DOUGLAS J. CUOMO: "Savage Winter" Song Cycle: Excerpts
1) "Good Night"
2) (@ 05:20): "Spark"
3) (@ 07:44): "The Hurdy-Gurdy Player"
Tony Boutté (tenor), Frank London (trumpet), Douglas J. Cuomo (guitars, organ, electronics), Alan Johnson (piano, conductor)
FROM ALBANY TROY1974
https://www.albanyrecords.com
In this contemporary reimagining of Wilhelm Müller’s poetry cycle Winterreise — most famously set by Schubert — an everyman at the end of his rope confronts his inner demons in an emotionally charged vocal tour de force. Composer Douglas J. Cuomo is known for his concert, operatic, theatrical, television, and film compositions. His music is influenced by jazz, world music, classical and popular sources, as well as his spiritual practice as a Buddhist. Along with the operas Doubt, and Arjuna’s Dilemma, he has written for the London Philharmonic, Fort Worth Symphony, Romero Guitar Quartet, Joe Lovano, Denyce Graves, Christine Brewer, Nels Cline, Maya Beiser and others. He composed the theme for Sex & the City and scored over 20 feature films.