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