Isabel Bayrakdarian, Kindra Scharich, Hila Plitmann, David Samuel, Jonah Kim, Dennis Kim - Mark Abel: Spectrum (2022) [24/96]

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:
Disc 1 (43:47)
1. Isabel Bayrakdarian & Carol Rosenberger – Trois femmes du cinema: No. 1, Anne Wiazemsky (08:47)
2. Isabel Bayrakdarian & Carol Rosenberger – Trois femmes du cinema: No. 2, Pina Pellicer (06:07)
3. Isabel Bayrakdarian & Carol Rosenberger – Trois femmes du cinema: No. 3, Larisa Shepitko (08:30)
4. David Samuel & Dominic Cheli – Reconciliation Day (10:21)
5. Trio Barclay – Out the Other Side (10:02)

Disc 2 (48:43)
1. Hila Plitmann, Kindra Scharich, Adam Millstein, Max Opferkuch & Dominic Cheli – 2 Scenes from "The Book of Esther": No. 1, The Maiden Esther (08:50)
2. Hila Plitmann, Kindra Scharich, Adam Millstein, Max Opferkuch & Dominic Cheli – 2 Scenes from "The Book of Esther": No. 2, Two Queens (14:00)
3. Jeff Garza, Christy Kim & Dominic Cheli – The Long March (13:08)
4. Kindra Scharich & Jeffrey LaDeur – 1966: I. Fall Sunday, San Francisco (04:16)
5. Kindra Scharich & Jeffrey LaDeur – 1966: II. First Love (03:07)
6. Kindra Scharich & Jeffrey LaDeur – 1966: III. Somewhere in Wyoming (05:22)


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