Dan Schwartz, vibraphone; Donald Nally, conductor. Seven movements: I - Siderite; II - Limonite; III - Maghemite; IV - Magnetite; V - Hematite; VI - Vivianite; VII - Goethite. Texts from various sources by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alfred Tennyson, Josquin des Prez and Caroline Shaw.
Calliope's Call: Evangelia Leontis, soprano; JJ Penna, piano. Five songs: I - The Giggle Fit; II - The Unfolding; III - Bitterness; IV - Study Hour; V - The Dream of the Moon. A "reimagining" of poetry by the Persian lyric poet Hafiz.
Canadian Art Song Project. Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, soprano; Steven Philcox, piano. Poems by Owen Dodson. Eight songs: I - O my boy: Jesus my first and only son; II - Don’t pay attention to the old men in the temple; III - Jesus, did you know that Lazarus is back?; IV - There’s a supper in Jerusalem tonight and I wish that I was there; V - Cold and icy in my bed: laid on the ground of Jerusalem; VI - Bring me those needles, Martha, I believe I’ll knit Jesus a scarf; VII - Everything is black, air, water, sun, moon, all light, dirt is black; VIII - O my boy: Jesus my first and only son.
