VA - The Music of Melissa C. Shiflett (2024) [Hi-Res]

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Title: The Music of Melissa C. Shiflett
Year Of Release: 2024
Label: Navona
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) [44.1kHz/24bit]
Total Time: 1:05:11
Total Size: 604 / 280 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Division, Rex Benincasa & John Frisch – The Horses' Quintet: I. Horses on Parade (06:12)
2. Division, Rex Benincasa & John Frisch – The Horses' Quintet: II. A Windy Day (05:17)
3. Division, Rex Benincasa & John Frisch – The Horses' Quintet: III. Horses in the Field (04:47)
4. Division, Rex Benincasa & John Frisch – The Horses' Quintet: IV. A Ride Through the Prairie (05:30)
5. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 1, Pink Rose (01:50)
6. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 2, Pink Rose Continued (03:02)
7. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 3, The Roses (03:08)
8. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 4, Evening Roses (01:26)
9. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 5, Cousins of My Roses (03:32)
10. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 6, The Preparation of the Roses (02:38)
11. Michelle Seipel & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 1: No. 7, The Gardener's Plan (02:50)
12. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 1, Mischief Afoot (02:03)
13. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 2, A Darker Shade of Pink (01:38)
14. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 3, The Pinks are Winning (02:03)
15. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 4, Nobody Speaks of It (02:02)
16. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 5, Like Puffs of Smoke (02:00)
17. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 6, Alone (02:04)
18. Rachel Arky & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 2: No. 7, A Grand Experiment (02:53)
19. Lianne Gennaco & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 3: No. 1, We're Moving (01:07)
20. Lianne Gennaco & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 3: No. 2, When It Comes to Roses (02:42)
21. Lianne Gennaco & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 3: No. 3, The Speckled Birds in My Park (03:55)
22. Lianne Gennaco & Elizabeth Rodgers – The Rose Saga, Pt. 3: No. 4, A Casual Farewell (02:22)


THE MUSIC OF MELISSA C. SHIFLETT is an impressive showcase of the lyricism that contemporary American serious music has to offer. As she reflects upon natural beauty, Melissa C. Shiflett nonchalantly intertwines the musical with the poetic in this release. The Horses’ Quintet is a captivating and physically riveting quintet for English horn, violin, cello, piano, and percussion, an homage to the expansive Indiana plains, five spirited horses, and the equestrian artistry displayed by their nimble trainer. The second piece, a three-part song cycle titled The Rose Saga, showcases three lyric sopranos and pianist. Slightly more urban, this piece chronicles the fate of a rosebush in a Manhattan garden over several years. Using simple but incredibly deft strokes, Shiflett creates a musical environment for her private outdoor worlds that is highly theatrical. She has endowed these fleeting, triumphant scenes with an artistic sense of permanence.