Albany Records: Tagoriana

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Songs based on the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore are featured, including a new cycle by American composer Karim Al-Zand.

Mezzo-soprano Aidan Soder and baritone Paul Busselberg collaborate with pianist Calogero Di Liberto in presenting a recital of songs based on the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore, one of India's most beloved literary figures. Composers from all over the world have been compelled to set his poetry to music, as this recording amply demonstrates. John Alden Carpenter, British composer Frank Bridge, Italian Franco Alfano and German composer Karol Szymanowski all wrote songs dating from the first two decades of the 20th century that used his poetry. The recording also includes recent settings (2004) of Tagore's love songs by the young American composer Karim Al-Zand.

John Alden Carpenter, composer
from Gitanjali
Aidan Soder, mezzo-soprano; Paul Busselberg, baritone; Calogero Di Liberto, piano

Frank Bridge, composer
Three Songs of Tagore
Aidan Soder, mezzo-soprano; Paul Busselberg, baritone; Calogero Di Liberto, piano

Franco Alfano, composer
from Tre Liriche di Tagore
Aidan Soder, mezzo-soprano; Paul Busselberg, baritone; Calogero Di Liberto, piano

Karol Szymanowski, composer
from Vier Gesänge op. 41
Aidan Soder, mezzo-soprano; Paul Busselberg, baritone; Calogero Di Liberto, piano

Karim Al-Zand, composer
Tagore Love Songs
Aidan Soder, mezzo-soprano; Paul Busselberg, baritone; Calogero Di Liberto, piano

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Songs based on the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore are featured, including a new cycle by American composer Karim Al-Zand.

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