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Danielpour: First Light - The Awakened Heart - Symphony No. 3, "Journey Without Distance"

11/1/2012, 6 Tracks, 1:05:42

Featuring

  • Gerard Schwarz
  • Faith Esham
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Seattle Symphony Chorale
  • Richard Danielpour

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Recording & Production

This album was previously released on Delos International and was recorded at the Seattle Opera House in 1991.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Gerard Schwarz, the conductor, recently completed a 26-year tenure as music director of the Seattle Symphony and has a discography of over 350 releases.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Danielpour's music strongly leans towards neoRomanticism, aiming for an immediate visceral impact and response from listeners.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Danielpour has composed an opera titled 'Margaret Garner' with a libretto by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Faith Esham, the soprano soloist, won a GRAMMY® Award for her performance as Micaela in the Gaumont film version of 'Carmen' alongside Plácido Domingo.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Conductor Gerard Schwarz was an early supporter of Danielpour, appointing him composer-in-residence with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in 1991.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Richard Danielpour, the composer, was born in New York in 1956 and comes from a Persian-Jewish background.

Source: Booklet

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