Pablo Neruda: The Poet Sings

2016 GRAMMY®-Nominated, Best Choral Performance
Music by Ratcliff, Kirchner, Grantham
Conspirare / Craig Hella Johnson with Conspirare Chamber Players

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Craig Hella Johnson leads Conspirare in this vibrant tribute to revered Chilean poet and statesman Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), whose life-affirming poetry is the inspiration for these captivating choral settings by Donald Grantham, Shawn Kirchner and Cary Ratcliff, all recorded here for the first time. (from Harmonia Mundi package notes)

With soloists Lauren Snouffer (soprano), Laura Mercado-Wright (mezzo-soprano), Eric Neuville (tenor), James K. Bass (bass), Stephen Redfield (violin), Faith DeBow (piano), Michelle Schumann (piano) and Conspirare Chamber Players.

Track Listing
  1. Ode to Common Things: I. Oda a las Cosas
  2. Ode to Common Things: II. Oda a la Cama
  3. Ode to Common Things: III. Oda a la Guitarra
  4. Ode to Common Things: IV: Oda a las Tijeras
  5. Ode to Common things: V. Oda al Pan
  6. Soneto 53: Tu sangre en la mia
  7. Soneto 52: Tu voz
  8. La canción desesperada

Harmonia Mundi HMU 807637 – 73’55”

Release Date: 09/08/2015
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalog Number: HMU 807637