John Adams – Scheherazade 2 – Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:36 minutes | 850 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Digital Booklet | © Nonesuch
Recorded: February 19 & 20, 2016, at Powell Hall, St. Louis, MO
Nonesuch Records releases the debut recording of American composer John Adams’ Scheherazade.2, a new dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra. The recording features David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony and virtuoso violinist Leila Josefowicz, for whom the piece was written. The piece was informed both by the Rimsky-Korsakov piece “Scheherazade,” from which it draws its name, as well as the “Arabian Nights” collection of folk stories.
Tracklist:
John Adams (b.1947)
Scheherazade.2
1 I. Tale Of The Wise Young Woman – Pursuit By The True Believers 15:01
2 II. A Long Desire (Love Scene) 14:24
3 III. Scheherazade And The Men With Beards 9:46
4 IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary 8:25
Personnel:
Leila Josefowicz, violin
St. Louis Symphony
David Robertson, conductor
Chester Englander, cimbalom
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