TaneyevÂ can be considered a point of connection between the generation of Russian composers from that of Tchaikovsky (with whomÂ TaneyevÂ studied) to that of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. This album features his complete song opuses for voice and piano. Award-winning sopranoÂ MarcÃaÂ Porter made her New York solo recital debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in 2005. An active recitalist, the soprano has performed in numerous venues throughout the United States, Italy, Brazil, and the Czech Republic. Porter has sung at such prestigious international festivals as the Prague Proms, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Ravinia Festival, and theÂ AmeropaÂ International Chamber Music Festival. Renowned dramatic mezzo-soprano Janet Hopkins, a 16-year veteran of the New York Metropolitan Opera, continues to thrill audiences on her concert tour of symphonic stages across America. Recent performances include The Defiant Requiem (Verdi Requiem) at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, El Amor Brujo (South Carolina Philharmonic), Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Bowling Green Symphony Orchestra, Kentucky) and AlexanderÂ NevskyÂ (West Shore Symphony Orchestra, MI). A native Texan, the young tenor Hugo Vera is described as possessing a "truly heroic voice" that is both "beautiful and brilliant." Increasingly in demand and a recent addition to The Metropolitan Opera artist roster, Mr. Vera has performed 34 roles and 20 choral orchestral works with distinguished companies in the US as part of his musical and artistic development of the full lyric andÂ spintoÂ tenor repertoire. Christian Elser (Band Leader: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) co-founded Glow Lyric Theatre in 2009, and has served as it's Executive Director and resident Music Director/Conductor ever since. He is also Associate Professor of Music at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC, where he is Voice Division Director and Director of the PC Opera/Musical Theatre. Bass-baritone Jacob Will made his New York Philharmonic debut as soloist in the American premiere of the "Messa per Rossini," a performance televised live nationwide. An experienced concert artist, Mr. Will has appeared with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton ofÂ VladamirÂ Ashkenazy and with the Cabrillo Festival under the baton of Dennis Russell Davies. He has sung with the San Francisco Symphony in the "St. Matthew Passion," with the International Bach Festival of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, in the "St. John Passion" and with the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra in Frank Martin's "LeÂ mystÃ¨reÂ de laÂ NativitÃ©."

Tracklist:

10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 1, The Island
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 2, Dreams Wither In Solitude
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 3, Let It Sound No More
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 4, The Blessed One's Star Has Again Disappeared
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 5, Not The Wind Blowing From The Heights
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 6, When The Whirling Autumn Leaves
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 7, Nocturne. In The Scented Autumn Night
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 8, In The Invisible Mist
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 9, The Restless Heart Is Beating
10 Romances, Op. 17: No. 10, The World Is Asleep
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 1, The Birth Of The Harp
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 2, Canzone
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 3, Reflections
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 4, Music
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 5, Dense Woods
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 6, Stalactites
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 7, Fountains
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 8, And The Enemy Trembled
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 9, Minuet
10 Poems, Op. 26: No. 10, Among The Foe
4 Poems, Op. 32: No. 1, In Time Of Loss
4 Poems, Op. 32: No. 2, Angel
4 Poems, Op. 32: No. 3, My Mind Was Crushed By Melancholy
4 Poems, Op. 32: No. 4, The Winter Road
5 Poems, Op. 33: No. 1, Night In The Mountains Of Scotland
5 Poems, Op. 33: No. 2, The Light Of The Rising Stars
5 Poems, Op. 33: No. 3, The Kiss
5 Poems, Op. 33: No. 4, What Is She To Me?
5 Poems, Op. 33: No. 5, The Prisoner
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 1, The Last Conversation
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 2, Are They Set On My Passions?
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 3, The Mask
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 4, Loving The Soft Rustle Of The Ears Of Corn
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 5, The Last Sigh
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 6, Night In The Crimea
7 Poems, Op. 34: No. 7, My Heart Is Like A Spring

UPC: 044747374925
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 1.3.20
Format: CD

Taneyev / Porter / Kompass - Romances & Poems (2 CD)