LEWISBURG â A classical music album recorded in Bucknell Universityâs Rooke Recital Hall and featuring lyric soprano and Professor Emily Martin, music, was named one of âThe Best Classical Recordings of 2020â by The Chicago Tribune.
Recorded last fall and released in February, Let Evening Come: American Songs Old & New (Albany Records) features vocal performances by Martin and fellow soprano Ariana Wyatt with piano accompaniment by Richard Masters.
âEven in a country as comparatively young as the United States, the art song tradition runs deep,â writes Howard Reich, the Tribuneâs arts critic. âLet Evening Come spans 20th and 21st century repertoire, with sterling and emotionally charged performances of music by Frank La Forge (dating from 1906 to 1925), Robert Spillman (2015, 2016 and 2018) and Lori Laitman (2014). Sopranos Emily Martin and Ariana Wyatt make the most of every phrase, with Richard Masters summoning practically orchestral color