Stephen Alltop - Stacy Garrop- Terra Nostra (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

In celebration of Earth Day, Cedille Records releases the world premiere recording of Stacy Garrop’s monumental oratorio Terra Nostra, “a spellbinding dive into the history of the planet” (Chicago Classical Review). Terra Nostra explores the relationship between humanity and Earth, and how humankind can re-establish a harmonious balance. Stacy Garrop’s music is characterized by its lyricism and vivid storytelling. She has been described by the Chicago Tribune as “one of Chicago’s most keenly sensitive composers” and praised by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for music that “excites the enthusiasm of performers and audiences alike,” while the Detroit Free Press remarks, “she has “a sharp ear for instrumental color and narrative form: She can tell a story.” Declared an “oratorio that embraces the whole world” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Garrop’s tour de force is an interconnected musical narrative presented in three parts: Creation of the World, The Rise of Humanity, and Searching for Balance. The multifarious text weaves together creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt, excerpts from the Bible’s Old Testament, classic poetry from Walt Whitman, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and contemporary writings by Esther Iverem and Wendell Berry, among others.

TRACKLIST

1. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 1: No. 1, In the Beginning
2. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 1: No. 2, God's World
3. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 1: No. 3, On Thine Own Child
4. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 1: No. 4, Smile O Voluptuous Cool-Breathed Earth!
5. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 1: No. 5, A Blade of Grass
6. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 2: No. 6, Locksley Hall
7. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 2: No. 7, Railways 1846
8. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 2: No. 8, A Song of Speed
9. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 2: No. 9, High Flight
10. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 2: No. 10, Binsey Poplars
11. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 2: No. 11, A Dirge
12. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 12, Darkness
13. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 13, Earth Screaming
14. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 14, The World Is Too Much with Us
15. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 15, The Want of Peace
16. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 16, A Child Said, What Is the Grass?
17. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 17, There Was a Child Went Forth Every Day
18. Stephen Alltop - Terra Nostra, Pt. 3: No. 18, A Blade of Grass – I Bequeath Myself



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