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WHISPERS OF HEAVENLY DEATH (2018)

Vocal Works by Scott Perkins

Whispers of Heavenly Death

Julia Mintzer mezzo-soprano

Éric Trudel piano

01 Darest Thou Now O Soul

02 Whispers of Heavenly Death

03 As If a Phantom Caress’d Me

04 O Living Always, Always Dying

05 The Last Invocation

Holy Sonnets of John Donne

Jamie Jordan soprano 

Éric Trudel piano

06 Thou hast made me

07 What if this present were the worlds last night

08 I am a little world made cunningly

09 At the round earths imagin’d corners

10 Batter my heart, three person’d God

11 Death be not proud

Riddle Songs

Dashon Burton baritone

Éric Trudel piano

12 *Ic eom ƿunderlicu ƿiht

13 Moððe ƿord fræt

14 Ic ᵹefræᵹn for hæleþum

15 Ƿrætlic honᵹað

16 Ƿundor ƿearð on ƿeᵹe

Dogen Songs

Zachary Wilder tenor

Éric Trudel piano

17 Viewing Peach Blossoms and Realizing the Way

18 On Nondependence of Mind

19 The Body Born Before the Parents

20 On the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye

Spring and All

Zachary Wilder tenor

 Éric Trudel piano

21 Spring and All

22 The Farmer

23 The Right of Way

Summer Songs

Jamie Jordan soprano

Éric Trudel piano

24 Summer Sun

25 Foreign Lands

26 Summer Sun Shone Round Me

Three Songs for Autumn

Dashon Burton baritone

Helen Park flute

Éric Trudel piano

27 Fall

28 Red Leaf

29 Smoke

Soir d’Hiver

Julia Mintzer mezzo-soprano

Éric Trudel piano

30 Soir d’hiver

31 En hiver

32 Décembre

33 Dans l’interminable ennui de la plaine

*Digital release only

CREDITS

Recorded June 7, 8, 13, and 14; July 15 and 17; and November 18 and 19, 2017 at Firehouse 12 in New Haven CT

Recording Engineer Greg DiCrosta

Producer Scott Perkins

Special thanks to Myra and Steve Johnson for their generous support.

Executive Producer Bob Lord

Executive A&R  Sam Renshaw

A&R Danielle Lewis

Vice President, Audio Production Jeff LeRoy

Production Engineer Lucas Paquette

Mastering Shaun Michaud

Art Director Brett Picknell

Design Ryan Harrison, Edward Fleming

Publicity Scott Feldman, Patrick Niland