{"product_id":"john-matthew-myers-barber-griffes-previn-kande_aec-avie2512-2","title":"John Matthew Myers - Barber \u0026 Griffes \u0026 Previn \u0026 Kande","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe star of tenor John Matthew Myers is rapidly in the ascendent. His debut album, Desiderium, coincides with his Metropolitan Opera debut in Brett Dean's Hamlet. Desiderium - \"an ardent desire or longing, a feeling of loss or grief for something lost\" - beautifully showcases Myers' mellifluous voice. His thoughtful program of works by American and American émigré composers opens with Samuel Barber's yearning Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - rarely heard sung by a tenor - and transitions to Charles Griffes' similarly searching settings of 3 Poems of Fiona Macleod, and Andre Previn's 4 Songs for Tenor and Piano. What follows is A Letter from Sullivan Ballou, set to the words of a poignant letter by an American Civil War officer, by John Kander (of Kander and Ebb musical theatre fame). Rounding out the recital are 4 Walt Whitman Songs by German-born composer Kurt Weill, including the classic O Captain! My Captain! John Matthew Myers says, \"Call me a big-hearted Romantic. Each song on this album conveys yearning, separation, loneliness or distance but also a sense of intimacy and longing for connection.\" It certainly does. Desiderium is an auspicious debut album, and one especially attuned to our times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avie","offers":[{"title":"New \/ CD \/ Barber \u0026 Griffes \u0026 Previn \u0026 Kande Avie","offer_id":47237935038772,"sku":"AVIE2512.2","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/7436\/1652\/files\/4080190-3144229.jpg?v=1768323002","url":"https:\/\/www.fye.com\/products\/john-matthew-myers-barber-griffes-previn-kande_aec-avie2512-2","provider":"FYE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}