Gordon Getty has based his opera on Edgar Allan Poe's macabre work "The Fall of the House of Usher," the novel widely considered Poe's most famous work of prose and a masterpiece of American Gothic literature. Getty's music, while accessible, reflects these Gothic themes twofold in his unsettling, tense score. This is a world premiere recording.
1 During the Whole of a Dull, Dark and Soundless Day
2 Can It Be Five Years My Friend?
3 Where Is My Lady, O Where Is She Gone?
4 She Was My Model in Writing
5 Lady Heliane Usher
6 And Now It Is Time to Bid Our Silent Farewells
7 We Are Particularly Honored to Receive Our Guest
8 Roderick, I Must Speak
Gordon Getty has based his opera on Edgar Allan Poe's macabre work "The Fall of the House of Usher," the novel widely considered Poe's most famous work of prose and a masterpiece of American Gothic literature. Getty's music, while accessible, reflects these Gothic themes twofold in his unsettling, tense score. This is a world premiere recording.
