Composer: David Leisner
Performer: Katherine Whyte, Lenore Fishman Davis, Michael Kelly, Raman Ramakrishnan, Andrew Fuchs, Sarah Whitney, Scott Bartucca, Dimitri Dover
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Azica Records
Catalogue: Azica71353
Release: 2022
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Confiding
01. No. 1, Savior! I’ve No One Else to Tell
02. No. 2, Ample Make This Bed
03. No. 3, Wild Nights
04. No. 4, Signal
05. No. 5, Star-Crossed
06. No. 6, The Lady to Her Guitar
07. No. 7, Love and Friendship
08. No. 8, To Imagination
09. No. 9, Faith
10. No. 10, This Is My Letter to the World
Wunderbare Wesen
11. No. 1, Der Sinn
12. No. 2, Dressig Speicher
13. No. 3, Der Mensch
14. No. 4, Schaffe Leere
15. No. 5, Ohne aus der Tür zu gehen
Simple Songs
16. No. 1, Exultation
17. No. 2, Beauty
18. No. 3, Madness
19. No. 4, Letter
20. No. 5, Humility
21. No. 6, Simplicity
22. Of Darkness and Light
Composer and guitarist David Leisner releases “Letter to the Word”, a portrait album of his oeuvre for voice and instruments, featuring soprano Katherine Whyte, tenor Andrew Fuchs, baritone Michael Kelly, violinist Sarah Whitney, oboist Scott Bartucca, cellist Raman Ramikrishnan, Leisner on guitar, and pianists Lenore Fishman Davis and Dimitri Dover. Of his vocal writing The Boston Globe raves: “he shows imagination and taste in taking poems from disparate sources and putting them into cycles that trace emotional progress and develop dramatic shape. His prosody is excellent, and he sets words with an ear for sound, rhythm, and sense… Best of all, Leisner has a gift for eloquently shaping a vocal line that is also grateful to sing”. Four examples of his vocal chamber music are included on this album, from different stages of his career: two from the 1980s, one from 2002, and one from 2011.