PS Classics

Ricky Ian Gordon, hailed by The New York Times as "one of the leading young composers of songs," joins forces with Tony Award-winning author Richard Nelson in a lush and fiery portrait of love, jealousy, and betrayal set in turn-of-the-century Paris. This recording features the Tony Award-winning cast from the recent New York production, including Brent Carver (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Parade), Emily Skinner (Side Show), Chad Kimball (Into the Woods) and Kelli O'Hara (Sweet Smell of Success). Click here for this album's complete lyrics.

"Exquisite. Gordon's contemplative score often recalls salon music of the 1920's. Piano notes fall like teardrops. Throbbing cello and violin lines suggest quickening of breath. A sensual "Sometimes" and a yearning "But What I Say" are highlights among the 16 songs and extensive underscoring given dark, gleaming orchestrations by Bruce Coughlin." - Newark Star-Ledger

"The melodies stick with you long afterwards... two unmistakable gems in 'Talk About the Weather' and Ms. O'Hara's wistful finale, 'If It Is True.'" - The New York Sun

"The music swirls with regret, romance, and a sense of lost time." - The New York Times

Track Listing:

1. Is It Too Late?

2. Balbec-by-the-Sea

3. Lullabye

4. Ferret Song

5. My Soul Weeps

6. Talk About the Weather

7. The Different Albertines

8. Sad Balbec

9. My Soul Weeps (Tango)

10. But What I Say…

11.Song of Solitude

12. I Want You

13. I Need Me a Girl

14. But What I Say… (reprise)

15. Sometimes

16. The Street

17. The Letters

18. Albertine's Last Letter

19. If It Is True

Click here for this album's complete lyrics.

Music and Lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon

Produced by Tommy Krasker