Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Robert Spano - Michael Kurth: Everything Lasts Forever (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Everything Lasts Forever: I. Toes
02. Everything Lasts Forever: II. Bird Sing Love
03. Everything Lasts Forever: III. We Have All the Time in the World
04. A Thousand Words: I. Above. Radiance
05. A Thousand Words: II. Beneath. My Sinister Groove Machine
06. A Thousand Words: III. Within
07. A Thousand Words: IV. Beyond. We Will Puncture the Canopy of Night
08. May Cause Dizziness
09. Miserere: I. Miserere I
10. Miserere: II. By the Rivers of Babylon
11. Miserere: III. Quoniam iniquitatem
12. Miserere: IV. How Deserted Lies the City
13. Miserere: V. You Must First Look Past
14. Miserere: VI. Miserere II
15. Miserere: VII. Gimme the Broke Skin
16. Miserere: VIII. Miserere III

Four of composer and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Double-Bassist Michael Kurth’s original works make up ASO Media’s newest release. The album features four works premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra between 2010 and 2018, including Everything Lasts Forever, a phrase Kurth saw on a faded and peeling sign above Atlanta’s Krog Street Tunnel. The irony and truth of this statement spoke to Kurth as both a composer and performer. A Thousand Words transports the listener to meaningful destinations on some of Kurth’s many adventures. From a sunrise on Tybee Island to the basalt cliffs in Reynisfjara, Iceland, the music conveys the moment in the absence of images or words. May Cause Dizziness marked Kurth’s first composition for large orchestra and was commissioned in celebration of Maestro Spano’s 10th season as Music Director. The incomparable mezzo-soprano Kelly O’Connor joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus for Miserere, a story of betrayal that is written in a style that Kurth describes as “modern-primitive-sacred-spooky.” Kurth, a member of the ASO for nearly 25 years, was named Best New Composer in 2017 by Atlanta Magazine.

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