David del Tredici: Songs for Baritone and Piano

So Lit Song Lit

American composer David del Tredici is considered a pioneer of neo-Romanticism, and his art songs definitely show that. With many art songs, song cycles, vocal chamber works, and compositions for voice and orchestra, it is well worth perusing his website (which also lists clips to hear the pieces!) to check out the rest of his output.

His volume Songs for Baritone and Piano (with 11 songs, including the cycle Gay Life) is available at Sheet Music Plus.

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Troy Cook, baritone, and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:

• Ballad in Yellow
• 2. In the Temple (Gay Life)
• 5. Here (Gay Life)

Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.

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