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Infrastructure: The Songs of David Sisco
Métier Records is proud to present “Infrastructure: The Songs of David Sisco” from the award-winning US composer, featuring over 25 years of his output of art song, performed by pianist David Fung, singers Laura Strickling, Elizabeth Mondragon, Michael Kelly, and David Sisco himself. The album mixes beautiful and thought-provoking settings of both contemporary and historic poetry with entertaining and often touching song cycles based on online posts and reviews, unusual inspirations for art song.
MICHAEL ELLISON: A TRIPTYCH OF TRANSCULTURAL OPERAS
Métier proudly presents composer Michael Ellison’s ground-breaking set of Three Transcultural Operas: Mevlana (Say I am you), Deniz Küstü (The Sea Crossed Fisherman), and bozlak opera Binboğalar Efsanesi (Legend of a Thousand Bulls), all performed with the Hezarfen Ensemble, the leading Turkish contemporary music ensemble co-founded by Michael Ellison.
POULENC: MUSIC FOR TWO PIANOS
Divine Art is delighted to present Francis Poulenc: Music for Two Pianos, performed by pianists Antony Gray and Rob Hao. Among the highlights of this superb new release are the first commercial audio recording of Antony Gray’s own transcription for two pianos of Poulenc’s score from the film Voyage en Amerique, the first recording of Poulenc’s two piano reduction of the Concert Champetre, plus the recently discovered Valse de musique de soie.







