专辑简介

"Angel on Ivories" by GRAMMY Winner & 3 time nominee Darlene Koldenhoven, assoluta soprano, is the artist's 5th album on TimeArt. With Darlene performing both voice and piano accompaniment, (recorded in January 2011, released 2/11/2011) this eclectic collection of classical favorites from 1548-1958 includes Art Songs, German Lieder, Early Italian, Late Renaissance, Twentieth Century, with a scattering of best-loved arias from Oratorio and Light Opera along with a lush 6 part a cappella vocal arrangement of the Irish Folksong "Tis the Last Rose of Summer" arranged by Darlene. Composers include Mozart, Faure, Haydn, Jobim, Rodrigo, R. Strauss, Liszt, Rorem, Caccini, Orff, Gershwin, Hageman, Gluck, Garcia, Loewe and are sung in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese. Rarely does one find such a balanced combination of vocalist and pianist in one artist as expressed in this album. Delicate peace to stunning bravura!

Darlene's "Infinite Voice" classical crossover album went to #1 on the classical crossover radio charts and was voted Best Vocal Album 2007 by Broadcasters worldwide. Her "Heavenly Peace" album was voted Best Holiday Album 2007by the same group. Darlene is known worldwide as the featured soprano soloist in the PBS special & 6X platinum DVD, "Yanni, Live at the Acropolis" seen by over 1.5 billion. For more information: www.darlenekoldenhoven.com.