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Kernis: Simple Songs/Valentines/Songs of Innocents

November 15, 2017

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Susan Narucki, soprano
Donald Berman, piano
Aaron Jay Kernis, conductor
Danielle Farina, viola
Laura Gilbert, flute
Dave Grossman, bass
June Han, harp
Jesse Mills, violin
Philip Myers, horn
Mina Smith, cello
Sheryl Staples, violin
Sherry Sylar, oboe


Year of Release: 2007
Label: Koch International Classics 7667

  • About Aaron Jay Kernis

The song cycles on this album make a compelling case for Aaron Jay Kernis as one of today’s most gifted song composers. More than simply a collection of individual songs, each of these cycles presents an integrated narrative arc that leaves one with the satisfied feeling of having traveled away and back. The disc includes Kernis’ Simple Songs, Valentines, and Songs of Innocents.