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Eric Schorr

New York Pretending To Be Paris

Albany Records
Release Date: October 28, 2022

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1 Flowers Suite: Flowers - Gigliotti / Switzer  
2 Monday Rhyme - Gigliotti / Switzer  
3 Blue Vase - Gigliotti / Switzer  
4 Marina - Gigliotti / Switzer  
5 Morning (After) Commute • Poem by Thomas March - Darden / Schorr  
6 French Novel • Poem by Richie Hofmann - Kelly / Frisco  
7 In the Apartment, After You’ve Gone • Poem by Thomas March - Gigliotti / Switzer  
8 Elegy for a Small Town Psychic • Poem by Morri Creech - Darden / Schorr  
9 Liquid • Poem by Aaron Smith - Kelly / Frisco  
10 After All These Years • Poem by Aaron Smith - Darden / Schorr  
11 Mothers Suite: Under House Arrest • Poem by Susan Kinsolving - Gigliotti / Switzer  
12 Remodeling • Poem by Susan Kinsolving - Kelly / Frisco  
13 New York Pretending to be Paris • Poem by Aaron Smith - Darden, Gigliotti / Schorr  
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New York Pretending to Be Paris is a new album featuring contemporary poetry transformed into captivating art songs by New York City-based composer Eric Schorr.  Mezzo-Soprano Eve Gigliotti (Metropolitan Opera), tenor Jesse Darden (Boston Lyric Opera) and baritone Michael Kelly (Théâtre du Châtelet) give voice to thirteen musical settings of poems that are full of longing, desire and poignancy.

  • Eric Schorr - 'New York Pretending To Be Paris' featuring baritone: Michael Kelly poets: Susan Kinsolving, Aaron Smith
    Posted At: February 23, 2023
    Composer Eric Schorr is a musical chameleon who has written music for a variety of genres and venues. With a body of work that includes the musical: “Tokio Confidential,” vocal arrangements for “Uncommon Women and Others” and processional music for the opening ceremony of the ‘Gay Games’ at Yankee Stadium, most recently Eric Schorr has created a captivating new album that transforms contemporary p...

  • On 'New York Pretending to be Paris,' Eric Schorr has mastered the art of bittersweetness / Opera News
    Posted At: January 23, 2023
    New York Pretending to Be Paris is a new album featuring contemporary poetry transformed into captivating art songs by New York City-based composer Eric Schorr.  Mezzo-Soprano Eve Gigliotti (Metropolitan Opera), tenor Jesse Darden (Boston Lyric Opera) and baritone Michael Kelly (Théâtre du Châtelet) give voice to thirteen musical settings of poems that are full of longing, desire and poignancy.The song...

  • On 'New York Pretending To Be Paris,' Eric Schorr & co. make for a very lyrical, articulate and alluring listen / TAKE EFFECT
    Posted At: December 31, 2022
    New York Pretending to Be Paris is a new album featuring contemporary poetry transformed into captivating art songs by New York City-based composer Eric Schorr.  Mezzo-Soprano Eve Gigliotti (Metropolitan Opera), tenor Jesse Darden (Boston Lyric Opera) and baritone Michael Kelly (Théâtre du Châtelet) give voice to thirteen musical settings of poems that are full of longing, desire and poignancy.The song...

  • On 'New York Pretending to Be Paris,' Eric Schorr transforms poems into dramatic and compelling scenes / Fanfare
    Posted At: November 28, 2022
    New York Pretending to Be Paris is a new album featuring contemporary poetry transformed into captivating art songs by New York City-based composer Eric Schorr.  Mezzo-Soprano Eve Gigliotti (Metropolitan Opera), tenor Jesse Darden (Boston Lyric Opera) and baritone Michael Kelly (Théâtre du Châtelet) give voice to thirteen musical settings of poems that are full of longing, desire and poignancy.The song...

  • Eric Schorr aspires to respect the inherent rhythms and cadences of the written word / textura
    Posted At: September 14, 2022
    textura writes….Indicative of the care with which Eric Schorr crafted this wonderful collection of art songs is the manner by which he gathered the texts for the project. Rather than select pieces from his personal library, he hit the streets in search of contemporary poems and spent hours perusing texts in Manhattan and Cambridge bookshops and scanning august publications such as The New Yorker and The New...

  • Eric Schorr's 'New York Pretending to be Paris' features art songs full of longing, desire, and poignancy / OPERAWIRE
    Posted At: September 9, 2022
    New York Pretending to Be Paris is a new album featuring contemporary poetry transformed into captivating art songs by New York City-based composer Eric Schorr.  Mezzo-Soprano Eve Gigliotti (Metropolitan Opera), tenor Jesse Darden (Boston Lyric Opera) and baritone Michael Kelly (Théâtre du Châtelet) give voice to thirteen musical settings of poems that are full of longing, desire and poignancy.The song...

  • Eric Schorr chats with NYC's 'Upper West Side - Spirit'
    Posted At: August 22, 2022
    Composer Eric Schorr is a musical chameleon. The Boston-born, New York based composer has written music for a variety of genres and venues, including the musical “Tokio Confidential” at Atlantic Stage 2, vocal arrangements for “Uncommon Women and Others” at Second Stage Theatre, and processional music for the Gay Games’ opening ceremony at Yankee Stadium.Schorr’s music is distinctive for its eclecticism — j...
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