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Richard Danielpour

Songs in Three Languages w/Plitmann - Iranshahr

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Release Date: June 14, 2024

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1 Songs of Love and Loss / No. 1. Exuberant 2:17  
2 No. 2. Misterioso 2:55  
3 No. 3. Triste 3:54  
4 No. 4. Andante (Simply flowing) 3:55  
5 No. 5. Lively 1:48  
6 Canti Della Natura / Estate (‘Summer’), No. 1. Moderato e cantabile 3:53  
7 No. 2. Maestoso 2:29  
8 Autunno (‘Autumn’) / No. 3. Grazioso 1:49  
9 No. 4. Larghetto (languid) 2:42  
10 No. 5. Lively, leggiero ben misurato 1:41  
11 Inverno (‘Winter’) / No. 6. Molto moderato 2:05  
12 No. 7. Adagio con rubato 4:16  
13 No. 8. Con moto 2:13  
14 Cambio di Stagione (‘Change of Season’) / No. 9. (Intermezzo): Molto adagio teneramente 4:21  
15 Primavera (‘Spring’) / No. 10. Con moto 2:41  
16 No. 11. Largo 1:50  
17 No. 12. Finale (Country Dance): Scherzando 3:05  
18 Songs of My Father / No. 1. Grazioso e cantabile 4:55  
19 No. 2. Floating, as if in a dream 2:24  
20 No. 3. Molto moderato 3:03  
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Richard Danielpour writes…..I have known Hila Plitmann since 2010; since that time, we have collaborated on seven different works together. She has sung my music on five different Naxos recordings over the years (Ancient Voices, 8.578311-12; Darkness in the Ancient Valley, 8.559707; The Passion of Yeshua, 8.559885-86; Toward a Season of Peace, 8.559772; String Quartet No. 7 ‘Psalms of Solace’, 8.559845). We have each had such a productive professional relationship with Naxos of America and with one another, so it seemed fitting that we should create a recording together of three new works of mine, two of which were commissioned and composed expressly for Hila.

I chose the three works on this album – Songs of Love and Loss, Canti Della Natura (‘Songs of Nature’), and Songs of My Father – in part because each work is in a different language. Each of these languages has been important and central to me throughout my life: Songs of Love and Loss is in Farsi, the language of my Persian ancestors; Canti Della Natura is in Italian, which is a language that I speak fluently from my many years of living in Italy; and Songs of My Father is derived from poems in English that were written by my father, Sayid Danielpour. These poems of my father, which have remained very dear to me throughout the years, were written in 1964 as love letters to my mother.

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  • Composer Richard Danielpour and Soprano Hila Plitmann chat about 'Songs in Three Languages' with 107.5WRUU
    Posted At: June 20, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • Richard Danielpour joins FM91: WGTE - Toledo to discuss new opera: 'Grand Hotel' and 'Songs in Three Languages' recording
    Posted At: June 6, 2024 12:00 AM
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  • Composing is not something that you decide to do, it chooses you - Richard Danielpour chats with Planet Hugill
    Posted At: September 4, 2021 12:00 AM

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  • Richard Danielpour chats with 89.3WQED
    Posted At: May 20, 2021 12:00 AM

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  • Richard Danielpour and Simone Dinnerstein collaborate from separate coasts on 'An American Mosaic' / textura
    Posted At: April 29, 2021 12:00 AM

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    Posted At: April 22, 2021 12:00 AM

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  • Richard Danielpour finds his voice in 'The Passion of Yeshua' / San Francisco Classical Voice
    Posted At: January 11, 2021 12:00 AM

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  • Richard Danielpour Interview with Harmonious World Podcast
    Posted At: January 4, 2021 12:00 AM

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  • BPO Chorus & UCLA Chamber Singers revel in GRAMMY nominations for Richard Danielpour's dramatic oratorio - The Passion of Yeshua / San Francisco Classical Voice
    Posted At: December 8, 2020 12:00 AM

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