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