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Contents Adams, J: Harmonielehre, Pt. I /San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart Harmonielehre, Pt. II: the Anfortas Wound /San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart Harmonielehre, Pt. III: Meister Eckhardt and Quackie /San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart The Chairman Dances /San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart Christian Zeal and Activity /San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana & Short Ride in a Fast Machine Glenn Fischthal (trumpet), Laurie McGaw (trumpet), San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart Common Tones in Simple Time /San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart Nixon in China James Maddalena (baritone), Stephanie Friedman (mezzo-soprano), John Duykers (tenor), Mari Opatz (mezzo-soprano), Marion Dry (contralto), Sanford Sylvan (baritone), James Maddalena (baritone), Thomas Hammons (bass-baritone), Carolann Page (soprano), Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, Nixon in China Chorus, Edo de Waart The Wound-Dresser Sanford Sylvan (baritone), Chris Gekker (trumpet), Naoko Tanaka (violin), Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams Fearful Symmetries /Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams Ives, C: The Unanswered Question (Late Version) Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams Five Songs /Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams I. Thoreau II. Down East III. Cradle Song IV. At The River V. Serenity Marshall, I: Fog Tropes /Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams Feldman, M: Madame Press Died Last Week At Ninety /Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams Adams, J: Eros Piano /Paul Crossley (piano) Diamond: Elegy in memory of Maurice Ravel /Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams Adams, J: The Death of Klinghoffer, James Maddalena (vocals), Eugene Perry (vocals), Janice Felty (vocals), Sheila Nadler (vocals), Sanford Sylvan (vocals), Thomas Young (vocals), Thomas Hammons (vocals), The London Opera Chorus, The Opera De Lyon, Kent Nagano Adams, J: Coast /John Adams Disappointment Lake /John Adams (keyboards) Tourist Song Tundra Bump /John Adams (synthesizer) Cerulean /John Adams Hoodoo Zephyr /John Adams (piano) Chamber Symphony /London Sinfonietta, John Adams I. Mongrel Airs II. Aria with Walking Bass III. Roadrunner Grand Pianola Music /London Sinfonietta, John Adams Pt. IA Pt. IB On the Dominant Divide Violin Concerto /Gidon Kremer (violin), London Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano I. Quarter note = 78 II. Chaconne – “Body through which the dream flows” III. Toccare Shaker Loops /Orchestra Of St. Luke’s, John Adams I. Shaking and Trembling II. Hymning Slews III. Loops and Verses IV. A Final Shaking El Dorado /Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano Pt. I. A Dream of Gold Pt. II. Soledades *BusonIi: Berceuse elegiaque (des Mannes Wiegenlied am Sarge seiner Mutter) London Sinfonietta /John Adams Liszt: The Black Gondola /London Sinfonietta, John Adams Adams, J: John’s Book of Alleged Dances /Kronos Quartet (string quartet) Judah to Ocean Toot Nipple Dogjam Pavane – She’s So Fine Rag the Bone Habanera Stubble Crotchet Hammer and Chisel Alligator Escalator Adams, J: John’s Book Of Alleged Dances – Ständchen: The Little Serenade /Kronos Quartet (string quartet) John’s Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise) /Kronos Quartet (string quartet) Gnarly Buttons for clarinet & ensemble /Michael Collins (clarinet), London Sinfonietta, John Adams The Perilous Shore II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow) III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky /John Adams A Sermon on Romance /John Adams Consuelo’s Dream /John Adams Mike’s Song about Arresting a Particular Individual/John Adams Tiffany’s Solo /John Adams Song About The On-Site Altercation /John Adams Song About The Bad Boys And The News /John Adams Your Honor My Client He’s A Young Black Man /John Adams Leila’s song: Alone (Again or at Last) John Adams Three Weeks and Still I’m Outta My Mind /John Adams Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On /John Adams Dewain’s Song of Liberation and Surprise /John Adams Este Pais! / This Country Audra McDonald (vocals), Janne Murto (saxophone), Jari-Pekka Karvonen (drums), Kari Tenkanen (clarinet), Marja Mutru (keyboards), Markku Tabell (keyboards), Michael McElroy (vocals), Seppo Kantonen (keyboards), John Adams One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes /John Adams Finale /John Adams Harmonium /San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, John Adams I. Negative Love II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death