DANIELPOUR, R.: Songs of Solitude / War Songs / Toward the Splendid City (Hampson, Nashville Symphony, Guerrero) Acclaimed as one of America's leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of six powerful orchestral songs. The motivating force for War Songs was a series of photographs of the young men and women killed in the Iraq War. The song cycle, with it's texts by Walt Whitman, was written for the Nashville Symphony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Toward the Splendid City is a portrait of New York City driven by Danielpour's love hate relationship with his hometown.

Tracklist:

Songs Of Solitude: I. Prologue
Songs Of Solitude: II. Blood And The Moon
Songs Of Solitude: III. Drinking Song
Songs Of Solitude: IV. These Are The Clouds
Songs Of Solitude: V. The Second Coming
Songs Of Solitude: VI. Epilogue
War Songs: No. 1. Hush'd Be The Camps To-Day
War Songs: No. 2. Look Down, Fair Moon
War Songs: No. 3. Reconciliation
War Songs: No. 4. Year That Trembled And Reel'd Beneath Me
War Songs: No. 5. Come Up From The Fields Father
Toward The Splendid City

UPC: 636943979228
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 10.14.16
Format: CD

Danielpour / Hampson / Nashville Symphony - Songs of Solitude / War Songs (CD)