{"product_id":"secret-and-divine-signs-music-by-urquhart-slattery-urquhart","title":"Urquhart: Secret and Divine Signs - Michael Slattery, Craig Urquhart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialaboutthisrecordingsept2022_260376b5-eb7a-42ee-ab0a-6c164c3cdd1e_480x480.png?v=1668973678\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeauty and grace: these are the instantly recognizable qualities that imbue Secret and Divine Signs, the young tenor Michael Slattery’s disc of exquisite art song by fellow-American Craig Urquhart. The purity of Michael’s voice overlays Craig’s inspirational marriage of music and poetry by Dickinson, Whitman, Hesse and D H Lawrence. The songs on Secret and Divine Signs, which are interwoven with Craig’s refined piano solos, impart an emotional journey of discovery, reflection and anticipation; union, exhilaration and rejection; regret, temptation and sacrifice; memory, solitude and disillusionment; and finally: resurrection, redemption and love.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael’s collaboration with Craig began after the composer heard him sing Maria from West Side Story in a gala concert in Paris devoted to Leonard Bernstein. Craig, who was Bernstein’s long-time musical assistant, realised he was hearing for the first time the voice he had been composing for all along.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMichael Slattery is a Juilliard graduate who has sung with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. He made his UK debut in February 2005 singing Candide with the BBC Concert Orchestra. He made his European debut in Paris where he returned in the spring of 2006 to sing the title role in Orfeo with conductor Emmanuelle Haïm at the Chatelet Theatre.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCraig Urquhart’s compositions create rich melodic landscapes that blossom into dramatic journeys from the heart. His timeless sound and lyrical personal voice is both a reflection of our time and a commentary on humanity’s need for refuge. As Leonard Bernstein wrote: “Craig Urquhart is a truly gifted composer… his tonal approach is…genuinely moving, with a private beauty of its own.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialTRACKLISTINGWITHWORLD_480x480.png?v=1668973528\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/officialTRACKLISTINGWITHWORLD_480x480.png?v=1668973528\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCraig URQUHART\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. Streamwalker (introduction) (0:52)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2. Here the Frailest of Me (Whitman) (1:55)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3. Sometimes with one I Love (Whitman) (1:46)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4. Astronomer (introduction) (3:28) \/\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eO You whom I often and silently come (Whitman) (1:55)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5. I’ll tell you how the sun rose (Dickinson) (1:57)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6. Pas de deux (2:47)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7. Split the Lark (Dickinson) (2:11)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8. Vesper Hymn (3:30)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9. Among the Multitude (Whitman) (2:07)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10. Far From Love (Dickinson) (2:11)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11. Venetian Snowfall (4:45)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12. Sleeping Rose (Draddy) (2:10)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13. The Dalliance of Eagles (3:00)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14. Piano (D. H . Lawrence) (3:54)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15. Across the Fields … (Hesse) (2:02)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16. Secret Spaces (5:40)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17. Adrift, a little boat Adrift! (Dickinson) (2:42)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18. On this Wondrous Sea (Dickinson) (1:49)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19. The Awakening (2:07)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20. It’s All I Have to Bring Today (An American Blessing) (Dickinson) (1:23)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AVIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43655020609786,"sku":"822252208825","price":5.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/61cHhNACCZL._SL1000.jpg?v=1669580856","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/de-de\/products\/secret-and-divine-signs-music-by-urquhart-slattery-urquhart","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}