Aaron Jay Kernis
2007 Simple Songs, Songs of Innocents, Valentines Koch 7667Susan Narucki, soprano
Donald Berman, piano
Aaron Jay Kernis, conductor
“Soprano Susan Narucki, pianist Donald Berman and the other musicians on this recording offer satisfying accounts of this difficult, serious but wonderfully expressive music......Narucki has the smarts and complete investment they require. There seem to be no heights she is unafraid to scale; her ability to create line over the angular melodies is enviable She also has compelling richness to her voice that gives her access to plenty of colors…. these songs which invite performers to strut their personality -- a task Narucki and Berman can do handsomely." Opera News
"Kernis is an extraordinary melodist and a master of lush, delicately Romantic harmonies, and when sets out to seduce a listener, there's no resisting him - especially with soprano Susan Narucki's lustrous tones to seal the deal. Simple Songs," which Narucki introduced in San Francisco in 1999, remains a beautiful tour de force, with its delicate instrumental writing and heart-stopping Mahlerian finale." San Francisco Chronicle
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