Copland / Delan / Foster Certain Slant Of Light Super-Audio CD

The exceptional nature and musicality of Emily Dickinson's poetry has attracted many composers. A Certain Slant of Light features musical settings of Dickinson poems by four outstanding American composers: Aaron Copland, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie and Michael Tilson Thomas. The collection of songs featured on this album reveals the diversity of Dickinson's oeuvre, as well as the rich 20th- and 21st-century tradition of American art song composition. These songs are interpreted by the renowned American soprano Lisa Delan, together with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille under the baton of Lawrence Foster. Delan has been featured on varied PENTATONE releases, including three American song recitals. Reviewing Delan's 2016 recording Out of the Shadows, critics praised her "musicianship and responsiveness to the text" (Gramophone), "scrupulous and passionate accounts" (New Music Connoisseur), "liquid emotion and straightforward braininess" (Blog Critics), and "clarity and rhetorical relevance" (The Rehearsal Studio). Opera News noted "It's gratifying to find a singer involved so intimately and actively with the music of her time" and Music Web International added "Lisa Delan is probably one of the most versatile singers now before the public".

1. Nature, the Gentlest Mother 2. There Came a Wind Like a Bugle 3. The World Feels Dusty 4. Heart, We Will Forget Him 5. Dear March, Come in! 6. Sleep Is Supposed to Be 7. Going to Heaven! 8. The Chariot 9. Silence 10. I'm Nobody! Who Are You? 11. Fame 12. That I Did Always Love 13. Goodnight 14. Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers 15. A Bird Came Down the Walk 16. There's a Certain Slant of Light 17. Because I Could Not Stop for Death 18. Down Time's Quaint Stream 19. The Bible 20. Fame 21. The Earth Has Many Keys 22. Take All Away from Me