The John Adams Edition
It says much for the Berliner Philharmoniker’s enlightened programming that it can present a feast of performances of John Adams’ music, recorded in a single season (2016–17) under a host of top conductors. Harmonielehre and the violin concerto Scheherazade.2—with Leila Josefowicz as the magnificent soloist—are conducted by the composer. Alan Gilbert gives us a thrilling Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Gustavo Dudamel conducts the atmospheric City Noir and Simon Rattle takes on The Gospel According to the Other Mary superbly. Meanwhile, Rattle’s successor as the orchestra’s chief conductor and artistic director, Kirill Petrenko, gives us the intensely moving The Wound-Dresser with Georg Nigl as the powerful soloist. Glorious, idiomatic playing throughout.
I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman – Pursuit by the True Believers
Scene 1. The Next Day in the City Jail
Scene 1. Now a Certain Woman Named Martha
Berlin Philharmonic, Tamara Mumford, Sir Simon Rattle, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 2. And She Had a Sister Named Mary
Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Tamara Mumford, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings, Berlin Philharmonic
Scene 2. I Am Surprised That I Am Beginning to Pray Daily
Scene 2. En un Día da Amor Yo Bajé Hasta la Tierra
Scene 3. Now a Certain Man Was Sick
Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic
Scene 3. Why Standest Thou Afar off, O Lord?
Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle, Brian Cummings, Tamara Mumford, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic
Scene 3. In My Own Quietly Explosive Here
Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor, Tamara Mumford, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 3. When Mary Was Come Where Jesus Was
Kelley O'Connor, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Scene 3. Jesus Said, Take Ye Away The Stone
Tamara Mumford, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Brian Cummings
Scene 3. And When He Thus Had Spoken
Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 3. Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above
Scene 4. Then Jesus Six Days Before the Passover
Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle
Scene 4. Then Took Mary a Pound of Ointment
Kelley O'Connor, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Scene 5. And There Were Some That Had Indignation Within Themselves
Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Peter Hoare, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle
Scene 5. We Know There Will Be No Utopias
Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley
Scene 1. Who Rips His Own Flesh Down the Seams
Scene 1. Martha and Mary, Not Knowing
Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Hoare, Berlin Philharmonic
Scene 2. The Said Defendants
Tamara Mumford, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Rundfunkchor Berlin
Scene 2. Jesus, Incomparable Perdonador de Injurias
Scene 3. And They Were Come unto a Place Called Golgotha
Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Kelley O'Connor
Scene 3. Daughters of Jerusalem, Weep Not for Me
Scene 3. Now There Stood by the Cross of Jesus
Berlin Philharmonic, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Tamara Mumford
Scene 3. When Jesus Saw His Mother
Sir Simon Rattle, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley
Scene 4. On Earth When He Heard the First Rain
Scene 5. Now in the Place Where He Was Crucified There Was a Garden
Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Brian Cummings
Scene 6. And, Behold, There Was a Great Earthquake
Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Peter Hoare, Tamara Mumford, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Kelley O'Connor
Scene 6. Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead?
Kelley O'Connor, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Tamara Mumford, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Peter Hoare