David Paul Mesler: I Hear America Singing, Volume 2 (2005)
Beautiful art songs by acclaimed Northwest composer using classic American poetry by Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and others. Accessible, emotionally resonant, dramatic, and frisky. Performed by the lustrous mezzo soprano Barbara Hume.
Recommended if you like
Aaron Copland,
Francis Poulenc,
Stephen Sondheim.