““Adding to the complex score were… sopranos Elissa Johnston and Kathleen Roland, whose voices soared high above the the ensemble in glorious and dramatic fusion.””
Aura
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This 2008 release from Southwest Chamber Music and Cambria Master Recordings features music of Grawemeyer Award-winning composer Chinary Ung. The recording includes Aura, Oracle and Still Life After Death. Sopranos Elissa Johnston, Kathleen Roland and Grammy Award-winning members of Southwest Chamber Music are featured in this dazzling recording. Aura is a major 45-minute work celebrating the enlightenment of Buddha. At its Southwest Chamber Music world premiere in February of 2006, Aura was described by the Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed with sweeping accolades: “with music this enthralling, there is no need to hold back. Musically, Aura unfolds like radiating light.” – CD Baby
Transparente
"Trasparente" by Finnish composer, Ilmari Mäenpää. Performed as part of a lecture performance for the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Scholarship, Butler University, Austin, TX, 2023. "Women Fantastical and Real in Finnish Art Song"
All I Have
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"Songs from Letters: Calamity Jane to her daughter, Janey" can be found on Licorice Stick, along with "Licorice Stick" and "Mephisto Rag", played by clarinettist Stefan Harg. Pianist Katarina Harg is the excellent pianist on this recording, made with the composer Libby Larsen in Stockholm.
DIE ZWEI BLAUEN AUGEN
Still life after death
Soai vacciiga buotalagha
Spiralxii: Space between heaven and earth
““Sopranos Kathleen Roland and Elissa Johnston were glossy icing on this rich cake … ””