The celebrated soprano Alma Gluck (1884 – 1938) once said that ‘the sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime.’ Gluck was a daughter of cultural climates very different from those of the Twenty-First Century, but how remarkable it is to find her referring to herself and her counterparts not as singers, musicians, interpreters, or artists but as art workers! Perceptions of a successful musician’s life are often warped by fantasies of flitting from continent to continent in first class, sipping champagne of exalted vintage, and performing with the aura of a deus ex machina descended in order to rescue audiences from their own barbarism. REYNALDO HAHN (1874 – 1947): Amour sans ailes – Songs of Reynaldo Hahn- Zachary Gordin, baritone Bryan Nies, piano FRANZ LISZT (1811 – 1886): Songs for Bass Voice and Piano- Jared Schwartz, bass Mary Dibbern, piano
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