Katherine Whyte, Lenore Fishman Davis, Michael Kelly, Raman Ramakrishnan, David Leisner, Andrew Fuchs, Sarah Whitney, Scott Bartucca, Dimitri Dover - Letter to the World (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Confiding: No. 1, Savior! I've No. One Else to Tell
02. Confiding: No. 2, Ample Make This Bed
03. Confiding: No. 3, Wild Nights
04. Confiding: No. 4, Signal
05. Confiding: No. 5, Star-Crossed
06. Confiding: No. 6, The Lady to Her Guitar
07. Confiding: No. 7, Love and Friendship
08. Confiding: No. 8, To Imagination
09. Confiding: No. 9, Faith
10. Confiding: No. 10, This Is My Letter to the World
11. Wunderbare Wesen: No. 1, Der Sinn
12. Wunderbare Wesen: No. 2, Dressig Speicher
13. Wunderbare Wesen: No. 3, Der Mensch
14. Wunderbare Wesen: No. 4, Schaffe Leere
15. Wunderbare Wesen: No. 5, Ohne aus der Tür zu gehen
16. Simple Songs: No. 1, Exultation
17. Simple Songs: No. 2, Beauty
18. Simple Songs: No. 3, Madness
19. Simple Songs: No. 4, Letter
20. Simple Songs: No. 5, Humility
21. Simple Songs: No. 6, Simplicity
22. Of Darkness and Light

Composer and guitarist David Leisner releases "Letter to the Word", a portrait album of his oeuvre for voice and instruments, featuring soprano Katherine Whyte, tenor Andrew Fuchs, baritone Michael Kelly, violinist Sarah Whitney, oboist Scott Bartucca, cellist Raman Ramikrishnan, Leisner on guitar, and pianists Lenore Fishman Davis and Dimitri Dover. Of his vocal writing The Boston Globe raves: "he shows imagination and taste in taking poems from disparate sources and putting them into cycles that trace emotional progress and develop dramatic shape. His prosody is excellent, and he sets words with an ear for sound, rhythm, and sense... Best of all, Leisner has a gift for eloquently shaping a vocal line that is also grateful to sing". Four examples of his vocal chamber music are included on this album, from different stages of his career: two from the 1980s, one from 2002, and one from 2011.

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