Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – We have tomorrow (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – We have tomorrow (2023)
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The emotive young American tenor Eric Ferring delivers a moving and ambitious collection of art songs with a chamber music emphasis. In this follow-up release to his acclaimed debut album No Choice but Love (Lexicon Classics), Ferring is joined to great effect by pianist Madeline Slettedahl and the French ensemble Quatuor Agate.

Still in the early phases of his singing career, the Iowa-born Ferring has already performed numerous times with the Metropolitan Opera, and appeared at Santa Fe Opera, the Spoleto Festival and Lyric Opera of Chicago, where he garnered an Emmy Award for his performance in Pagliacci. Ferring has also sung widely in Europe, in such houses as Opéra de Rouen, Opéra de Paris and the Opéra national du Rhin. He also participated in a world tour of Rodelinda with The English Concert.

We have tomorrow is an impressive survey featuring important cycles by Samuel Barber, Gabriel Fauré and Arthur Shepherd, and songs by Florence Price, Johannes Brahms and Amy Beach. Ferring’s sometimes unusual choice of materials shows him to be a musician of wide-ranging taste and interests.

Ferring and Slettedahl, his close collaborator for the past several years, have given the album an original cast by including six works that require string players. The Paris-based Quatuor Agate—Adrien Jurkovic and Thomas Descamps, violins; Raphaël Pagnon, viola; Simon Iachemet, cello—eloquently demonstrates art song’s affinity with small instrumental ensembles.

Tracklist:
01. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: I. Puisque tout passe (01:41)
02. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: II. Un cygne (02:40)
03. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: III. Tombeau dans un parc (01:55)
04. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: IV. Le clocher chante (01:13)
05. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27: V. Départ (01:51)
06. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Price: Hold Fast to Dreams (01:50)
07. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Price: We have tomorrow (01:17)
08. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Brahms: Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91: I. Gestillte Sehnsucht (06:26)
09. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Brahms: Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91: II. Geistliches Wiegenlied (05:31)
10. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Beach: Three Songs, Op. 19: No. 2, Ecstasy (02:31)
11. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Beach: Three Songs, Op. 21: No. 1, Chanson d’Amour (05:03)
12. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Beach: Two Songs, Op. 100: No. 1, A mirage (02:52)
13. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Beach: Two Songs, Op. 100: No. 2, Stella viatoris (03:26)
14. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Shepherd: Triptych for High Voice and String Quartet: I. He it is (06:19)
15. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Shepherd: Triptych for High Voice and String Quartet: II. The day is no more (04:32)
16. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Shepherd: Triptych for High Voice and String Quartet: III. Light, my light (04:10)
17. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: I. Une sainte en son auréole (02:16)
18. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: II. Puisque l’aube grandit (02:05)
19. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: III. La lune blanche luit dans les bois (02:59)
20. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: IV. J’allais par des chemins perfides (01:57)
21. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: V. J’ai presque peur, en vérité (02:23)
22. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: VI. Avant que tu ne t’en ailles (02:49)
23. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: VII. Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d’été (02:46)
24. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: VIII. N’est-ce pas? (02:48)
25. Eric Ferring, Madeline Slettedahl and Quatuor Agate – Faure: La bonne chanson, Op. 61: IX. L’hiver a cessé (03:30)

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