III. Wild Nights Century Rolls /Emanuel Ax (piano), Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi I. First Movement II. Manny’s Gym III. Hail Bop Lollapalooza /Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano Slonimsky’s Earbox /Hallé Orchestra, Kent Nagano El Niño – I Sing of a Maiden, Hail Mary, Gracious! & La Annunciacion Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano), Theatre of Voices (counter-tenor), Patrick Marco (director), Willard White (baritone), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, The London Voices, Maitrise de Paris, Kent Nagano Naive and Sentimental Music /David Tanenbaum (guitar), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen I. Naive and Sentimental Music II. Mother of the Man Pt. III – Chain to the Rhythm Road Movies for violin & piano /John Novacek (piano), Leila Josefowicz (violin) I. Relaxed Groove II. Meditative III. 40% Swing Hallelujah Junction /Nicolas Hodges (piano), Rolf Hind (piano) 1st Movement 2nd Movement 3rd Movement China Gates /Nicolas Hodges (piano) American Berserk (2001) Nicolas Hodges (piano) Phrygian Gates, Pt. 1 /Rolf Hind (piano) Phrygian Gates, Pt. 2 (A System of Weights and Measures) Rolf Hind (piano) Phrygian Gates, Pt. 3 /Rolf Hind (piano) On The Transmigration of Souls /Brooklyn Youth Chorus, New York Choral Artists, New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. I: A New Day /Tracy Silverman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams The Dharma at Big Sur, Pt. II: Sri Moonshine /Tracy Silverman (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams My Father Knew Charles Ives /Bill Houghton (trumpet), BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams I. Concord II. The Lake III. The Mountain A Flowering Tree /Eric Owens (bass-baritone), Jessica Rivera (soprano), Russell Thomas (tenor), London Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony /Scott Andrews (clarinet), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson I. The Laboratory II. Panic III. Trinity Guide to Strange Places, Scott Andrews (clarinet), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson Son of Chamber Symphony I /International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams Son of Chamber Symphony II /International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams Son of Chamber Symphony III /International Contemporary Ensemble, John Adams First Quartet I /St Lawrence String Quartet, Scott St. John (violin) First Quartet II /St Lawrence String Quartet (string quartet) City Noir /Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson I. The City and its Double II. The Song is for You III. Boulevard Night Saxophone Concerto /Timothy McAllister (saxophone), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson I. Animato I. (Cont’d.) Moderato II. Molto vivo (a hard driving pulse) Scheherazade.2 /Leila Josefowicz (violin), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman-Pursuit by the True Believers II. A Long Desire (Love Scene) III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary Violin Concerto /Leila Josefowicz (violin), Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson I. Quarter-note = 78 II. Chaconne – Body Through Which the Dream Flows III. Toccare Doctor Atomic: Gerald Finley (vocals), Julia Bullock (vocals), Aubrey Allicock (vocals), Marcus Farnsworth (vocals), Samuel Sakker (vocals) Brindley Sherratt (vocals), Jennifer Johnston (vocals) Andrew Staples (vocals), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams I Still Play /Jeremy Denk (piano) Scratchband /Ensemble Modern, John Adams Nonesuch Records will release the comprehensive John Adams Collected Works collection, a box set of recordings from the composer’s more than four decades of collaboration with the label, on June 24, 2022. The release includes two extensive booklets with new essays and annotations by Timo Andres, Julia Bullock, Robert Hurwitz, Nico Muhly and Jake Wilder-Smith. Nonesuch issued its first album with John Adams in 1985. The label signed him exclusively that year, and has since released 42 premiere recordings and 31 solo albums by the artist, including six unabridged operas, oratorios, and other stage productions. Four of Adamsʼ Nonesuch recordings won Grammy Awards, among other honors. “John Adamsʼ arrival at the label was one of the pivotal events in the history of our company,” says Robert Hurwitz, longtime president and current chairman of Nonesuch Records. “The idea of a label recording all the works of its most cherished composer has long been a proven one in the record business, most notably at Columbia with Stravinsky, at EMI with Britten, and at Deutsche Grammophon with Stockhausen.” “While most of Columbia’s Stravinsky recordings were made