Broadway, Classical, Spoken Word and Children's Music
Catherine Zeta-Jones: The Runaway Bunny
Oscar™ Winners Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas join forces and perform these beloved musical compositions based on three children's masterpieces. Catherine narrates the Piano Trio Version (with Trio 21) of The Runaway Bunny, the contemporary classic by Glen Roven; Michael narrates the beloved The History of Babar, with the brilliant score by Francis Poulenc. English Baritone Mark Stone sings Roven's Goodnight Moon along with the GPR Festival Choir. The perfect gift for the young and the young at heart.
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Alan Cumming: The Head that Wears a Crown
Internationally acclaimed actor and Tony Award Winner, Alan Cumming performs Shakespeare's most important and beloved Royal speeches including, "To be or not to be," "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow," "Now is the winter of our discontent," "O that this too too sullied flesh would melt," and many more. These speeches from As You Like It, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Henry V, Henry VIII, King Lear, MacBeth, Richard II, The Tempest, Titus Andronicus and Twelfth Night, were personally chosen by Cumming. Michael Boyd, recent Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company explaimed, "Alan Cumming brings to Shakespeare the lyricism of a genuine singer, the sharp edge of a wicked comic, and the embodied intelligence of a major actor." This is a must for any English student, drama student, actor and lover of Shakespeare, in other words, EVERYONE!
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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. “Her singing was robust, nuanced and passionate, befitting a performer of her skill and experience.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES
Charles Castronovo: Neapolitan Songs
Internationally celebrated tenor, Charles Castronovo celebrates his blood-lines with his album of Neapolitan Songs. Accompanied by Sweet Nectar, Castronovo performs some of the best known and most beloved Canzone Napoletana including, Maria, Mari, Santa Lucia, Malafemmena, Catari, Scetate, Come Faccette Mammetta. Several of the songs are also sung in new English translations by Glen Roven.
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Andrew Garland: American Portraits
Dominating the Amazon Opera Chart at Number One for two weeks,Baritone Andrew Garland, accompanied by Donna Loewy, sings songs by some of the most important contemporary composers in America, Stephen Paulus, Jake Heggie, Lori Laitman and Tom Cipullo. This album is a must for lovers of great singing and contemporary American Art Song. Legendary singer Marilyn Horne exclaimed, "Andrew Garland is a star singer beginning to burst forth. I am his devoted fan and supporter. Don't miss this new recording!!!"
GPRrecords is proud to launch it's Jazz Division with the legendary
drummer Chris Parker leading his Chris Parker Trio composed of Pianist
Kyoko Oyobe and Bassist Ameen Saleem.
Parker has recorded platinum, gold and Grammy winning albums and CDs with
many artists, including the original Brecker Brothers, Bob Dylan, Cher,
Donald Fagen, Ashford and Simpson, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Freddie
Hubbard, James Brown, Salt n' Pepa, Stuff, Miles Davis, Patti LaBelle,
Michael Bolton, and Suzy Boggus, and has toured with Boz Scaggs, Joe
Cocker, Joe Cool, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Paul Simon, AkikoYano and
Ralph MacDonald. This album comprised of standards and original tunes
will be heating up the International Jazz Charts the minute it is
released.
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.
Talise Trevigne's Album with Daniel Okulitch's Album and save. Both albums available for $24.99.
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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