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