Melody Moore & Bradley Moore – An American Song Album (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

An American Song Album is a fine collection of songs by American composers, presented by soprano Melody Moore. The repertoire includes Samuel Barbers introspective Hermit Songs, Jake Heggies engaged cycles These Strangers and How Well I Knew the Light, Carlisle Floyds exploration of motherhood in The Mystery, Coplands impressionist and oriental Four Early Songs, as well as a varied selection from Gordon Gettys vocal works. Set to Irish, Welsh, Chilean, German, Arabic and Afro-American poetry, these pieces constitute a panorama of the US as a melting pot of cultures, while simultaneously being bound together by an unmistakably American sound. Melody Moore manages to lift out the poetry of these works with her warm, lyrical voice and impeccable vocal technique. She is accompanied on the piano by Bradley Moore, one of the most eminent conductors and song accompanists of todays American musical scene.

With her first solo album, Melody Moore continues her PENTATONE discography that already features recordings of leading roles in Gordon Gettys Plump Jack (2012) and The Little Match Girl (2015), as well as Desdemona in Verdis Otello (2017).

Tracklist:
1. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 1, At Saint Patrick’s Purgatory (01:33)
2. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 2, Church Bell at Night (00:45)
3. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 3, St. Ita’s Vision (03:13)
4. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 4, The Heavenly Banquet (01:14)
5. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 5, The Crucifixion (02:05)
6. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 6, Sea-Snatch (00:38)
7. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 7, Promiscuity (01:01)
8. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 8, The Monk and His Cat (02:17)
9. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 9, The Praises of God (00:55)
10. Melody Moore – Hermit Songs, Op. 29: No. 10, The Desire for Hermitage (03:40)
11. Melody Moore – No. 1, These Strangers, in a Foreign World (01:22)
12. Melody Moore – No. 2, In the Midst of Thousands (01:55)
13. Melody Moore – No. 3, I Did Not Speak Out (03:34)
14. Melody Moore – No. 4, To a Stranger (04:06)
15. Melody Moore – How Well I Knew the Light: No. 1, Ample Make This Bed (01:37)
16. Melody Moore – How Well I Knew the Light: No. 2, The Sun Kept Setting (03:01)
17. Melody Moore – (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 1, He Has Kissed Me (03:13)
18. Melody Moore – (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 2, Gentleness (04:12)
19. Melody Moore – (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 3, To My Husband (04:48)
20. Melody Moore – (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 4, At Dawn (02:55)
21. Melody Moore – (Arr. for Voice & Piano): No. 5, Rocking (03:04)
22. Melody Moore – 4 Early Songs: No. 1, Night (03:30)
23. Melody Moore – 4 Early Songs: No. 2, A Summer Vacation (02:20)
24. Melody Moore – 4 Early Songs: No. 3, My Heart Is in the East (02:25)
25. Melody Moore – 4 Early Songs: No. 4, Alone (02:08)
26. Melody Moore – Goodbye, Mr. Chips: Chips, Darling, It’s Started (Arr. for Voice & Piano) (04:22)
27. Melody Moore – 3 Welsh Songs (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 1, Welcome Robin (01:59)
28. Melody Moore – 3 Welsh Songs (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 2, Kind Old Man (03:59)
29. Melody Moore – 3 Welsh Songs (Version for Voice & Piano): No. 3, All Through the Night (03:45)
30. Gordon Getty – (Arr. G. Getty for Voice & Piano) (02:37)
31. Gordon Getty – (Arr. G. Getty for Voice & Piano) (04:09)