2011
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Océan de terre, op. 10
Sonya’s Lullaby, op. 16
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Oliver Knussen, conductor; Peter Serkin, piano
Virgin Classics
2010
ELLIOTT CARTER
La Musique and Poems of Louis Zukofsky
Charles Neidich, clarinet
Bridge
CHINARY UNG
…still life after death…
Da Capo Chamber Players
Bridge
2009
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Third String Quartet
Enso Quartet
Naxos
2010 Grammy nomination for “Best Chamber Music Performance”
“Lucy Shelton is a revelation: she brings pure tone and a wide range of vocal color to her interpretation.”
––Phillip Scott, Fanfare (2009)
KARL KROEGER
Tres Psalmi Davidis
Ronald Borror, trombone
Crystal
2008
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Le Paradis perdu
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Concert Choir;
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Naxos
CHARLES WUORINEN
Fenton Songs
Sarah Rothenberg, piano; Nina Marie Lee, cello;
Mark Steinberg, violin; Alan Feinberg, piano
Naxos
“Veteran new-music specialist Lucy Shelton performs these works with the flair and skill she has always brought to such repertoire.”
––Carson Cooman, Fanfare
2007
ANNE LeBARON
Transfiguration
Camilla Hoitenga, flute; William Trigg, percussion; June Han, harp
New World Records
2006
POUL RUDERS
The Bells
Speculum Musicae; David Starobin, conductor
Bridge
“From the start, Ruders had Lucy Shelton’s voice in mind; and, needless to say, she sings beautifully in this recorded performance.”
LOUIS KARCHIN
Roethke Songs, Plaint, and Matrix and Dream
Stephen Gosling, piano
Albany Records
2005
RANDS
Canti Lunatici
Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Gil Rose, conductor
Arsis Records
“This is music that could have been written for Lucy Shelton. Although she has done brilliant service in music ranging from Messiaen to Carter, this is easily the best I have ever heard her sound, fulfilling in turn each of the work’s many demands on her technique and expressivity.”
––John Story, Fanfare Magazine
LEWIS SPRATLAN
Of Time and Seasons
Sequitur; Paul Hostetter, conductor
Albany Records
2004
BRUCE ADOLPHE
Ladino Songs of Love and Suffering
Naxos
“Poignantly beautiful music in arrestingly beautiful performances by three of America’s leading artists, Lucy Shelton, soprano, Eliot Fisk, guitar, and David Jolley, horn.”
––Jerry Dubins, Fanfare
DAVID DEL TREDICI
Syzygy, Four Songs on Poems by James Joyce, Two Songs on Poems by James Joyce, Vintage Alice
Deutsche Grammophon
“Shelton is beyond praise in both her vocal gymnastics and her ability to characterize the text’s different voices of narrator, Hatter, and Alice herself.”
––John Story, Music Review (2004)
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER: Sparrows
GERALD CHENOWETH: Candles
RICHARD WERNICK: A Poison Tree
WILLIAM DOPPMANN: Spring Songs
20th Century Consort, Christopher Kendall, conductor
Innova
JUDITH SHATIN
Akhmatova Songs
Da Capo Chamber Players
Innova
“Soprano Lucy Shelton can be singled out for her luminous rendition of the Akhmatova Songs.”
–– Peter Burwasser, Fanfare (2004)
JAMES YANNATOS
Symphony no. 2
Harvard Glee Club, Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra;
James Yannatos, conductor
Albany Records
ALEXANDER GOEHR
Sing, Ariel and The Mouse Metamorphosed into a Maid
Cambridge University Music Society; Oliver Knussen, conductor
NMC
2003
ELLIOTT CARTER
Tempo e Tempi
Ensemble Sospeso; Stefan Asbury, conductor
Mode
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Whitman Settings, op. 25a
London Sinfonietta; Oliver Knussen, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
EARL KIM
Three Poems in French
Mendelssohn String Quartet
Bis Records
2001
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Pritbaoutki
Harmonie Ensemble, Steven Richman, conductor
Koch International Classics
“Lucy Shelton assays one of Stravinsky’s lesser-known masterpieces, Pribaoutki, with grace and an effortless technique.”
–Daniel Felsenfeld, ClassicsToday.com
HAROLD FARBERMAN
War Cry on a Prayer Feather
Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra; Harold Farberman, conductor
Albany Records
IGOR MARKEVITCH
La Taille de l’Homme
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Concert Choir;
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Marco Polo
1999
OLIVIER MESSIAEN
Harawi: Song of Love and Death
John Constable, piano
Koch International Classics
1998
RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER
Three Songs and Two Ricercare
Ger De Zeeuw, percussion; John Snijders, piano;
Marieke Schut, oboe; Reinbert de Leeuw, piano
Deutsche Grammophon
IGOR MARKEVITCH
Lorenzo il Magnifico and Psalm
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, conductor
Marco Polo
1997
IGOR STRAVINKSY and ELLIOTT CARTER
Complete Songs for Solo Voice & Piano
John Constable, piano
Koch International Classics
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Faun and Shepherdess, op. 2
Cleveland Orchestra; Oliver Knussen, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
JAMES YANNATOS
Trinity Mass
Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, Back Bay Chorale
Robert Honeysucker, bass; Milagro Vargas, mezzo soprano; Jason Robards, vocals; Sanford Sylvan, baritone; Jon Humphrey, tenor
Albany Records
1996
OLIVER KNUSSEN
Whitman Settings, op. 25a
London Sinfonietta; Oliver Knussen, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
DAVID DIAMOND
Vocalises
Louise Schulman, viola
New World Records
1995
POUL RUDERS
The Bells
Speculum Musicae; David Starobin, conductor
Bridge
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Flood
London Sinfonietta and New London Chamber Chorus;
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon
1992
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Pierrot Lunaire and Herzgewächse
Da Capo Chamber Players
Bridge
STEPHEN ALBERT
To Wake the Dead
20th Century Consort; Christopher Kendall, conductor
Delos Records
STEPHEN ALBERT
TreeStone
New York Chamber Symphony; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Delos Records