Trinity Choir/julian Wachner - Elena Ruehr: Averno [CD]

Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.On Averno, composer Elena Ruehr assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three American poets - Louise Glxfcck, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes - given dynamic performances by The Trinity Choir, Novus NY, soprano Marguerite Krull, baritone Stephen Salters under director Julian Wachner.rr

Composer Elena Ruehr's first release for Avie assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three distinct American poets - Louise Glxfcck, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes. The title work, Averno, is a cantata that sets 11 poems of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glxfcck's collection of the same name, which is a retelling of the story of Demeter, goddess of the earth, and her daughter Persephone. Ruehr's score deftly conjures ancient themes in a modern idiom. The miniatures Cricket, Spider, Bee paint a vivid, aural picture of Dickinson's scenic natural world. The large scale Gospel Cha Cha sets Langston Hughes' expansive and socially critical late poetry, evoking African dances and drumming, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1960s with improvisatory flair. The works are performed by acclaimed New York-based Trinity Choir under their dynamic Music Director Julian Wachner, and Trinity's new music ensemble Novus NY. The superb soloists are soprano Marguerite Krull and baritone Stephen Salters.

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Elena Ruehr studied at the University of Michigan and The Juilliard School. She composed Averno while a fellow at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute. She was composer-in-residence of The Boston Modern Orchestra Project. He oeuvre includes works for chamber ensemble, orchestra, chorus, wind ensemble, instrumental solo, opera, dance and silent film. Since 1991, Dr. Ruehr has taught at MIT.

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Personnel: Marguerite Krull (soprano), Stephen Salters (baritone), The Trinity Choir with Novus NY, Julian Wachner (conductor)

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Critical acclaim for Elena Ruehr:

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'Sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies.' - The New York Times

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'Unspeakably gorgeous.' - Gramophone

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'Music with heart and a forceful sense of character and expression.' - The Washington Post

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'This gem comprises three chamber cantatas composed between 1999 and 2008. Beautifully sung by the Trinity Choir with exemplary accompaniments from Novus NY in top-notch sound, it is a fine disc.' x96 Gramophone, Guy Rickards

Averno (Louise Glxfcck), The Night Migrations

October

The Evening Star

Landscape

Landscape

Landscape

Averno

Omens

Telescope

Thrush

Persephone the Wanderer

Cricket, Spider, Bee (Emily Dickinson), The cricket sang

A spider sowed at night

To make a prairie

Gospel Cha Cha (Langston Hughes)

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 822252226324

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