Dale Warland is unquestionably one of the greatest choral conductors of our time. In this live recording- the first in a series- the music of two Italian American composers, Dominick Argento and Vincent Persichetti, are featured. Included is Argento's moving setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet No. LXIV in memory of the victims of 9/11, and Persichetti's Flower Songs. Argento's seven movement cantata Tria Carmina Paschalia for women's voices, with harp and guitar, and his setting of Pat Solstad's Seasons complete the program. Dominick Argento has written fourteen operas as well as major song cycles, orchestral works and many choral pieces for small and large forces. His song cycle 'From the Diary of Virginia Woolf' was written for Janet Baker in 1974 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Included here, too, is the first recording of Seasons. Vincent Persichetti was a composer, teacher and pianist who taught at The Juilliard School. His music integrates diverse styles, from Big Band music to polytonality.

Tracklist:

Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 1, Flowers Of Stone
Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 2, Spouting Violets
Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 3, Early Flowers
Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 4, Is There A Flower
Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 5, A Yellow Flower
Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 6, The Rose Is Dying
Cantata No. 6, Op. 157 "Flower Songs": No. 7, Lily Has A Rose
Sonnet No. 64
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Good Friday: I. Preludium
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Good Friday: II. Good Friday. The Third Nocturne
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Holy Saturday: III. Interludium I
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Holy Saturday: IV. Saturday
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Easter Sunday: V. Interludium II
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Easter Sunday: VI. Easter Sunday
Tria Carmina Paschalia, Easter Sunday: VII. Postludium
Seasons: I. Autumn
Seasons: II. Winter
Seasons: III. Spring
Seasons: IV. Summer

UPC: 000334931629
Label: Gothic Records
Release Date: 7.20.18
Format: CD

Persichetti / Berg - Seasons (CD)