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
The Next Day in the City Jail
Now a Certain Woman Named Martha
Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Tamara Mumford
And She Had a Sister Named Mary
Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Tamara Mumford
I Am Surprised That I Am Beginning to Pray Daily
Chorus "En un Día de Amor Yo Bajé Hasta la Tierra"
Now a Certain Man Was Sick
Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Why Standest Thou Afar off, O Lord?
Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle
In My Own Quietly Explosive Here
Kelley O'Connor, Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Tamara Mumford
When Mary Was Come Where Jesus Was
Brian Cummings, Kelley O'Connor, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck
Jesus Said, Take Ye Away the Stone
Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Brian Cummings, Tamara Mumford, Berlin Philharmonic
And When He Thus Had Spoken
Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle
Chorus "Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above"
Then Jesus Six Days Before the Passover
Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Brian Cummings
Then Took Mary a Pound of Ointment
Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Kelley O'Connor
And There Were Some That Had Indignation Within Themselves
Brian Cummings, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck
We Know There Will Be No Utopias
Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Tamara Mumford, Daniel Bubeck
Chorus "Who Rips His Own Flesh Down the Seams"
Martha and Mary, Not Knowing
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck
Chorus "Jesus, Incomparable Perdonador de Injurias"
And They Were Come Unto a Place Called Golgotha
Berlin Philharmonic, Kelley O'Connor, Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley
Now There Stood by the Cross of Jesus
Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Tamara Mumford, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic
When Jesus Saw His Mother
Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Now in the Place Where He Was Crucified There Was a Garden
Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Brian Cummings
And, Behold, There Was a Great Earthquake
Berlin Philharmonic, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Tamara Mumford, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Kelley O'Connor, Nathan Medley
Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead?
Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic, Brian Cummings, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor, Tamara Mumford, Nathan Medley