Richard Danielpour, Composer
Raficq Abdulla, Maya Angelou, Rūmī, Lyricist
Giancarlo Guerrero, Conductor
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Hila Plitmann, Soprano 
Angela Brown, Soprano

Naxos No: 8.559707

"Versatile soprano Hila Plitmann, possessed of shimmering tone and seemingly effortless breath control, creates an engrossing, deeply human portrait." - Opera News

Award-winning composer Richard Danielpour has been championed by musicians ranging from Leonard Bernstein to the Emerson String Quartet. Lacrimae Beati owes its origin to Mozart’s Requiem and was conceived after a perilous flight in 2002. Darkness in the Ancient Valley, a symphony in five movements inspired by recent events in Iran, utilises a wide range of Persian folk-melodies and Sufi rhythms. A Woman’s Life is a cycle of poems by Maya Angelou which charts a moving trajectory from childhood to old age.