Larkin SongsReleased on Arsis Audio
(CD142)
Paul Kreider, baritone
Daron Hagen, piano
Robert Schuneman, executive producer
Paul Kreider, baritone, is accompanied by four composers in recordings of their own song cycles: David Del Tredici: Four Songs; Ned Rorem: Flight for Heaven; Daron Hagen: Larkin Songs; Virko Baley: Journey After Loves
"The music is magnificent ... Daron Hagen is one of the most prominent new composers of art songs in this country and his 10-movement Larkin Songs is one of his best works."
—John Story, Fanfare Magazine, November / December 2003
"Hagen's Larkin Songs are hauntingly beautiful. Because much of his writing is hushed and intimate, Kreider's singing is most successful here."
—Henry Fogel, Fanfare Magazine, November / December 2003