Poems of Love & Other Works
Christopher Oldfather (piano), Christine Schadeberg (soprano), Margo Garrett (piano), Angela Fout (soprano), Richard Becker (piano), Nathaniel Chaitkin (cello), Marie-France Lefebvre (piano)
Born in New York, David Chaitkin followed his early experience as a jazz musician with studies at Pomona College and the University of California, Berkeley, where he received its Prix de Paris. His teachers included Luigi Dallapiccola, Seymour Shifrin, Max Deutsch, Andrew Imbrie and Karl Kohn. He has taught at Reed College, New York University and Brooklyn College. Noted for his lyrical and harmonically adventurous music, Chaitkin has composed symphonic as well as a variety of chamber and vocal works. His music has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, the DaCapo Chamber Players and St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble. Recent commissions include a Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra, Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, and a new work for the U.S. Marine Band. As he writes about this release, "The works on this disc share a harmonic language, one which can refresh a long line, allow for the possibility of setting a melody in a number of different contexts, and to extend the possibilities for progression and contrast, balance and rhyme. All of the music reflects my natural desire for clarity of line, harmonic recognition and a sense of phrase."
Track Listing
Title | Composer | Performer |
---|---|---|
Poems of Love: Song for a Lyre (Louise Bogan) | David Chaitkin | Christine Schadeberg, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano |
Poems of Love: La giovinetta scorza (Torquato Tasso) | David Chaitkin | Christine Schadeberg, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano |
Poems of Love: June Rain (W.S. Merwin) | David Chaitkin | Christine Schadeberg, soprano, Christopher Oldfather, piano |
Poems of Love: Long Love (W.S. Merwin) | David Chaitkin | Angela Fout, soprano, Margo Garrett, piano |
Poems of Love: Song: Warm Are the Still and Lucky Miles (W.H. Auden) | David Chaitkin | Angela Fout, soprano, Margo Garrett, piano |
Impromptu | David Chaitkin | Richard Becker, piano |
Three Dances | David Chaitkin | Richard Becker, piano |
Rhapsody | David Chaitkin | Nathaniel Chaitkin, cello, Marie-France Lefebvre, piano |
Reviews
- “
"Chaitkin's sensitivity and poetic fancy come through consistently...dreamy, tremulous, lacey, enchanted."
*Album cover provided for Editorial use only. ©Albany Records. The Albany Imprint is a registered trademark of PARMA Recordings LLC. The views and opinions expressed in this media are those of the artist and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views and opinions held by PARMA Recordings LLC and its label imprints, subsidiaries, and affiliates.