Helen Charlston * Poet's Love [New CD] LP Electric Purple Vinyl Essence of a Dream

Essence of a Dream

She is a regular member of Aneta Langerova's band and the Czech-and-Slovak jazz formation Vertigo

vocalist and instrumentalist Matthew Dear at the helm

It includes a cover of the Steppenwolf song "Born to be Wild"

Believe (Long Version)

Helen Charlston * Poet's Love [New CD] LP Electric Purple Vinyl Essence of a DreamBritish mezzo soprano and BBC New Generation Artist Helen Charlston and pianist Sholto Kynoch present their take on Robert Schumann's famous song cycle Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love), based on poems by early 19th century German poet Heinrich Heine. The sixteen songs express the birth of love, wonder, fragility in the face of love, emotions and nuances, wounds, sorrow, nostalgia, dreams, tears, betrayal, pain, consolation, and death. The music conveys