Tony Boutte - Douglas J.Cuomo:Monodrama Savage Winter - Import CD

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Tony Boutte

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Douglas J. Cuomo (b.1958):. [Includes. Monodrama "Desolate Winter" ~ based on Wilhelm Muller's "Winter Journey Good night / Weathercock / Frozen tears / Biting / Lime tree / Overflowing tears / Sharp stones (on the river) / Recollections / Sparks (devil's fire) / Rest / Spring dream / Loneliness / My heart, my essence (mail coach) / White hair head (frosty head) / Raven / Last hope / In the village / Stormy morning / Delusion (hallucination) / Signpost / Traveling basket / Courage / Three suns (phantom sun) / Hardy Gurdy Players] [Performer Tony Boutet (Tenor) Alan Johnson (Conductor, Piano) Frank London (Trumpet) Douglas J. Cuomo (Guitar, electronics, organ) Recorded September 12 and 13, 2021 at Brooklyn Banker Studios, 74:20 This monodrama was conceived and composed with the American Opera Project and premiered by the Pittsburgh Opera. It is based on a series of poems by Wilhelm Müller that Schubert used in his "Winterreise," but has been translated into English and the period setting has been completely replaced by the present day.This is why the title differs from the original lyrics in some places, as noted in parentheses. Douglas J. Cuomo was born in 1958. Originally a jazz guitarist, he became a composer when he started working on a number of TV dramas. His most famous film score is "Sex and the City. (Tobu Shoji)