. C. Simon)

      Composer: Giuseppe Giordani

      Performer: Carl Dupont, Efi Hackmey

    16. Between Worlds

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Performer: Domenic Salerni

    17. Between Worlds (version for cello)

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Performer: Carrie Bean Stute

    18. Sleep Well

      Composer: Carlos Simon

      Performer: Efi Hackmey


This album portrait of Carlos Simon grew out of a commission, The Best Cuisine, which was funded by a grant from Chamber Music America and composed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artists on this album presented the work's premiere in Washington, DC in 2022. At it's core is a spirit of collaboration - a coming together of art song and culinary flair, musical styles, and friendships - during a time that was otherwise quite solitary. It's text, written by baritone Carl DuPont, celebrates the craft of cooking that both he and Simon honed during the pandemic. With newfound inspiration drawn from the multifacetedness of Simon's compositional voice, DuPont and violinist Domenic Salerni, cellist Carrie Bean Stute, and pianist Efi Hackmey returned to Chiarina's longtime venue, the historic St. Mark's Church in Capitol Hill, to record The Best Cuisine and additional works for combinations of violin, cello, piano, and baritone. While Simon has more recently become known for his large-scale works, Chiarina seeks to highlight Simon's versatility and poignancy in works for more intimate performing forces.