Barber/ Colton/ Iwama - Reckless Heart

American soprano Kendra Colton is an imaginative and virtuosic singer adept at a wide range of repertoire, from baroque opera and oratorio to contemporary music. on the reckless heart, she joins forces with longtime collaborator kayo Iwama on an eclectic set of songs created for Colton by welsh composer Andy Vores. the songs are presented here with master works by composers whose creations share Vores' British isle roots: Samuel barber's hermit songs and Benjamin Britten's the Salley gardens and on this island. also included is a less-familiar cycle, Ivor gurney's five Elizabethan songs.