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