This is the Delos debut from American coloratura soprano Laura Claycomb, best known for her work in opera, Open Your Heart and here exploring a more intimate interpretive approach featuring an assortment of art songs accompanied by guitar maestro Marc Teicholz. The duo traverses through compositions that range wonderfully from the famously pro-union lyricist-composer Marc Blitzstein, to William Walton through treatments of French texts by Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy to Spanish and Portuguese settings by Manuel de Falla and Heitor Villa-Lobos and more.

Tracklist:

From Marion's Book: Open Your Heart
From Marion's Book: Until And I Heard
Romance, L. 43: Mandoline
En Sourdine
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 1. El Pano Moruno
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 2. Seguidilla Murciana
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 3. Asturiana
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 4. Jota
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 5. Nana
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 6. Cancion
7 Canciones Populares Españolas (Arr. For Voice & Guitar): No. 7. Polo
4 French Folk Songs (Version For Voice & Guitar): No. 1. Reveillez-Vous (Wake Up)
4 French Folk Songs (Version For Voice & Guitar): No. 2. J'ai Descendu (I Went Down)
4 French Folk Songs (Version For Voice & Guitar): No. 3. Le Rossignol (Nightingale)
4 French Folk Songs (Version For Voice & Guitar): No. 4. Marguerite, Elle Est Malade (Margaret Is Ill)
Serestas, W216: Serestas: No. 5. Modinha
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, W391: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5: I. Aria (Cantilena)
Anon In Love: No. 1. Fain Would I Change That Note
Anon In Love: No. 2. O Stay, Sweet Love
Anon In Love: No. 3. Lady, When I Behold The Roses
Anon In Love: No. 4. My Love In Her Attire
Anon In Love: No. 5. I Gave Her Cakes And I Gave Her Ale
Anon In Love: No. 6. To Couple Is A Custom
Ouvre Ton Coeur (Open Your Heart)

UPC: 013491348322
Label: Delos Records
Release Date: 11.13.15
Format: CD

Bizet / Laura Claycomb / Teicholz,Marc - Open Your Heart (CD)