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Symphonic Cantatas of the 20th Century
Dramatic, phantasmagoric, and lyrical neo-Romantic Works
for Soloist, Chorus, and Large Symphony Orchestra

Artist(s): Catán Obsidian Butterfly 
Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Houston
Moores School Concert Chorale, Jeb Mueller – choral preparation
Cynthia Clayton, soprano
Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Houston
Moores School Concert Chorale and Combined Choruses
Betsy Cook Weber, director
Melanie Sonnenberg, mezzo-soprano
Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Recording Info: Recorded in public concerts in the Moores Opera House, University of Houston
Catán – 10 June 2017; Prokofiev – 29 September 2017
Produced and recorded by John Gladney Proffitt
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DANIEL CATÁN (3 April 1949 – 9 April 2011)
1 Cantata, Mariposa de obsidian [“Obsidian Butterfly”] (1984) 23:43
2 Escúcheme [“Listen to me”], from Florencia en el Amazonas (1996) 08:37
Texas Music Festival Orchestra, Houston
Moores School Concert Chorale, Jeb Mueller – choral preparation
Cynthia Clayton, soprano
Franz Anton Krager, conductor

SERGEI PROKOFIEV (23 April 1891 – 5 March 1953)
Cantata, Alexander Nevsky, op. 78 (1938/1939)
3 Rus’ Under the Mongol Yoke 03:02
4 Song about Alexander Nevsky 03:09
5 The Crusaders in Pskov 06:42
6 Arise, Russian People! 02:27
7 Battle on the Ice 14:26
8 The Field of the Dead 06:50
9 Alexander’s Triumphal Entry into Pskov 05:18
Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Houston
Moores School Concert Chorale and Combined Choruses
Melanie Sonnenberg, mezzo-soprano
Franz Anton Krager, conductor

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