Composer: John Adams
Performer: Tamara Mumford, Russell Thomas, Los Angeles Master Chorale
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Size: 2.37 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. The Next Day In The City Jail We Were Searched For Drugs
02. Now A Certain Woman Named Martha Welcomed Him Into Her House
03. And She Had A Sister Named Mary
04. I Am Surprised That I Am Beginning To Pray Daily
05. Chorus – En un dia de amor
06. Now A Certain Man Was Sick, Named Lazarus
07. Lazarus Dies
08. Why Standest Thou Afar Off, Lord?
09. In My Own Quietly Explosive Here
10. Don’t Touch My Left Arm!
11. When Mary Was Come Where Jesus Was
12. Jesus Said, Take Ye Away The Stone
13. Lazarus Rises From The Dead
14. Chorus – Drop Down, Ye Heavens
15. Supper At Bethany
16. For The Grave Cannot Praise Thee
17. Mary Washes The Feet Of Jesus
18. And There Were Some Who Had Indignation Within Themselves
19. We Know There Will Be No Utopias
20. Tell Me – How Is This Night Different From All Other Night?
21. Chorus – Who Rips His Flesh Down The Seams
22. Arrest Of Jesus
23. Arrest Of The Women
24. Up At Two A.M., Picketed All Day
25. The Said Defendants, On Or About August 2nd
26. Prayer Of The Mexican Women
27. Golgotha
28. Daughters Of Jerusalem, Weep Not For Me
29. Now There Stood At The Cross Of Jesus
30. When Jesus Saw His Mother
31. Night
32. His Son Cried Out To Him
33. The Sepulchre – Mary’s Awakening
34. Mary Awakes At Dawn
35. Chorus – It Is Spring
36. Earthquake And Recognition
37. Why Seek Ye The Living Among The Dead?
Kelley O’Connor (mezzo-soprano)
Brian Cummings (counter-tenor)
Russell Thomas (tenor)
Tamara Mumford (mezzo-soprano)
Nathan Medley (counter-tenor)
Daniel Bubeck (counter-tenor)
Grant Gershon (chorus master)
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Gustavo Dudamel
Recorded: 2013-03-05
Recording Venue: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
dudamel_adams_the_gospel_according_to_the_other_mary249602.rar – 1.1 GB
World Premiere Recording Of John Adams’ ‘21st Century Masterpiece’ [The Los Angeles Times]
A timely, controversial work of grand proportions, The Gospel According To The Other Mary is a new, full-scale reimagining of the Bach oratorio from composer John Adams and iconoclast writer/director Peter Sellars.
Adams and Sellars’ previous collaborations included Nixon In China, the most-performed American opera since Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and Dr. Atomic, an opera about the invention of the atomic bomb.
Focusing on the often marginalised perspectives of Mary Magdalene and Martha, ‘The Gospel According To The Other Mary’ sets Biblical characters and events, including the resurrection of Lazarus and the passion of Christ, in a powerfully political, contemporary light.
As with the nativity oratorio El Niño (a response to Handel’s Messiah), and the opera Dr. Atomic, the libretto hsd been assembled by Peter Sellars, who has interwoven events from the New and Old Testaments with poetry reflecting themes of faith and liberation from the 12th Century mystic Hildegard von Bingen, to the 20th Century Mexican feminist poet Rosario Castellanos.
This World Premiere recording, featuring the original cast, was made in Disney Hall, Los Angeles, at performances staged by Peter Sellars – with soloists, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
A champion of contemporary music and social engagement through art, Gustavo Dudamel commissioned ‘The Gospel…’, together with the LA Phil, as part of a long-standing creative relationship with John Adams.
This important DG release marks the 5th Anniversary of Gustavo Dudamel’s appointment as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the 10th Anniversary of the LA Phil’s home, Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Packaging: the 2 CD set will come in a digisleeve with a booklet of c. 100 pages. It will contain an introduction by the composer and a synopsis by Peter Sellars in English; plus the libretto in the original languages (English and Spanish) with English translations of the Spanish texts.