SPECTRA

A Concert of music for piano

A Concert of music FOR voices

A Concert of music FOR orchestra

 

by members of Connecticut Composers, Inc.

 

OVERVIEW

 

In 2008, PARMA Recordings acquired Capstone Records, the highly respected New York-based classical label founded by composer Richard Brooks in 1986, with the intent of shepherding the company and its music into the digital era. This album was originally released on Capstone and is being re-released by PARMA Recording's Navona Records.

 

This three-album collection contains all the installments in the SPECTRA series – a collection of works from members of Connecticut Composers, Inc., a nonprofit supporting composers living and working in the state. Allen Brings, vice president of CCI, organized the series and composed one composition on each disc.

 

The trio of releases includes SPECTRA: A CONCERT OF MUSIC FOR VOICES (2002), featuring the Kent Singers and conductor Marguerite Mullee; SPECTRA: A CONCERT OF MUSIC FOR PIANO (2004), featuring pianists Ulrich Urban, Margaret Mills, Genevieve Chinn and Angela Pistilli; and SPECTRA: A CONCERT OF MUSIC FOR ORCHESTRA (2007), featuring the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra and Hartt Symphony Orchestra with conductors Christopher Zimmerman, Marguerite Mullee and Joel Eric Suben.

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CREDITS

 

A Concert of music for piano

 

Mastering by Scott Metcalfe

 

An American Triptych   Elizabeth R. Austin

Recording engineer and editor Albrecht Urban

 

A Bouquet of Bagatelles   Elizabeth Lauer

Recording engineer and editor Adrian Carr

 

Puzzle Preludes   Elizabeth R. Austin

Recording engineer and editor Albrecht Urban

 

Hornpipe   Harold Littledale

Recording engineer Rick Krahn

Editor Da-Hong Seetoo

 

Forces   Howard Rovics

Recording engineer and editor Howard Rovics

 

Ten Conceits   Allen Brings

Recording engineer Rick Krahn

Editor Da-Hong Seetoo

 

 

A Concert of music FOR voices

 

Editing and Mastering on all Tracks   Scott Metcalfe

 

Missa Brevis   Allen Brings

Recording engineer   Shauna Gove

 

Two Poems for Henry David Thoreau   Stephen Michael Gryc

Recording engineer   Justin Kurtz

 

Three Vocal Pieces on Poems of Stephen Crane   Sandra Smith Brooks

Recording engineer   Scott Metcalfe

 

Come, Swan   Howard Rovics

Recording engineer   Justin Kurtz

 

Sigh No More, Ladies   Elizabeth Lauer

Recording engineer   Scott Metcalfe

 

Sleighing Song   Frank Vasi

Recording engineer   Shauna Gove

 

The Master’s Hands   Elizabeth R. Austin

Recording engineer   Scott Metcalfe

 

Adoramus Te, Christe   Benjamin Gryk

Recording engineer   Shauna Gove

 

Fear No More   Elizabeth Lauer

Recording engineer Scott Metcalfe

 

Four Little Songs   Constance Walton

Recording engineer   Scott Metcalfe

 

The Legacy of Caring   George Lombardo

Recording engineer   Justin Kurtz

 

Along Some Distant Day   Ken Steen

Recording engineer   Scott Metcalfe

 

 

A Concert of music FOR orchestra

 

The Master Disc was Produced by   Scott Metcalfe

 

Death   Robert Carl

Recording engineer and editor Scott Metcalfe

 

Symphony No. 2 “Lighthouse”   Elizabeth R. Austin

Recording engineer and editor   Frantisek Poul

 

Legacy   Ken Steen

Recording engineer and editor   Scott Metcalfe

 

Serenade   Allen Brings

Recording engineer and editor   Frantisek Poul

 

 

Executive Producer Bob Lord

Executive A&R Sam Renshaw

Audio Director Jeff LeRoy

Engineering Manager Lucas Paquette

Art & Production Director Brett Picknell

Graphic Design Ryan Harrison

Marketing Scott Murphy

 

Release Date: January 13, 2017

Catalog #: NV6077

 

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TRACK INFO

 

A Concert of music for piano

 

1-3   An American Triptych   Elizabeth R. Austin

Ulrich Urban, piano

 

4-9  A Bouquet of Bagatelles   Elizabeth Lauer

Margaret Mills, piano

 

10-14   Puzzle Preludes   Elizabeth R. Austin

Ulrich Urban, piano

 

15   Hornpipe   Harold Littledale

Genevieve Chinn, piano

 

16-24   Forces   Howard Rovics

Angela Pistilli, piano

 

25-34   Ten Conceits   Allen Brings

Genevieve Chinn, piano

 

 

A Concert of music FOR voices

 

The Kent Singers |  Marguerite Mullée, director

 

35-36   Missa Brevis   Allen Brings

Soloists: Emily Elliot, Haidee Freund,

Jay Crawford-Kelly & Clint Macgowan

 

37-38   Two Poems of Henry David Thoreau   Stephen Michael Gryc

 

Three Vocal Pieces on Poems of Stephen Crane   Sandra Smith Brooks

Kathleen Stark, alto; Mellissa Moeckles, bassoon; Sharon Abner, piano

 

42   Come, Swan   Howard Rovics

 

43   Sigh No More, Ladies   Elizabeth Lauer

 

44   Sleighing Song   Frank Vasi

Sharon Abner, piano

 

45   The Master’s Hands   Elizabeth R. Austin

Sharon Abner, piano

 

46   Adoramus Te, Christe   Benjamin Gryk

Sharon Abner, organ

 

47   Fear No More   Elizabeth Lauer

 

48-51   Four Little Songs   Constance Walton

Sharon Abner, piano

 

52   The Legacy of Caring   George Lombardo

Kathleen Stark, alto solo

 

53   Along Some Distant Day   Ken Steen

Soloists: Patricia Hochstetter, Lisa Lansing-Simont,

Jay Crawford-Kelly & Clint Macgowan

Sharon Abner, organ

 

 

A Concert of music FOR orchestra

 

54   Death  Robert Carl

Hartt Symphony Orchestra  | Christopher Zimmerman, conductor

 

55-57   Symphony No. 2 “Lighthouse”    Elizabeth R. Austin

The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra |  Joel Eric Suben, conductor

 

58   Legacy   Ken Steen

String ensemble conducted by Marguerite Mullée

 

59-61   Serenade    Allen Brings

The Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra |  Joel Eric Suben, conductor

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