Sonettaria: The Triumph of Iambic Pentameter - Choral works by Chavez, Argento, Crabtree, Muehleisen, Frogget et al. / The Esoterics

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Album Summary

Performers

• Melissa Walsh (Harp)
• Alexis Odell (Harp)
• Jessica Spears
• Vanessa Ament
• Jennifer Gosnell (Voice)
• Erin Harlan (Voice)
• Lorri Froggét (Voice)
• Anthony Balducci
• Doug Rank (Voice)
• Betsy Bæskins (Voice)
• Jamie Balducci (Voice)

Conductor

• Banks, Tony

Ensemble

• The Esoterics

Composers

• Robert Moran (1937 - )
• Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Composer) (1963 - )
• John Muehleisen (1955 - )
• Eric Banks (Choral Music)
• Dominick Argento (1927 - )
• Carlos Chávez (1899 - 1978)
• Lars Johan Werle (1926 - )
• Paul Crabtree
• Lorri Froggét

Notes & Reviews:

The first of two discs funded by an NEA grant presents fourteen settings of sonnets: a choral "sonnet of sonnets." This CD features six world premiere choral settings of Michelangelo, Rossetti, and Browning by Eric Banks, Lorri Kristin Froggét, and John Muehleisen. In addition, The Esoterics sings two sonnets of Petrarch by Lars John Werle, and five sonnets of Shakespeare by Paul Crabtree, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and Dominick Argento. To complete this disc, the ensemble performs Three nocturnes by Carlos Chávez, and is joined by guest harpists Alexis Odell and Melissa Walsh to present Robert Moran's Notturno in Weiss.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006).

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Works Details

Banks, Eric : O notte, for chorus

• Conductor: Tony Banks
• Ensemble: The Esoterics
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2006

Carlos Chávez (1899 - 1978) : Nocturnes (3) for chorus

• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1942

Moran, Robert : Notturno in Weiss (Nocturne in White), for soprano, 2 harps & chorus

• Performers: Melissa Walsh (Harp); Alexis Odell (Harp); Jessica Spears
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 8 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2006

Lorri Froggét : I Dream of You to Wake, for soprano & chorus

• Performer: Vanessa Ament
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 15 sec.
• Written: 2006

Lorri Froggét : Youth Gone, and Beauty, for mezzo-soprano & chorus

• Performers: Jennifer Gosnell (Voice); Erin Harlan (Voice)
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Written: 2006

Werle, Lars Johan : Sonnet no 35, for soloists & chorus

• Performers: Lorri Froggét (Voice); Anthony Balducci; Doug Rank (Voice)
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 5 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1989

Werle, Lars Johan : Sonnet no 292, for soprano & chorus

• Performer: Betsy Bæskins (Voice)
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1993

Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (Composer) (1963 - ) : More Shakespeare Songs :: Time

• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Argento, Dominick : Sonnet no LXIV (In memoriam 9/11/01), for chorus

• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 3 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2000s

Crabtree, Paul : Rose Madrigals (3) for chorus

• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 7 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 2000

Muehleisen, John : The Soul's Expression, for soprano & chorus

• Performer: Jamie Balducci (Voice)
• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2006

Muehleisen, John : Perplexed Music, for chorus

• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2006

Banks, Eric : Etternalmente vive, for chorus

• Notes: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA (07/30/2006/09/25/2006)
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2006