Track listing

 

Sarah Mesko mezzo-soprano

Brent Funderburk piano

Michael Laderman flute

Brian Sanders cello

Stephen Benson guitar

 

01 SUNDAY PSALM  2:50

Poem by Phyllis McGinley

 

02  QUIET  2:30

Poem by Lily Nussbaum

 

FOUR SONGS ON POEMS BY RUTH WHITMAN

Michael Laderman flute

Brian Sanders cello

03 My Daughter, the Cypress 2:56

04 The Phoenix  1:32

05 Aubade  2:29

06 Round  1:15

 

07 IRREVERENT HEART  1:46

Poem by Yip Harburg

 

08 LET US SING 2:02

(for Cantor Debra Stein)

Stephen Benson guitar

 

THREE FRENCH SONGS

09  La Complainte de Rutebeuf  2:58

Poem by Rutebeuf, 13th Century

10  Emerveillement  3:41

Poem by Anna, Comtesse de Noaille

11  Il Neige Dans Mon Coeur  2:10

French lyrics & translations by Mira J. Spektor

 

12  VOICE IN THE WINd  5:04

 

13  SOME WOULD MARRY WINTER  2:16

Poem by Diane Ackerman

 

14  WHITE ROAD OF SUMMER  1:56

Poem by William Dickey

 

CREDITS

 

Recorded 2018 at Sean Swinney Recording in New York City NY

Session Consultant Kiyoshi Matsuyama

Session Engineer Sean Swinney

Supervising Producer Gabriel Nussbaum, Bank Street Films

 

Photos of Sarah Mesko by Dario Acosta

Photo of Mira J. Spektor by Chris Taggart

 

 

Executive Producer Bob Lord

 

Executive A&R Sam Renshaw

A&R Director Brandon MacNeil

A&R Chris Robinson

VP, Audio Production Jeff LeRoy

Audio Director Lucas Paquette

Mastering Shaun Michaud

 

VP, Design & Marketing Brett Picknell

Art Director Ryan Harrison

Design Edward A. Fleming

Publicity Patrick Niland, Sara Warner