Composer: Michael Daugherty
Performer: Evelyn Glennie, Amy Porter, Carol Jantsch
Orchestra: Albany Symphony
Conductor: David Alan Miller
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2018
Size: 727 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Trail of Tears
01. I. Where the Wind Blew Free
02. II. Incantation
03. III. Sun Dance
Dreamachine
04. I. Da Vinci’s Wings
05. II. Rube Goldberg’s Variations
06. III. Electric Eel
07. IV. Vulcan’s Forge
Reflections on the Mississippi
08. I. Mist
09. II. Fury
10. III. Prayer
11. IV. Steamboat
GRAMMY® Award-winning composer Michael Daugherty explores the relationships between machines, humanity and nature in three unique concertos. Dreamachine for solo percussion and orchestra is a colorful tribute to the imagination of inventors who dreamed of new machines, both real and surreal. The flute concerto Trail of Tears dramatizes the tragic governmental forced relocation of Native Americans in 1838 and meditates on how the human spirit discovers ways to deal with adversity. Reflections on the Mississippi for tuba and orchestra is a musical voyage down the legendary Mississippi River from Iowa to Louisiana. The Albany Symphony, conducted by David Alan Miller, delivers mesmerizing performances by three outstanding women soloists: GRAMMY® Awardwinning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, flutist extraordinaire Amy Porter, and Carol Jantsch, the remarkable principal tuba of The Philadelphia Orchestra.