Isabel Bayrakdarian – Mark Abel: Spectrum (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:32:30 minutes | 1,68 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Delos
Acclaimed American composer Mark Abel’s sixth album for Delos extends his growing command of chamber writing while also delivering three major new vocal works. Celebrated sopranos Isabel Bayrakdarian (four times a Juno Award winner) and Hila Plitmann (a pair of Grammys and a longtime Abel collaborator) are joined by mezzo Kindra Scharich in presenting the song cycles Trois Femmes du Cinema and 1966, and debuting Two Scenes from “The Book of Esther,” a provocative excerpt from an opera in development. The album’s impressive array of instrumentalists includes pianist Carol Rosenberger (making the final recording of her epic career); fellow pianists Dominic Cheli, Sean Kennard and Jeffrey LaDeur; Alexander String Quartet violist David Samuel; Pacific Symphony concertmaster Dennis Kim and young cello star Jonah Kim.
Tracklist:
1-01. Isabel Bayrakdarian – Trois femmes du cinema: No. 1, Anne Wiazemsky (08:47)
1-02. Isabel Bayrakdarian – Trois femmes du cinema: No. 2, Pina Pellicer (06:07)
1-03. Isabel Bayrakdarian – Trois femmes du cinema: No. 3, Larisa Shepitko (08:30)
1-04. Samuel David – Reconciliation Day (10:21)
1-05. Trio Barclay – Out the Other Side (10:02)
2-01. Hila Plitmann – 2 Scenes from “The Book of Esther”: No. 1, The Maiden Esther (08:50)
2-02. Hila Plitmann – 2 Scenes from “The Book of Esther”: No. 2, Two Queens (14:00)
2-03. Jeff Garza – The Long March (13:08)
2-04. Kindra Scharich – 1966: I. Fall Sunday, San Francisco (04:16)
2-05. Kindra Scharich – 1966: II. First Love (03:07)
2-06. Kindra Scharich – 1966: III. Somewhere in Wyoming (05:22)
