Carolyn Steinberg - Songs, Dances, Duos (CD)

This music is rooted in classical chamber music in its instrumentation and forms, and interweaves elements of jazz, Cuban, African, and American folk music. Composed between 1998 and 2005, the tracks are:

Gonzalez Songs – Christine Sperry, soprano; Jenny Undercofler, piano. Poetry by Enrique Gonzalez Martinez.
1. La ventana
2. El nectar de ápam

Taos Trilogy – Brian Krinke, violin; Jenny Undercofler, piano. Written at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM, in 2003.
3. Fire in Los Alamos
4. Ninananna
5. Danzón Macabre

Rumi Songs – Christine Sperry, soprano; Tara Helen O’Connor, flute; June Han, harp. Poems by Rumi.
6. In the Early Dawn
7. Alchemy
8. The Moon Dances Tonight

9. The Jester and the Necklace – Brian Krinke, violin; Pablo Rieppi, drums. Drum solo improvised by Pablo Rieppi.

Traveler – The Juilliard Pre-College Chorus, Rebecca Scott, conductor. Texts by Lao Tsu, translations by Stephen Mitchell.
10. What We Use
11. Are You Shaky?

Baroque Dance Suite – Brian Krinke, violin; Chacho Ramirez, batá; Jorge Jimenez, congas.
12. Allemande
13. Courante
14. Sarabande
15. Siciliano e Cubano

16. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep -- Christine Sperry, soprano; Jenny Undercofler, piano. Poem by Elizabeth Frye.