Canciones de Lorca / Prometheus

The literary side of William Bolcom in a collection of songs scored to the poems by Federico García Lorca and Lord Byron. Born in 1938, the William Bolcom Filled with of surrealistic humor, passion, wisdom, mystery, and the Andalusian flamenco tradition that beat in his ancestral blood. These songs received their premiere in 2006 with Placido Domingo and in this recording feature the tenor René Barbera accompanied by Jeffrey Biegel on piano. The Pacific Symphony & Chorale add depth to the arrangement set to Lord Byron's Prometheus.