Henry’s new album, At That Hour: Art Songs by Henry Dehlinger, was released today by AVIE Records. It is now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Tidal, YouTube Music, and more. The CD is also available for purchase from Presto Classical, Naxos Direct, ArkivMusic, Amazon, and other music retailers around the world. You can buy or stream now!
The album is a superlative showcase for Henry's craftsmanship as a composer as well as his close collaborators, husband-and-wife team soprano Danielle Talamantes and bass-baritone Kerry Wilkerson, for whose voices the art songs in this recital were written.
The title track opens Henry’s 10-part song cycle set to texts by James Joyce. Inspiration for other songs comes from poetry by Dante, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, and the Biblical Song of Songs. Throughout, Henry’s modern yet tonal compositional voice shines through as he renders a diverse palette of musical styles to amplify the words he sets to music.
At That Hour: Art Songs by Henry Dehlinger
Danielle Talamantes soprano
Kerry Wilkerson bass-baritone
Henry Dehlinger piano
Ten Poems of James Joyce
1. At That Hour When All Things Have Repose (3.47)
2. Bahnhofstrasse (4.22)
3. On the Beach at Fontana (3.36)
4. Simples (2.21)
5. Alone (3.18)
6. Flood (2.13)
7. Strings in the Earth and Air (3.25)
8. Night Piece (2.49)
9. Tutto è sciolto (2.04)
10. A Memory of the Players in a Mirror at Midnight (3.09)
11. Questa fiamma (Dante) (3.01)
12. Amore e ‘l cor gentil sono una cosa (Dante) (3.51)
13. A Dream (Edgar Allen Poe) (2.10)
14. The Mount (Mark Riddles) (5.53)
15. Fragrance (Mark Riddles) (5.37)
16. Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) (8.15)
17. Requiescat (Oscar Wilde) (3.26)
Total time: 63.26
Recorded 24 – 26 September 2019, Sono Luminus Studios, Boyce, Virginia, USA
Recording Producer and Editor: Erica Brenner
Recording, Mixing, Mastering: Daniel Shores
Piano Technician: Jon Veitch