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DANIELPOUR, R. Songs of Solitude / War Songs / Toward the Splendid City (Hampson, Nashville Symphony, Guerrero) Acclaimed as one of America's leading contemporary composers, Richard Danielpour wrote Songs of Solitude as a response to the events of 9/11. Drawing on the poems of W.B. Yeats, the work enshrines a sense of economy and sparseness, formed of a set of six powerful orchestral songs. The motivating force for War Songs was a series of photographs of the young men and women killed in the Iraq War. The song cycle, with it's texts by Walt Whitman, was written for the Nashville Symphony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War. Toward the Splendid City is a portrait of New York City driven by Danielpour's love hate relationship with his hometown. Album Tracks 1. Songs of Solitude I. Prologue 00 03 28 2. II. Blood and the Moon 00 02 50 3. III. Drinking Song 00 05 36 4. IV. These Are the Clouds 00 03 34 5. V. the Second Coming 00 09 07 6. VI. Epilogue 00 04 05 7. War Songs Walt Whitman, Lyricist No. 1. Hush'd Be the Camps to - Day 00 03 50 8. No. 2. Look Down, Fair Moon 00 01 31 9. No. 3. Reconciliation 00 04 25 10. No. 4. Year That Trembled and Reel'd Beneath Me 00 02 36 11. No. 5. Come Up from the Fields Father 00 11 15 12. Toward the Splendid City Richard Danielpour 00 08 32
