The exceptional nature and musicality of Emily Dickinson’s poetry has attracted many composers. "A Certain Slant of Light" features musical settings of Dickinson poems by four outstanding American composers: Aaron Copland, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie and Michael Tilson Thomas. The collection of songs featured on this album reveals the diversity of Dickinson’s oeuvre, as well as the rich 20th- and 21st-century tradition of American art song composition. © Pentatone