Notes and Editorial Reviews
Composer Elena Ruehr’s first release for Avie assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three distinct American poets: Louise Glück, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes. The title work, “Averno,” is a cantata that sets 11 poems of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glück collection of the same name. The miniatures “Cricket, Spider, Bee” paint a vivid, aural picture of Dickinson’s scenic natural world. The large scale “Gospel Cha Cha” sets Langston Hughes’ socially critical late poetry, evoking African dances, drumming, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1960s with improvisatory flair.
“Sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies.” —New York Times
“Unspeakably gorgeous.” — Gramophone
Composer Elena Ruehr’s first release for Avie assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three distinct American poets: Louise Glück, Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes. The title work, “Averno,” is a cantata that sets 11 poems of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glück collection of the same name. The miniatures “Cricket, Spider, Bee” paint a vivid, aural picture of Dickinson’s scenic natural world. The large scale “Gospel Cha Cha” sets Langston Hughes’ socially critical late poetry, evoking African dances, drumming, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1960s with improvisatory flair.
“Sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies.” —New York Times
“Unspeakably gorgeous.” — Gramophone
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Works on This Recording
1.
Averno by Elena Ruehr
Performer:
Marguerite Krull (Soprano),
Stephen Salters (Baritone)
Conductor:
Julian Wachner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Trinity Choir,
Novus NY
2.
Cricket, Spider, Bee by Elena Ruehr
Performer:
Marguerite Krull (Soprano),
Stephen Salters (Baritone)
Conductor:
Julian Wachner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Trinity Choir,
Novus NY
3.
Gospel Cha Cha by Elena Ruehr
Performer:
Marguerite Krull (Soprano),
Stephen Salters (Baritone)
Conductor:
Julian Wachner
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Trinity Choir,
Novus NY
Sound Samples
Averno: The Night Migrations
Averno: Persephone the Wanderer
Cricket, Spider, Bee: The Cricket Sang
Cricket, Spider, Bee: A Spider Sowed at Night
Cricket, Spider, Bee: To Make a Prairie
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