New CD Coming August 14th!

On August 14, Blue Griffin Recording releases The Tibetan Book of the Dead: An Opera by Ricky Ian Gordon, restored from the 1996 Archival Tapes from The American Music Theater Festival from June 12–14, 1996. Co-Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera and The American Music Theatre Festival in 1995, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is based on ancient Tibetan Buddhist teachings on death and rebirth, and depicts the epic journey of a dying soul through a series of spiritual and emotional planes along the road of rebirth.

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Performers: Jennifer Zetland & Lidiya Yankovskaya (full credits)

Notes: Includes Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Why Am I a Girl” from a live recording of Ellen West.

Label: Beth Morrison Projec

Release Date: Jan. 9, 2026

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Performers: Erin Morley, soprano | Gerald Martin Moore, piano

Notes: Includes the world premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon’s “Huit Chanson de Fleurs,” published by Presser Music

Label: Orchid Classics (Catalogue No. ORC100294)

Release Date: April 19, 2024

Sycamore Trees Recording

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Performers: Farah Alvin, Marc Kudisch, Judy Kuhn, Jessica Molaskey, Matthew Risch, Diane Sutherland, and Tony Yazbeck

Notes: Original Cast Album (created by a mix of live and studio crecordings)

Label: PS Classics

Release Date: September 20, 2024

 

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Performers: Lidiya Yankovskaya, music director & conductor | Nathan Gunn, baritone | Jennifer Zetlan, soprano | Djordje Nesic, piano | AEOLUS QUARTET (Nicholas Tavani & Rachel Shapiro, violins | Caitlin Lynch,  viola | Alan Richardson, cello) | Evan Premo, double bass

Composer: Ricky Ian Gordon | Librettist: Frank BidartPublisher: Theodore PresserProducers: Ricky Ian Gordon & Louis Levitt | Engineering, Editing, & Mixing: Garth MacAleavey | Mastering: Andrew BoveCover Art & Album Package Design: Marian C. Holmes | Photographer: Maria Baranova | Director: Emma Griffin

Recorded Live at the Prototype Festival January 14-19 2020, Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center Brooklyn, NY

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Jennifer Zetlan & Ricky Ian Gordon

Executive Producer: Louis Levitt | Produced by William Hobbs, Andrew Bove, Louis Levitt, Paula MlynEngineering, Mixing, and Mastering: Andrew Bove | Editing: Andrew Bove and Mario Correa | Assistant Engineer: Doug BoveAlbum cover art & design: Michael Muscarella | Photo credit: Fay Fox

Recorded 2018 at Gene & Shelley Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University in Union, New Jersey.

 

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Performers: Daniel Belcher – James Addison Mills III (Dad) | Elisabeth Leone – Gloria Cott | Maximillian Macias – Billy Wild | Megan Mikailovna Samarin – Carla Mae | Patricia Schuman – Grandma Mills | Lauren Snouffer – Addie Mills | Heidi Stober – Adelaide Mills/Miss Thompson/Helen Mills

Bradley Moore – conductor

Pentatone

 

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Performers: Stephanie Blythe | Elizabeth Futral | Theo Lebow | Tobias Greenhalgh | Daniel Brevik

Opera Theatre of St. Louis | Michael Christie, conductor

Albany Records

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Performers: Frederica von Stade | David Matranga | Carolyn Johnson | Cecy Duarte

Houston Grand Opera | Timothy Myers, conductor

Albany Records

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Performers: Mark Walters | Faith Sherman | Matthew Tuell | Kevin Moreno | Aundi Marie Moore

Virginia Arts Festival Orchestra | Rob Fisher | Ricky Ian Gordon, Piano

Naxos

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Performers: Stacey Tappan, soprano | Ricky Ian Gordon, piano

BGR

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Performers: Nicole Cabell, soprano | Ricky Ian Gordon, piano

BGR

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John Nauman, piano

BGR

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Ricky Ian Gordon, voice & piano

BGR

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Ricky Ian Gordon, voice & piano

BGR

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Performers: Jesse Blumberg, baritone | Miami String Quartet

BGR

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Performers: Melanie Helton, soprano | Ricky Ian Gordon, piano

Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra | Raphael Jimenez, conductor

BGR

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Minnesota Opera

P.S. Classics

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Performers: Elizabeth Futral, Todd Palmer, Melvin Chen

Ghostlight

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Performers: Kelli O’Hara, Brent Carver, Chad Kimball, Emily Skinner, Donna Lynne Champlin, Brooke Sunny Moriber, Caroline McMahon, Paul Anthony McGrane, Jim Poulos, Paul A. Schaefer, Nicholas Belton,Laura Woyasz

Charles Prince, conductor

P.S. Classics

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Performers: Darius DeHaas, Jonita Lattimore, Sheila Ramsey, and Adrienne Danrich

Joseph Bates, conductor

P.S. Classics

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Performers: Harrison Chad, Victoria Clark, Jason Danieley, Brian d’Arcy James, Jeff McCarthy, Michael McElroy, Jessica Molaskey, James Moye, Kelli O’Hara, Clark Thorell, and William Ullrich

Ted Sperling, conductor

P.S. Classics

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Performers: Audra McDonald, Dawn Upshaw, Adam Guettel, Judy Blazer, Theresa McCarthy, Chris Pedro Trakas and Darius de Haas, Eric Stern

Nonesuch Records

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Nadine Sierra

Deutsche Grammophon

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Performers: Stephen Powell, baritone | Attacca Quartet | Charles Neidich, clarinet | Jason Vieaux, guitar

Acis

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Daniel Okulitch

GPR Records

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Randal Turner

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Ricky Ian Gordon, Kurt Ollmann

Harmonia Mundi

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Darryl Taylor

Naxos American Classics

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Jonathan Faiman

MSR Classics

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Musica Sacra

Richard Westenburg, conductor

RCA

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Performers: Dennis Helmrich | Mary Ann Hart

Albany Records

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Elizabeth Rodgers

Albany Records

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Eric Moe, piano

Albany Records

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Kristin Chenoweth

Sony

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Harloyn Blackwell

RCA Victor

 

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Jessica Molaskey

P.S. Classics

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Victoria Clark

P.S. Classics

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Audra McDonald

Nonesuch Records

 

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Audra McDonald

Nonesuch Records

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Philip Chaffin

P.S. Classics

 

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Betty Buckley

Concord Records

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Rebecca Luker

P.S. Classics

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Betty Buckley

Varese Sarabande

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Andrea Marcovicci

Cabaret Records

 

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Clare Gormley

ABC Classics

 

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Lara Downes

Sony Classical