Paul Appleby, Brian Zeger, Susanna Phillips – Dear Theo: 3 Song Cycles by Ben Moore (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:20 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Classique
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Delos
Ben Moore is a particularly eloquent exponent of the art song, noted for the broad and eclectic variety of his thematic applications and poetic sources. Here, in his first album for Delos, he offers three diverse and richly expressive song cycles – hitherto unrecorded – that explore the theme of longing for freedom in diverse ways. Tenor Paul Appleby, soprano Susanna Phillips and baritone Brett Polegato deliver lovely singing and sensitive interpretations, supported to perfection by pianist Brian Zeger.
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Susanna Phillips, Shenyang & Brian Zeger – Schubert: Songs & Duets (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:06:22 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delos
These seldom-heard Schubert lieder—setting verses by German poets including Schiller and Goethe—reflect the Romantic-era’s artistic obsession with the classical myths and literature of ancient Greece. The resulting songs and duets reveal levels of fantasy and nobility rarely found among Schubert’s nearly 700 lieder.
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