and flowers pick themselves (Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon)
Melanie Helton, soprano
Ricky Ian Gordon, piano
Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor
Melanie Helton, soprano
Ricky Ian Gordon, piano
Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor
Melanie Helton, soprano
Ricky Ian Gordon, piano
Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor
A stunning new recording of songs by Ricky Ian Gordon with the fabulous Melanie Helton and composer at the piano. The crown jewel of this CD is a world-premiere recording of “and flowers pick themselves (Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra)”
1. Once I Was
2. ‘I Am Cherry Alive’
3. My Sister’s New Red Hat
4. Air
5. Little Horse
6. Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)
7. We Sat Smoking at a Table
8. Coyotes
9. An Old Fashioned Song
10. If You Can
11. Spell Against Sorrow
12. Will There Really Be A “Morning”?
13. The Red Dress
and flowers pick themselves (Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra)
14. i thank You God for most this amazing
15. why did you go
16. Thy fingers make early flowers of
17. anyone lived in a pretty how town
18. who knows if the moon’s
19. blessing the boats