Composer Allan Blank has written two song
cycles for voice and piano with double bass, both of which are given
world premiere recordings on this disc. One cycle uses poetry from the
Holocaust and the second is based on poetry by Jane Kenyon. Allan Blank
is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Many of his more than 300 compositions have been published and recorded.
Three of the performers are affiliated with West Virginia University
(Catharine Thieme, mezzo-soprano, Robert Thieme, piano, Andrew Kohn,
double bass). Soprano Jennifer Miller is an active performer in the
Pittsburgh area and pianist Robert Frankenberry is a member of New
York's Phoenix Players. Works on this Albany - TROY 1364 CD include Poems from the Holocaust (Score $19.95), and Introduction, Five Poems, Interludes & Conclusion (Score $21.95). CD also available at Amazon.com.