GRAMMY WINNER – Maria Schneider – Best Contemporary Classical Composition, “Winter Morning Walks"
GRAMMY WINNER – Dawn Upshaw – Best Classical Vocal Solo Performance
GRAMMY WINNER – David Frost, Tim Martyn, and Brian Losch – Best Engineered Album, Classical

"I regard this album as the most important set of song cycles since Andre Previn's 'Honey and Rue' and Peter Lieberson's 'Neruda Songs–and that is exceptionally high praise ... This is a phenomenal recording. Enough said."
– AUDIOPHILE AUDITION – Steven Ritter

"Lyrical, flowing, intimately expressive, with all the elements of words, music, voice and instruments in a seamless blend, this is music to fall in love with the first time — then immediately want to hear again. "
– NEW ENGLAND PUBLIC RADIO – John Montanari

"hauntingly beautiful"
– NPR's "ALL SONGS CONSIDERED"

"[Winter Morning Walks] is a sterling standard for American art song."
– SAN FRANCISCO CLASSICAL VOICE – Jeff Kaliss
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"WINTER MORNING WALKS"
Composed by Maria Schneider
Poems by Ted Kooser
Written for and performed by the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Dawn Upshaw, Jay Anderson (bass), Frank Kimbrough (piano) & Scott Robinson (alto clarinet & bass clarinet)

    1.   Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning
    2.   When I Switched On a Light
    3.   Walking by Flashlight
    4.   I Saw a Dust Devil This Morning
    5.   My Wife and I Walk the Cold Road
    6.   All Night, in Gusty Winds
    7.   Our Finch Feeder
    8.   Spring, the Sky Rippled with Geese
    9.   How Important It Must Be

"CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE STORIES"
Composed by Maria Schneider
English Translations of Carlos Drummond de Andrade poetry by Mark Strand
Written for & performed by The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra & Dawn Upshaw
Conducted by Maria Schneider

    10.   Prologue
    11.   The Dead in Frock Coats      
    12.   Souvenir of the Ancient World          
    13.   Don't Kill Yourself   
    14.   Quadrille