Anyone have the following concept recordings?

[Cyndawg]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#1

Posted: 9/6/10 at 4:59pm

Hi,

I enjoy the music of Ricky Ian Gordon. I was wondering if anyone can tell me their thoughts on the following recordings:

ONLY HEAVEN
DREAM TRUE
ORPHEUS & EURIDICE

Was thinking about purchasing them, but wanted some feedback first.

Thanks!

[dramamama611]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#2

Posted: 9/6/10 at 5:01pm

Boy, it's posts like this that really make me feel like an idiot. I've never heard of them, or him.

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

[Mr Roxy]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#2

Posted: 9/6/10 at 5:09pm

Me neither

Poster Emeritus

[JOak]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#3

Posted: 9/6/10 at 5:12pm

The only thing I know about him, is that he won a Sondheim Award.

[wonderwaiter]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#4

Posted: 9/6/10 at 5:24pm

I've never heard of him, but a quick Google search makes me want to know more - particularly about Green Sneakers.

And no one grew into anything new, we just became the worst of what we were."

[tazber]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#5

Posted: 9/6/10 at 5:54pm

He's got a unique style that has more in common with LaChuisa than Lippa.

I personally have never warmed up to any of his work, but people who love it really love it.

....but the world goes 'round

[twinbelters]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#6

Posted: 9/6/10 at 5:59pm

I remember hearing a live recording of a staging of Dream True some time ago and thought the score was marvelous. I've been meaning to pick up some of his recordings, but have felt no urgency. Def more LaChuisa than Lippa, but from what I recall Dream True called to mind older off-Broadway scores like William Finn's stuff or Brownstone.

With Irma you gotta do something!

[DooWahDiddy]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#7

Posted: 9/6/10 at 8:26pm

I'm really surprised you guys haven't heard of him. That's not meant to be snooty or highbrow or anything; I'm just genuinely surprised. He has four songs on Audra McDonald's album "Way Back to Paradise", and he's the first composer mentioned in Bill Finn's "Ballad of Jack Eric Williams (And Other Three-Named Composers)" in Elegies.

[starspangledjenny]

Anyone have the following concept recordings?#8

Posted: 9/6/10 at 11:59pm

He's great. One of my favorite composers. His music is very intricate and I'm sure can be off-putting to some. He writes very operatically, he's written a lot of art songs. If I were you I would definitely pick up Green Sneakers, it's amazing how much you can have your heart wrenched in one short hour. He also takes a lot of poems and sets them to music.