Stanley (1953-)
"Rilke Song", pour soprano, viole d'amour et violoncelle
"Les Fugitifs", pour contreténor et viola da braccio
"Schnee und Eis", pour soprano et viola da braccio
"Lieder ohne Worte", pour 2 altos, violoncelle et théorbe
"Two Love Songs", pour contreténor, alto, violoncelle et théorbe
"Songs of Loss and Remembrance", pour soprano, viole d'amour, alto et violoncelle
"Ein Schlaflied für dich", pour soprano, alto et violoncelle

Lisa Rombach, soprano
Nicholas Spanos, contreténor
Pandolfis Consort (instruments d'époque)

The American composer Stanley Grill was strongly influenced in his writing by his passion for music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. He has already had a long-standing collaboration with Pandolfis Consort, since a number of his works were dedicated to the ensemble which was founded by the violist Elzbieta Sajka-Bachler. The album “And the Song stands bright” of Pandolfis Consort presents some works by the composer, who was born in New York in 1954. In a changing line-up with the soprano Lisa Rombach and the countertenor Nicholas Spanos, songs and song cycles based on poems mainly by R.M. Rilke, but also Heinrich Heine, Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger and Rose Ausländer are interpreted. In addition to these vocal works, there are also three Songs without Words for two violas, violoncello and theorbo on this recording.