40@40

LAURA STRICKLING

Release Date: August 18, 2023

Grammy-nominated soprano Laura Strickling releases 40@40, the first installation of world-premiere recordings of art songs commissioned by the singer. Ms. Strickling notes: "These twenty songs, from composers and poets of diverse backgrounds, are exceptional in their beauty, depth, quality, and range of emotional expression." Laura releases 40@40 in collaboration with acclaimed pianist Daniel Schlosberg to further the advancement of modern art song in celebration of her 40th birthday.

LAURA STRICKLING was nominated for 2022 GRAMMY® award for Best Classical Vocal Solo Album for Confessions – her debut solo recording of American art song with pianist Joy Schreier. Recognized by The New York Times for her “flexible voice, crystalline diction, and warm presence,” she is celebrated for her work performing and promoting art song, with an emphasis on new additions to the canon. She curated The NewMusicShelf Anthology of contemporary art songs for soprano and recently announced her second collaboration with the publisher, The 40@40 Anthology. Her “powerful and expressive voice across a large range, her variety of timbre and character,” (Classical Scene), have made her a welcome guest soloist for a range of oratorio and concert works, from Handel to Britten and beyond with orchestras and chamber series around the country. Ms. Strickling created the role of Fanni Radnòti in the world premiere of Tom Cipullo’s opera The Parting with Music of Remembrance, and the role of Dr. Slade in the world premiere of Everything for Dawn with Experiments in Opera. Her discography also includes The Parting by Tom Cipullo, Times Alone (James Matheson), The Vineyard Songs (Glen Roven), Edna St. Vincent Millay (Jake Heggie), and Of a Certain Age (Tom Cipullo). A Chicago native, Ms. Strickling currently makes her home in St. Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands where she cultivates an extensive collection of orchids and enjoys Caribbean life with her husband Taylor, daughter Elizabeth, and Dido the Maltese Poodle. www.laurastrickling.com

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TRACK LIST

1. Not Quite Stars
   composed by Juhi Bansal poetry by Julie Baber
   2. Wind, Carry Me
   composed by James Primosch poetry by Susan Stewart
   3. Prometheus's Monster
   composed by Myron Silberstein poetry by Karen Poppy
   4. Thanks a Latte
   composed by Lori Laitman poetry by Caitlin Vincent
   5. At Spring's End
   composed by Tom Cipullo poetry by Li Po (translated by Ezra Pound)
   6. Saint
   composed by Scott Wheeler poetry by Jeffrey Harrison
   7. E-mail to Odessa
   composed by Dennis Tobenski poetry by Elizabeth Seydel Morgan
   8. Peony
   composed by Ed Windels poetry by C.L. O'Dell
   9. This Ode is Mine
   composed by Bess McCrary poetry by Bess McCrary
   10. Woman Walking
   composed by Nell Shaw Cohen poetry by Megan Cohen
   11. anew
   composed by Joseph Jones poetry by Christina Ramirez
   12. The Mother Who Died Too
   composed by Eugenia Cheng poetry by Edith M. Thomas
   13. Sun of the Sleepless
   composed by Felix Jarrar poetry by Lord Byron
   14. Let Us Remember Spring
   composed by Andrea Clearfield poetry by Charlotte Mew
   15. Las palmeras
   composed by Reinaldo Moya poetry by Pamela Rahn Sánchez
   16. The Solitary Reaper
   composed by Evan Fein poetry by William Wordsworth
   17. My song is sung
   composed by Jodi Goble poetry by Yone Noguchi
   18. Benediction
   composed by Daron Hagen poetry by Christina Ramirez
   19. Two Old Crows
   composed by Juliana Hall poetry by Vachel Lindsay
   20. Song of Solitude (Alone...)
   composed by H. Leslie Adams poetry by Nikos Valance