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Baritone Stephen Lancaster and organist Kevin Vaughn perform a program of largely unknown sacred songs.

This recording features largely unknown sacred art songs from the late 19th to the late 20th century, including works by American composers Leo Sowerby and Daniel Pinkham as well as their stylistic predecessors Gabriel Fauré, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Max Reger, Louis Vierne, and Gaston Litaize. These composers' common musical vocabulary of chromatic harmony, realized through the expansive timbral palettes of the organ and voice, creates vivid musical settings of sacred poetry. Baritone Stephen Lancaster was winner of the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition and of The American Prize for men in art song and oratorio. He has been featured in venues around the world as a recitalist, and soloist. He holds degrees from the University of Note Dame and the University of Michigan and is currently on the faculty at Notre Dame. Organist Kevin Vaughn is director of music and organist at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in South Bend, Indiana and on the faculty at Goshen College. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.

Contents:

Gabriel Fauré, composer
Salve Regina
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Gabriel Fauré, composer
Ave Maria
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Ralph Vaughan Williams, composer
Five Mystical Songs
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Max Reger, composer
from 12 Geistliche Lieder, Op. 137
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Louis Vierne, composer
Les Angélus
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Gaston Litaize, composer
Prière
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Leo Sowerby, composer
Three Psalms
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Daniel Pinkham, composer
Three Latin Motets
Stephen Lancaster, baritone; Kevin Vaughn, organ

Review:

Review to come.