Colin Jacobsen, the solo violinist on 'Impossible Things', plays a Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae violin from 1696 and a Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin made in 2008.
Performer Biography
Nicholas Phan is the first singer of Asian descent to be nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category.
Compositional Technique
In Nico Muhly's 'Lorne Ys My Likinge', the two vocalists do not strictly adhere to one role, often swapping lines and sometimes creating wordless sound around the other's text.
Compositional Technique
Nico Muhly's 'Lorne Ys My Likinge' features angels singing in a chromatic style, as he imagines them as frightening, mysterious, and highly stylized, rather than peaceful choirboys.
Performer Biography
Nicholas Phan, the tenor on this album, co-founded the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago (CAIC) in 2010 to promote art song and vocal chamber music, where he serves as artistic director.
Composer Biography
Nico Muhly, the composer of the works on this album, was born in 1981 and writes orchestral music, works for the stage, chamber music, and sacred music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Nico Muhly generally prefers setting prose over poetry because he finds poetry already contains its own music, making him feel like he's competing with the poet.
