Joseph Evans - Samuel Adler: Unholy Sonnets & Other Song Cycles (2023)

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Artist: Joseph Evans, Rebecca Karpoff, Freda Herseth, Cary Lewis
Title: Samuel Adler: Unholy Sonnets & Other Song Cycles
Year Of Release: 2023
Label: Navona
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) | Mp3 / 320kbps
Total Time: 01:00:02
Total Size: 194 MB | 139 MB
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Tracklist
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01. Unholy Sonnets: No. 1, The Good-Morrow
02. Unholy Sonnets: No. 2, The Broken Heart
03. Unholy Sonnets: No. 3, Woman's Constancy
04. Unholy Sonnets: No. 4, The Indifferent
05. Unholy Sonnets: No. 5, The Triple Foole
06. 4 Songs About Nature: No. 1, The Wind
07. 4 Songs About Nature: No. 2, Chill of the Eve
08. 4 Songs About Nature: No. 3, The Piper
09. 4 Songs About Nature: No. 4, And It Was Stormy Weather
10. 3 Songs About the Times of Man: No. 1, But I Was Young and Foolish
11. 3 Songs About the Times of Man: No. 2, Old Age
12. 3 Songs About the Times of Man: No. 3, Time, You Old Gypsy Man
13. 3 Songs About Love: No. 1, Go Lovely Rose
14. 3 Songs About Love: No. 2, A Ditto
15. 3 Songs About Love: No. 3, Song
16. 2 Songs from the Portuguese: No. 1, Simple Song
17. 2 Songs from the Portuguese: No. 2, Ballad
18. 2 Traditional Japanese Songs: No. 1, Komori uta
19. 2 Traditional Japanese Songs: No. 2, Akai kutsu
20. Wish for a Young Wife: No. 1, Wish for a Young Wife
21. Wish for a Young Wife: No. 2, Her Words
22. Wish for a Young Wife: No. 3, Her Wrath
23. Wish for a Young Wife: No. 4, The Shy Man
24. Wish for a Young Wife: No. 5, The Moment
25. In Thine Own Image
26. Songs with Winds: No. 1, Prelude
27. Songs with Winds: No. 2, O Now the Drenched Land Wakes
28. Songs with Winds: No. 3, An Easy Decision
29. Songs with Winds: No. 4, The World
30. Songs with Winds: No. 5, Folksong
31. Songs with Winds: No. 6, Rest, Heart of the Tired World

Few forms in classical music are as underrated as the song cycle. It is easy to be betrayed by the seemingly-modest set-up – piano and solo voice – requiring well-calculated finesse from a composer to seize its minimalist power and bring it into full bloom. UNHOLY SONNETS, a collection of songs by German-born American Samuel Adler, succeeds greatly in this effort.

Although all works presented are in English and the tonal language is decidedly modern, there is much that harks back to the German art song tradition of the 19th century. Despite the title, these are largely quiet, pensive pieces, confidently resting in a tranquil serenity.

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