Ricky Ian Gordon: Green Sneakers

Jesse Blumberg, baritone & Miami String Quartet

$15.99

World premiere recording of Ricky Ian Gordon’s most personal and intimate work, written in search of solace from grief after the loss of his partner, Jeffrey Grossi, to AIDS, and following their last few months together. Hailed as “a triumph”, ”superb mini-opera”, “a masterpiece” by Opera Today, American Record Guide and others, every live performance of the piece becomes a cathartic experience and leaves the audience transformed  and uplifted. The original cast of the production – the superb Miami String Quartet and the rising star of opera and recital stage baritone Jesse Blumberg – is beautifully captured in the fabulous setting of Blue Griffin’s The Ballroom studio with the loving guidance of the composer himself.

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Artists Bios:
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Miami String Quartet

Composer's Bio

Liner Notes

Trackl Listing (click on the track name for sound sample):
1 Prelude (instrumental) 3:38
2 If Only Someone Could Have Told Me 1:31
3 In Particular 1:48
4 He Came to Houston 2:26
5 Needs 1:34
6 Shopping 4:24
7 Sportswear 2:43
8 Opening Night 4:53
9 Philadelphia  1:52
10 Stone Garden 1:50
11 Blue Dust Mask 2:53
12 Two Months Later  3:39
13 Would You Consider  2:07
14 Operas Come And Go 3:32
15 It Was As If...  4:44
16 Bonanza 1:43
17 Bus Ride (instrumental) 4:12
18 Provincetown 2:50
19 Epilogue: Sleep  5:21

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