Discography
Centaur Records [CRC3723]
The Persistence of Song
art songs of Jonathan David
Jonathan David's debut album, The Persistence of Song, takes the listeners on a journey through the majority of his solo vocal output. The collection of songs covers a wide range of emotions and stories: the rapturous and spiritual Hopkins Songs (Gerard Manley Hopkins), the quiet sadness in Azrael (Sylvia Townsend Warner), the mysterious landscapes of phantom kings in Two Kingsongs (Sylvia Townsend Warner and Percy Bysshe Shelley), the dramatic and heartbreaking Gitchee Gumee, inspired by the real-life tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Michigan in 1975 (words by Daniel Neer), as well as the colorful array of urban tales and abstract conflicts in The Persistence of Song (five songs set to words by four New York City poets, Thomas Merton, Howard Moss, Bonnie Phelps, and Muriel Rukeyser). Recorded in 2016 and released in 2020, the album features David's long-time collaborators, pianist Trudy Chan, vocalists Amy Bartram, Phillip Cheah, and Daniel Neer, as well as violinist Elizabeth Derham.
Fortay Records [CD 4038}
C4 Volume 1: Uncaged
C4 exists to enrich artists and audiences alike through passionate advocacy of new choral works: performing pieces written within the last 25 years, premiering and commissioning new choral works, and mentoring emerging singers, composers, and conductors of today's choral music.
Volume I: Uncaged includes the following works:
The Caged Skylark (Hayes Biggs)
Stabat Mater (Jonathan David)
Saguaro (Karen Siegel)
Without Words (Huang Ruo)
Hee-Oo-Oom-Ha (Toby Twining)
We Cannot Leave from Privilege (Ted Hearne)