James Adler

That Star in the Picture

A recital of exquisite songs…Warmly recommended. — David DeBoor Canfield, Fanfare Magazine

A disc of great value, to be savored slowly. — Luciano Feliciani, Kathodik

Adler … is keenly sensitive to the texts he sets to music, doing so with an admirable sense of proportion and lack of gratuitous sentimentality. — Ken Meltzer, Fanfare Magazine

Breathing fresh life into the Art Song form, That Star in the Picture proves that excellent words plus passionate music still complement each other just as colorfully as in the days of the Victorian parlor song when a whole story could be told in a song. — Cordelia Brown, Music Director, Kansas Public Radio

This is an intimate and engaging album that celebrates the American tradition of songs for musicals — a genre that was born and proliferates on Broadway — with music and performances of the highest level. Sung by cabaret singer Shana Farr, Broadway stars Michael Buchanan, Kennedy Kanagawa, and Perry Sook, Metropolitan Opera star Victoria Livengood, and classically trained Elizaveta Ulakhovich, this stellar group brings these songs to life.

That Star in the Picture has been recognized by the Global Music Awards with a SIlver Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Composition. Beautiful Garden and Pie Jesu were both selected as the Best of Pangea Classical in the InterContinental Music Awards.

  1. James Adler: What About Tomorrow?
    Elizaveta Ulakhovich, soprano; Perry Sook, baritone; Kyle Walker, horn; James Adler, piano
  2. James Adler: Pie Jesu (from Memento mori: An AIDS Requiem)
    Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano; Francis Novak, clarinet; Kyle Walker, horn; Adam Fisher, cello; James Adler, piano
  3. James Adler: Beautiful Garden
    Michael Buchanan, tenor; Denise Koncelik, flute; James Adler, piano
  4. James Adler: Growing
    Kennedy Kanawaga, tenor; Denise Koncelik, flute; James Adler, piano
  5. James Adler: Hope is the thing with feathers
    Perry Sook, baritone; Adam Fisher, cello; James Adler, piano
  6. James Adler: Dreams
    Michael Buchanan, tenor; Adam Fisher, cello; James Adler, piano
  7. James Adler: Beyond Night
    Perry Sook, baritone; James Adler, piano
  8. James Adler: That Star in the Picture
    Shana Farr, soprano; Denise Koncelik, flute; Brian Shaw, oboe; Adam Fisher, cello; James Adler, piano
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