Time And Memory
Hsaio-Ying Lin, James Reese, Hsiao-Ying Lin, Matt Sullivan, Ta Wei Tsai, Molly Young
Supremely lyrical, the vocal compositions of Michael Rickelton flow organically in careful counterpoint with the texts upon which they are based. The three cycles featured on this disc generate the emotion, tone, and discourse that make each work unique, calling to mind the tradition of Lieder and art song. An experienced composer of solo, chamber, and orchestral works, Michael Rickelton has a particularaly strong and critically acclaimed affinity for the voice as this recording so beautifully demonstrates. Rickelton studied at Lipscomb University, the École Normale de Musique, and Peabody Conservatory. He is on the faculty of the Peabody Conservatory, the Johns Hopkins University, and Towson University.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Time and Memory: suite for voice and piano on poems of William S. Trout | Michael Rickelton | James Reese, tenor; Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano |
| Battle Songs | Michael Rickelton | Matt Sullivan, baritone; Hsiao-Ying Lin, piano |
| Impossible Season | Michael Rickelton | Molly Young, soprano; Ta Wei Tsai, piano |
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"American composer Michael Rickelton is represtned in this disc by three song cycles. The composer, a performer and educator too -- he studied composition with Jerome Reed in Nashville, Tennessee -- also sings, though not here, something that clearly informs his cycles. He draws on the poetry of the contemporary writer Dana Gioia in the final set, Impossible Season. There's a particularly beautiful setting of his poem Parts of Smmer Weather, fragrant harmonies and a nostalgia not dissimilar to that evoked in September Noon from the first cycle. Perhaps overall this cycle is less immediately distinctive than its two companions, but it does amplify Rickelton's success in landscape and seasonal settings rather as Battle Songs showed his capacity to encompass more combative elements. If You enjoy the songs of Barber, Copland, Britten or Bolcom you may find some echoes here in Rickelton's thoughtful settings."
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