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An American Song Album - Moore, Moore

An American Song Album - Moore, Moore

PentaTone Classics  PTC 5186770

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal


Melody Moore (soprano)
Bradley Moore (piano)


DIVERSE, BUT UNMISTAKABLY AMERICAN

An American Song Album is a fine collection of songs by American composers, presented by soprano Melody Moore. The repertoire includes Samuel Barber’s introspective Hermit Songs, Jake Heggie’s engaged cycles These Strangers and How Well I Knew the Light, Carlisle Floyd’s exploration of motherhood in The Mystery, Copland’s impressionist and oriental Four Early Songs, as well as a varied selection from Gordon Getty’s vocal works. Set to Irish, Welsh, Chilean, German, Arabic and Afro-American poetry,
these pieces constitute a panorama of the US as a melting pot of cultures, while simultaneously being bound together by an unmistakably American sound. Melody Moore manages to lift out the poetry of these works with her warm, lyrical voice and impeccable vocal technique. She is accompanied on the piano by Bradley Moore, one of the most eminent conductors and song accompanists of today’s American musical scene.

With her first solo album, Melody Moore continues her PENTATONE discography that already features recordings of leading roles in Gordon Getty’s Plump Jack (2012) and The Little Match Girl (2015), as well as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello (2017).

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Comment by hiredfox - August 26, 2025 (1 of 6)

A SACD from Pentatone at last but sadly nothing of any significance. Wonder why they chose this one?

Comment by breydon_music - August 26, 2025 (2 of 6)

This one is a SACD because it has come from the San Francisco Classical Recording Company which has a few of the Polyhymnia die-hards in situ. Pentatone itself has no commitment to SACD.

Comment by Graham Williams - September 4, 2025 (3 of 6)

When Pentatone became an 'artist' rather than a 'repertoire' based company their commitment to both SACD and multi-channel recordings sadly seemed to evaporate.
They should change their name to Ditone.

Good to see that the San Francisco Classical Recording Company are partners with both Polyhymnia and Soundmirror.

Comment by hiredfox - September 14, 2025 (4 of 6)

The very best all working together soun s like an exciting recipe for success. Let's hope there's enough work coming in to keep them going. Heaven knows we SACD buffs need it right now.

Comment by Adrian Quanjer - September 15, 2025 (5 of 6)

Challenge Classic, once one of the better SACD producers, sadly ceased physical SACD production, except for a few exceptions, such as Bach: Organ Sonatas BWV 525-530 - Bergwerff from almost a year ago! Recordings made by Bert van der Wolf can still be downloaded from The Spirit of Turtle.

Comment by Ad Rhenum - September 28, 2025 (6 of 6)

This is not a recent release, it's from 2019