and flowers pick themselves (Songs of Ricky Ian Gordon)
Melanie Helton, soprano
Ricky Ian Gordon, piano
Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra
Raphael Jimenez, conductor
A stunning new recording of songs by Ricky Ian Gordon with the fabulous Melanie Helton and composer at the piano. The crown jewel of this CD is a world-premiere recording of “and flowers pick themselves (Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra)”
1. Once I Was
2. ‘I Am Cherry Alive’
3. My Sister’s New Red Hat
4. Air
5. Little Horse
6. Poem (Lana Turner Has Collapsed!)
7. We Sat Smoking at a Table
8. Coyotes
9. An Old Fashioned Song
10. If You Can
11. Spell Against Sorrow
12. Will There Really Be A “Morning”?
13. The Red Dress
and flowers pick themselves (Five Songs for Soprano and Orchestra)
14. i thank You God for most this amazing
15. why did you go
16. Thy fingers make early flowers of
17. anyone lived in a pretty how town
18. who knows if the moon’s
19. blessing the boats