Released in November 2015, new CD pairs works conducted by Carl St. Clair and the Pacific Symphony Orchestra. Prometheus features Jeffery Biegel at the piano; Canciones de Lorca features tenor René Barbera.
Canciones de Lorca, Prometheus
Bolcom / Barbera / Pacific Symphony / St. Clair
Release Date: 11/13/2015
Label: Naxos Catalog #: 8559788 Spars Code: DDD
Composer: William Bolcom
Performer: René Barbera, Jeffrey Biegel
Conductor: Carl St. Clair
Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale
Written for tenor Plácido Domingo, Canciones de Lorca explores the full variety of that Spanish poet’s surrealistic humour, passion and mystery, as well as invoking the Andalusian flamenco and popular song-lyric atmosphere the composer feels is latent in each poem. Bolcom interprets the legend of Prometheus as a metaphor for our turbulent times, starkly examining how we are chained to a rock of technological dependency but dedicating his work to hope and a peace derived from greater universal understanding.
Works on This Recording
1.
Canciones de Lorca by William Bolcom
Performer: René Barbera (Tenor)
Conductor: Carl St. Clair
Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacific Symphony Orchestra
Written: 2006
2.
Prometheus by William Bolcom
Performer: Jeffrey Biegel (Piano)
Conductor: Carl St. Clair
Orchestra/Ensemble: Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Chorale
Written: 2009