Leslie Adams: Twelve Etudes

"Love Rejoices: Songs of H. Leslie Adams" (Albany Records, Troy428; UPC Code Number 034061042822) features 22 Adams songs. Tenor Darryl Taylor movingly renders these lyric works with a modern edge. Texts used include those of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and others. The music is timeless and commands repeated listenings. The romantic nature of Adams' works is perfectly suited to the sumptuous tenor voice of Darryl Taylor. This is a CD that is highly recommended. ...