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A Chicago Tribune Best Classical Recording of 2020, A WRTI Best of 2020 Album, Apple Music Featured New Album, and Qobuz Grand Selection.
“The singing of Craig Hella Johnson’s ensemble Conspirare combined with the delicacy of shifting textures of twelve guitars is intriguing and emotionally effective. … I found this a really moving setting for an unusual ensemble. You’ll find it alongside other new pieces for choir and guitar quartet.” – Andrew McGregor, BBC Record Review
“Johnson and Conspirare continue to create indelible work, as in “The Singing Guitar,” which pairs Conspirare’s sublime voices with guitar accompaniment. The melismatic chant of Reena Esmail’s “When the Guitar,” the poignant tone painting of Nicol Muhly’s “How Little You Are,” and the storytelling character of Kile Smith’s “The Dawn’s Early Light” illuminate Conspirare’s versatility and singular sound.” – Howard Reich, Chicago Tribune
Track Listing:
- When the Guitar (Reena Esmail)
- How Little You Are (Nico Muhly)
- We washed our faces at the spring
- Do you remember
- A long-drawn wail
- Interlude: Springtime
- How little you are
- The night herders
- The Dawn’s Early Light (Kile Smith)
- I, Sarah Winnemucca
- My grandfather jumped up
- While they were fishing
- The Paiutes are not fond of going to war
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- I shall be beautiful
- The Song That I Came To Sing (CHJ)
Recorded November 4-November 6, 2019 at St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Houston, TX
Read more about The Hope of Loving
“Runestad…has a particular knack for marrying powerful music to texts that speak to some of the most pressing and moving issues of our time.” -Star Tribune
Track Listing:
- Waves
- American Triptych: No. 1, Reflections
- American Triptych: No. 2, The Peace of Wild Things
- American Triptych: No. 3, Come to the Woods
- Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Spirited Light
- Let My Love Be Heard (Version for Choir)
- And So I Go On
- The Hope of Loving: No. 1, Yield to Love
- The Hope of Loving: No. 2, Wild Forces
- The Hope of Loving: No. 3, Wondrous Creatures
- The Hope of Loving: No. 4, The Heart’s Veil
- The Hope of Loving: No. 5, My Soul Is a Candle
- The Hope of Loving: No. 6, The Hope of Loving
- Into the Light: No. 4, Flower into Kindness
Recorded January 20-January 22, 2019 at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
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“A powerful new achievement in American music that vividly traces a journey from despair to transcendence.” — The Wall Street Journal, concert review
Track Listing:
THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING (2013)
PART I: SONGS OF NIGHT
- I. Unknowing
- II. Fearing
- III. Forgetting
- IV. Longing
PART II. SONGS OF DAWN
- I. Waiting
- II. Thinking
- III. Beseeching
- IV. Piercing
- V. Surrendering
- VI. Enduring
SONGS OF THE SOUL (2011)
- I. Descending: From the Abyss
- II. Venturing: On a Dark Night
- III. Hoping: Toward Dawn
- IV. Transforming: Beloved into Lover
- V. Arising: A Time for Song
- VI. Uniting: Leaving My Cares
- VII. Transcending: And Love Remains
Harmonia Mundi 807577 – 76’48”
Recorded June 2013 at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Performing Arts Center, Corpus Christi, TX
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