The Reaction

2018 | Albany Records

Album Overview

Released July 1, 2018 on Albany Records

This album of art songs from Carl DuPont and Gregory Thompson seeks to center a repertoire that is often left on the margins and neglected on concert programs. The Reaction charts new territory in recording many previously unrecorded works by Black composers for the low male voice, and showcases a wide range of languages and styles that exist for this genre.

Project Details

  • 1 Sometimes I'm Not Myself

    Composed By – Dolores White

    Text By – Felix Morisseau-Leroy

    2 Bed Bug

    Composed By – Dolores White

    Text By – Oral Tradition*

    3 The Foolish Heart

    Composed By – Jacqueline Hairston*

    Text By – Countee Cullen

    Three Lieder For Bariton Und Klavier, Op. 20

    Composed By – Robert Owens (12)

    Text By – Hermann Hesse

    4 Fremde Stadt

    5 Eine Geige In Den Garten

    6 Im Nebel

    7 A Love Song

    Selections From A Love Cycle

    Composed By – Marques L.A. Garrett

    Text By – Paul Lawrence Dunbar*

    8 Herz, Mein Herz

    Composed By – Heinrich Heine

    9 Adieu

    Composed By – Anonymous

    10 She Sat Down For Freedom

    Composed By, Text By – Jacqueline Hairston*

    Text By – Traditional Texts*

    11 Nightfall

    Composed By – Carlos Simon Jr.

    Text By – Courtney Ware

    12 The Reaction

    Composed By, Text By – Matthew Evan Taylor

    13 A Death Song

    Composed By – Howard Swanson

    Text By – Paul Lawrence Dunbar*

    14 Day

    Composed By – Lena McLin

    Text By – Paul Lawrence Dunbar*

    15 Compensation

    Composed By – Marques L.A. Garrett

    Text By – Paul Lawrence Dunbar*

    16 Take, O Take Those Lips Away

    Composed By – George Walker (4)

    Text By – William Shakespeare

    17 Absalom

    Composed By – Eugene Hancock

    Text By – Second Book Of Samuel*

    18 Nunc Dimittis

    Composed By – Eugene Hancock

    Text By – Liturgical Text*

  • Bass-Baritone Vocals – Carl Dupont

    Piano – Gregory Thompson