Irina Muresanu, Violin, Sarah Bob, Piano, Jennifer Kloetzel, Cello, Ethan Filner, Viola

01 Lift

03 Second Violin Sonata  II. For Eddie Russ

04 Second Violin Sonata  III. Meeting Oscar

05 Klein Suite  I. Andante

06 Klein Suite  II. Allegro

07 Adrienne and Amy  I. Adrienne and Amy

08 Adrienne and Amy  II. The Hermit Thrush

09 Adrienne and Amy  III. Professor in the Garden

A piano vocal version from the opera "When Night Comes" with Eric Christopher Perry, tenor, and Sarah Bob, piano.  Music by Elena Ruehr, libretto by Marilyn Levine.

Darkness, You Come Too Soon

Piano Vocal version with Sarah Moyer soprano and Sarah Bob, piano.

Tomorrow - I'm - Going - To - Town 2 3

Review
Sumptuously scored and full of soaring melodies. --New York Times
Unspeakably gorgeous. --Gramophone

Composer Elena Ruehr's first release for Avie assembles vocal and choral works inspired by three distinct American poets: Louise Glück,Emily Dickinson, and Langston Hughes. The title work, Averno, is a cantata that sets 11 poems of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glück collection of the same name. The miniatures Cricket, Spider, Bee paint a vivid, aural picture of Dickinson s scenic natural world. The large scale Gospel Cha Cha sets Langston Hughes socially critical late poetry, evoking African dances, drumming, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1960s with improvisatory flair.

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Averno:  Telescope (sample)

Gospel Cha Cha (sample)

A DELIGHTFUL RECORDING OF ELENA RUEHR'S CHAMBER WORKS.

Called a “composer to watch” by Opera News, Elena Ruehr’s music has been performed by the Borremeo String Quartet, the Shanghai String Quartet, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (where she was composer in residence from 2000-2005), and the Cincinnati Symphony, among others. Dr. Ruehr was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute in 2009 and she teaches in the music department at MIT.

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CONTENTS:
The Law of Floating Objects
Sarah Brady, flute
Blackberries

Benjamin Seltzer, clarinet, Alexei Gonzales, cello, Heng-Jin Park, piano
Three Preludes
Sarah Bob, piano

Of Water and Clouds
Sarah Brady, flute, Sarah Bob, piano
Black and White

Benjamin Seltzer, clarinet, Heng-Jin Park, piano
jane wang considers the dragonfly
Sarah Brady, flute
REVIEW:
"With a light touch, Elena Ruehr's music grabs your attention in a 'what's that over there in the distance?' sort of way. Upon a closer look, the music is a careful balance of gorgeous sonorities, descriptive themes, and vibrant rhythm." (Endless Possibilities)

"Ruehr's chamber music is lovely. She crafts her materials with an experienced hand, fully aware that less is more. ...Well worth investigating. Ruehr's voice is as memorable as it is gentle." (Fanfare)


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