Composer: Antonín Dvořák, Osvaldo Golijov, Suf-Jan Stevens, Karlheinz Stockhausen
Performer: Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Ward-Bergeman, Jamey Haddad, Cyro Baptista
Orchestra: The Knights
Conductor: Eric Jacobsen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029587521
Release: 2017
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Jacobsen: Ascending Bird
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
02. Act 1: Song to the Moon
Golijov: Azul
03. I. Paz Sulfúrica
04. II. Silencio
05. III. Transit
06. IV. Yrushalem
07. Stockhausen: Tierkreis: Leo
Stevens: Suite from Run Rabbit Run
08. I. Year of the Ox
09. II. Enjoy Your Rabbit
10. III. Year of Our Lord
11. IV. Year of the Boar
Azul, the evocative Spanish word for ‘blue’, is the title of the contemplative cello concerto by Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov. It forms the centrepiece of this album by Brooklyn-based orchestral collective The Knights, which takes the skies as its theme. Today’s most celebrated cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, joins The Knights for the concerto and for a transcription of Dvořák’s poignant ‘Song to the Moon’. The diverse and fascinating programme is completed with music by the contemporary Iranian composer Siamak Aghae, visionary avant-gardist Karlheinz Stockhausen and eclectic singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens.