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Songs of the Stars | Naxos - Spanish Classics 8570533

Songs of the Stars

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Label: Naxos - Spanish Classics

Cat No: 8570533

Barcode: 0747313053377

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st June 2009

Contents

Artists

Voices of Ascension
Douglas Riva (piano)
Mark Kruczek (organ)
Erica Kiesewetter (violin)

Conductor

Dennis Keene

Works

Blancafort, Manuel

Cant d'amor

Casals, Pablo

Nigra sum (I am black)
Recordare, virgo mater
Rosarium beatae virginis

Granados, Enrique

Cant de les estrelles
Escena religiosa
Romanza
Salve regina

Morera, Enric

Ave Maria
El Rossinyol

Oltra, Manuel

Canciones de amor (3)
» no.2 Eco
» no.3 Preludio

Artists

Voices of Ascension
Douglas Riva (piano)
Mark Kruczek (organ)
Erica Kiesewetter (violin)

Conductor

Dennis Keene

About

A rich musical heritage and vibrant contemporary culture intersect in Catalunya in north-eastern Spain.

Granados’s long-lost masterpiece Song of the Stars is comparable to a virtuoso piano concerto with chorus and organ rather than orchestra, gloriously combining Romantic-Modernist poetry with post-Wagnerian harmonies.

The internationally famous cellist Pau Casals also composed a small body of very beautiful music, including the deeply spiritual choral works on this disc.

Morera’s The Nightingale and Blancafort’s Love Song are evocative of their Catalan texts, while Oltra’s Echo and Prelude explore themes of memory and hope through images of nature.

The choral sound of the Voices of Ascension represents the finest in American choral music.” - Stereophile

World Premiere Recordings of:
- Granados: Escena religiosa
- Morera: El Rossinyol
- Morera: Ave Maria
- Blancafort: Cant d’amor
- Oltra: Eco
- Oltra: Preludio

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