Nominated for Best Choral Performance Grammy in 2003!

Composer and librettist Dominick Argento is one of America's leading composers and among the most frequently performed 20th-century composers of opera. His chamber pieces as well have met with international acclaim. Argento has a long history of collaboration with the Dale Warland Singers; this new release features a world-premiere recording of the composer's Walden Pond, a song cycle based on text by Henry David Thoreau and scored for chorus, three cellos, and harp.

Grammy Nominee for Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical!

Now available, this exciting release from the acclaimed professional chamber choir, Conspirare, directed by Craig Hella Johnson, featuring Requiem settings by Herbert Howells and Ildebrando Pizzetti. Conspirare has received rave reviews and national acclaim, most recently the 2005 Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, presented by Chorus America. "This is simply gorgeous choral singing…The Choir achieves near-perfect interpretive consensus and vocal ensemble, with stiletto-sharp intonation and unearthly tonal beauty….” American Record Guide “This is the best choir we’ve ever heard….” Fanfare Magazine