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
Scene 1. The Next Day in the City Jail
Scene 1. Now a Certain Woman Named Martha
Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle, Brian Cummings, Tamara Mumford, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 2. And She Had a Sister Named Mary
Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley
Scene 2. I Am Surprised That I Am Beginning to Pray Daily
Scene 2. En un Día da Amor Yo Bajé Hasta la Tierra
Scene 3. Now a Certain Man Was Sick
Brian Cummings, Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 3. Why Standest Thou Afar off, O Lord?
Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic
Scene 3. In My Own Quietly Explosive Here
Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor, Brian Cummings, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Tamara Mumford
Scene 3. When Mary Was Come Where Jesus Was
Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 3. Jesus Said, Take Ye Away The Stone
Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 3. And When He Thus Had Spoken
Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings
Scene 3. Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above
Scene 4. Then Jesus Six Days Before the Passover
Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings
Scene 4. Then Took Mary a Pound of Ointment
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor
Scene 5. And There Were Some That Had Indignation Within Themselves
Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings
Scene 5. We Know There Will Be No Utopias
Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Tamara Mumford, Berlin Philharmonic
Scene 1. Who Rips His Own Flesh Down the Seams
Scene 1. Martha and Mary, Not Knowing
Brian Cummings, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Nathan Medley
Scene 2. The Said Defendants
Scene 2. Jesus, Incomparable Perdonador de Injurias
Scene 3. And They Were Come unto a Place Called Golgotha
Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley
Scene 3. Daughters of Jerusalem, Weep Not for Me
Scene 3. Now There Stood by the Cross of Jesus
Berlin Philharmonic, Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck, Nathan Medley, Sir Simon Rattle
Scene 3. When Jesus Saw His Mother
Nathan Medley, Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Scene 4. On Earth When He Heard the First Rain
Scene 5. Now in the Place Where He Was Crucified There Was a Garden
Berlin Philharmonic, Daniel Bubeck, Sir Simon Rattle, Nathan Medley, Brian Cummings
Scene 6. And, Behold, There Was a Great Earthquake
Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic, Nathan Medley, Peter Hoare, Kelley O'Connor, Tamara Mumford, Brian Cummings, Daniel Bubeck
Scene 6. Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead?
Brian Cummings, Berlin Philharmonic, Tamara Mumford, Daniel Bubeck, Peter Hoare, Sir Simon Rattle, Kelley O'Connor, Nathan Medley