decades after the works were first performed, and many of EMI’s superb Britten recordings were not released until after his death, the Nonesuch collection is unique in that the recordings were all made promptly, usually within a few months of a piece’s premiere. Each recording was either conducted by John Adams or made under the close supervision of the composer, who – when not on the conductor’s podium – sat in the director’s booth for each album.” Hurwitz continues, “As the record business changed, we recognized the need to preserve this incredible achievement in physical form. The importance of music to our culture cannot be underestimated, and the thought was hard to imagine that in the future, much of the music would only be available digitally.” “In making the box, we left some space blank because Nonesuch plans to continue recording John Adamsʼ work.” John Adams occupies a unique position in the music world. Long esteemed by the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, instrumental soloists and singers, choreographers and opera directors, his works are among the most performed in all of contemporary music. Early in his career, Adams was resident artist of the San Francisco Symphony (1982-85) as well as originator of the orchestra’s successful and controversial New and Unusual Music series. Many of his milestone orchestral works were written for and premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, including Harmonium (1981), Grand Pianola Music (1982), Harmonielehre (1985), and Absolute Jest (2012) in 1985, Adams began a collaboration with director Peter Sellars that resulted in groundbreaking operas and oratorios over more than three decades: Nixon in China (1987) and The Death of Klinghoffer (1991), both libretti by Alice Goodman; El Niño (2000), Doctor Atomic (2005), A Flowering Tree (2006), The Gospel According to the Other Mary (2012), and Girls of the Golden West (2017). Since 2009, Adams has held the position of Artistic Director at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he has been instrumental in the success of Green Umbrella, a highly creative new music series. Adams is also a major supporter of the younger generation of American composers. Adamsʼ labelmate, composer and pianist Timo Andres, writes in his accompanying text, “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that when Road Movie fell into my lap as a freshman, it started a chain reaction that led me to where I am now…. John’s music has been such a constant in my life that it has reached a fundamental level of my consciousness-it’s part of the way I listen to music now.” This year, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich focused on Adamsʼ music from January through March. Likewise, orchestras around the world will give significant performances of his works, including the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic and Budapest Festival Orchestra. This spring, Adamsʼ piano concerto Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? will be performed by orchestras around the world: in Seattle, St. Louis, Cleveland, Zurich, Iceland, Gothenburg, and San Francisco; earlier this year, Adams also led a performance of the work at the Cleveland Orchestra with Jeremy Denk. In September 2022, Adamsʼ new opera Antony & Cleopatra will open San Francisco Opera’s 100th season. Nonesuch Records has maintained close relationships with modern composers throughout its history. During the Tracey Sterne years, the label made multiple recordings by Elliott Carter, George Crumb, Charles Wuorinen, and William Bolcom. Since 1985, Nonesuch has issued multiple recordings of the works of Philip Glass, Stephen Sondheim, Laurie Anderson, Caroline Shaw, Louis Andriessen, John Zorn, Adam Guettel, Henryk Górecki, Timo Andres, Nico Muhly, and Donnacha Dennehy. As with John Adams, Nonesuch has recorded each of Steve Reich’s new musical works since 1985 and will also release a collection of his complete works in early 2023. Although 35 of the 40 CDs from Collected Works include Nonesuch recordings, the collection also includes recordings from other record labels: the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s recording of The Gospel According to the Other Mary and Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? with Yuja Wang from Deutsche Grammophon. In addition, a recording by Christina and Michelle Naughton of Roll Over Beethoven on Warner Classics, and the San Francisco Symphony’s recording of Absolute Jest and Grand Pianola Music. The Berlin Philharmonic’s recording of Harmonielehre conducted by Adams is the final CD in the series and concludes the collection, while the San Francisco Symphony’s premiere recording of this piece conducted by Edo de Waart on Nonesuch opens the collection. |