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Patricia Racette: Diva on Detour

Metropolitan Opera star Patricia Racette began singing in cabarets and is now bringing her career full circle. This live recording of her intimate evening of songs by Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, and Edith Piaf is a treat for all music and theatre lovers. This opera diva’s voice and astounding stage presence are lovingly captured on her first live CD recorded in concert at the GPR/Sound Associate Studios. To be released late Spring 2012. “Her singing was robust, nuanced and passionate, befitting a performer of her skill and experience.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Release Date: July 2012

GPR Records Proudly Presents

Five Borough Songbook

Internationally acclaimed Five Borough Music Festival commissioned 20 composers to write one new vocal work each, inspired by places, themes, and poetry from every corner of New York City. Compiled together into the Songbook, these new pieces serve as a celebration of the entirety of New York City, of its literary history, and of its most promising musical talent. Composers include: Lisa Bielawa, Tom Cipullo, Mohammed Fairouz, Ricky Ian Gordon, Daron Hagen, Gabriel Kahane, Jorge Martin, Russell Platt, Matt Schickele and more. A monumental two CD set.

Talise Travigne At the Statue of Venus

Soprano Talise Trevigne's debut album includes the World Premiere Recording of At The Statue Of Venus written by the American Opera mavericks, Jake Heggie and Terrance McNally. To be released on February 12, 2011 in conjunction with Ms. Trevigne's performance in Heggie's Moby-Dick in San Diego. Also on the album are Heggie's song cycle, Natural Selection and Glen Roven's The Santa Fe Songs.

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Dylan Thomas: In My Craft or Sullen Art

Geraint Wyn Davies and an all-star cast bring one of greatest poets of the 20th Century off the page and directly into the heart. Hear Thomas’s most famous poems including “Fern Hill,” “Do Not Go Gentle,” and “ In My Craft of Sullen Art,” plus the complete “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” and “A Visit to Grandpa’s.” GPR’s best selling CD..

Goodnight Moon: A Lullaby for Soprano and Orchestra (and "The Runaway Bunny")

Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny are two of the most beloved children's books of all time. Both were written by Margaret Wise Brown and this unique album is being released on May 23rd in honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th birthday.

Poetic License: 100 Poems / 100 Performers

Join Jason Alexander, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski, Zoe Caldwell, Tyne Daly, Joanna Gleason, Florence Henderson, Michael Learned, Judith Light, Patti LuPone, Kate Mulgrew, Kathleen Turner and Michael York and more on this spectacular trip through their favorite poems.

Daniel Okulitch Sings New American Art Songs

Okulitch effortlessly delivers a host of intricately crafted melodies from composers Ricky Ian Gordon, Jake Heggie, Lowell Lieberman, and Glen Roven on this aurally stimulating disc. Okulitch’s mellifluous and chameleon-like delivery makes each of the 29 tunes sparkle, and it’s difficult to imagine a more enjoyable snapshot of a new breed of American songwriters.

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