RENMEN LAMENTS

RENAISSANCE MEN

Eric Christopher Perry Tenor, Conductor, and Artistic Director
Alexander Nishibun Tenor
Kilian Mooney Tenor
Garry McLinn Tenor
Peter Schilling Baritone and Business Manager
Will Prapestis Baritone
Brian Church Baritone
Dominick Matsko Baritone
Benjamin Pfeil Bass-Baritone
Anthony Burkes Garza Bass and General Manager

Despite the frequent crescendos to the sonic peaks of each composition, RENMEN LAMENTS is an exploration into the valleys of the soul. For most, creating art in the realm of somber moods poses challenges. For the Renaissance Men, the melancholic nature of their musical exploration is not only achieved individually but shared amongst the talents of the vocalists.

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The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 is Sergei Prokofiev's eighth and last ballet, written between 1948 and 1953. It is based on the Russian Ural folk tale The Stone Flower by Pavel Bazhov and is also the last of the trilogy of ballets Prokofiev wrote in the Russian ballet tradition.

Sylvia Wagner - Conductor/Producer
CMD German Opera Company of Berlin
Recorded/Edited by CMD Recordings

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Dominique Beaulieu - conductor
CMD Paris Philharmonic in Orleans

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"Power Song" by Ace Patterson

WITH STRINGS
LIVE SAMPLING IN COUNTERPOINT
JEFF MORRIS
Ulrich Maiß electric cello
Eric KM Clark violin

Jeff Morris's second album, WITH STRINGS, explores the possibilities of 21st-century counterpoint. He builds up rich musical textures by sampling violin and cello live and folding them back into the mix, influencing the performers in turn.

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IMAGINARY BIRDS
MUSIC FOR OBOE & ENGLISH HORN
PHIL SALATHÉ
Ling-Fei Kang oboe
Charles Huang english horn, oboe
Andrew Knebel viola
Annabelle Taubl harp
Yu-Chen Shih piano/celesta
Katie Kennedy cello
Mohamed Shams piano
John Birt guitar

What can one expect from a musician who spent his youth getting into trouble by furtively composing in chemistry class? Apparently a lot, provided they are cut from the same cloth as multi-faceted composer Phil Salathé, the brains behind IMAGINARY BIRDS: MUSIC FOR OBOE AND ENGLISH HORN.

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PARMA Recordings is excited to bring you a collection of concertos that provides a stunning look into the minds of five of Navona Records' premiere composers, as well as a reflection on the human experience itself. BENEATH THE TIDE explores human emotion in various facets of life, as expressed by the unique voice of the Croatian Chamber Orchestra.

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Although Schoenberg is often seen as a composer strictly concerned with pitch, his interests in timbre and sonority are ever-present in all five of his completed piano works. Pianist Yoko Hirota performs three of Schoenberg’s completed works along with the 17 fragments that he never brought to completion. Hirota, praised as being "precise and keenly projective" and demonstrating the "highest level of proficiency," is one of the leading interpreters of contemporary piano repertory, and she brings Schoenberg’s compositions to life with conviction.

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Soprano Shudong Braamse blends vocal artistry with technical skill in her recording of SUEÑOS DE ESPAÑA. This treasury of Spanish art song relates stories of passionate love, broken promises, and heartfelt prayers. Braamse's performance demonstrates both an understanding of the rich Spanish culture and its 19th-century romantic poetry.

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It is tempting to compare Meštrović's compositional style to his great predecessors in the late-Romantic tradition. After all, much of the Croatian composer's style and techniques would be right at home in Rachmaninoff’s concertos, Tchaikovsky's works, or Prokofiev's neoclassicism; and the name of the album's first work, Danube Rhapsody, naturally evokes associations with Smetana's similarly river-themed Vltava. Add to all of this that Meštrović, like most of his great musical ancestors, is a talented virtuoso pianist, and it's easy to see why 3 RHAPSODIES will stick with you.

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