Copland & Galante: Song Cycles

November 2021 sees the release of Emerald Ghost debut album – a CD featuring two song cycles: ‘Nostra Signora degli Insonni’ by Carlo Galante and nine Italian poets who lended their wonderful verses to his music, ‘Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson’ by Aaron Copland, where each song is dedicated to a composer friend.

Catalogue No.:  or 0048
EAN Code: 9120040732486
Artist(s):  Lucy De Butts, Giovanna Gatto
Composer(s):  Aaron Copland, Carlo Galante
Recording Date:  16-18 Apr 2021
Recording Venue:  Klangscheune, Lottstetten-Nack/Germany
Release:  November 2021

Tracklist:

Aaron Copland
Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson (1950) for soprano and piano
1 – Nature, the gentlest mother
2 – There came a wind like a bugle
3 – Why do they shut me out of Heaven?
4 – The world feels dusty
5 – Heart, we will forget him
6 – Dear March, come in!
7 – Sleep is supposed to be
8 – When they come back
9 – I felt a funeral in my brain
10 – I’ve heard an organ talk sometimes
11 – Going to Heaven!
12 – The Chariot

Carlo Galante
Nostra Signora degli Insonni (2004) for soprano and piano
13 – Nostra Signora degli Insonni
14 – Risate nella notte
15 – Inizia dal cervello
16 – Vi aspetto amici su questo approdo
17 – Quando era lontano dalla sera
18 – Così si scende soli nella notte
19 – Il Sonno
20 – Dialoghetto
21 – Anime del sonno