Harbison/ Nashville Symphony Orch/ Markgraf - Requiem Release:Requiem Naxos American Gunter Steinke and Christopher Pugh

Gunter Steinke and Christopher Pugh

It's an emotional and political concept album from the perspective of a young man who's spent too much time alone

in between relatively wholesome proclamations like "she must be an angel on earth

Soulmate portrays the decades-spanning friendship between Qiyue and Ansheng

Harbison/ Nashville Symphony Orch/ Markgraf - Requiem Release:Requiem Naxos American Gunter Steinke and Christopher PughPulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur fellow John Harbison has composed a Requiem for our times a moving choral work that incorporates the composer's distinctive sensibilities while drawing deeply on the tradition of Latin sacred music. Completed in the wake of the 9 11 attacks, Harbison's Requiem is full of dramatic passages from singers and musicians alike, with abundant opportunities for vocal soloists, brass and percussion to shine. "I wanted my