Composer: Ben Moore
Performer: Janai Brugger, Brian Zeger, Isabel Leonard, Joseph Lattanzi, Matthew Polenzani, Liz Callaway, Michael Kelly, Alexander Gemignani
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delos
Catalogue: DE3581
Release: 2022
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Alas! This Is Not What I Thought Life Was
02. Lullaby
03. Requiem
04. Where Are the Songs of Spring?
05. Ah, Happy, Happy Boughs
06. I Travel as a Phantom Now
07. Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop
08. When I Was One-and-Twenty
09. Between the Lights
And Another Song Comes On
10 .No. 1, Shirley [Play My Song]
11. No. 5, And Another Song Comes On
Love Remained
12. No. 3, Love Remained
13. No. 2, Uncle Ronnie
14. A Holy Place
15. Judith River
16. Where Has Summer Gone?
17. Goodbye Old Centerville
18. Love and I
19. Were I to Touch You (from ‘Henry and Company’)
20. A Moment Like This
21. See How a Flower Blossoms
22. On Music
This unabashedly eclectic album features stirring and varied songs by Ben Moore, who has chosen poems spanning 2,600 years for his texts. The music extends from art song to cabaret, yet all share Moore’s lyrical and eloquent style. The songs are united by the unwavering honesty and passion of the composer and performers, including Isabel Leonard, Liz Callaway, Matthew Polenzani, Michael Kelly, Janai Brugger and other stars of opera and Broadway.
Brian Zeger’s collaboration on piano provides the singers with support and inspiration. The album concludes with songs of hope, touching on the acceptance of love in its many forms