John Adams
American Elegies

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Track Listing

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1	The Unanswered Question (Charles Ives)	4:49
2	Five Songs: Thoreau (Charles Ives)	1:49
3	Five Songs: Down East (Charles Ives)	2:23
4	Five Songs: Cradle Song (Charles Ives)	1:21
5	Five Songs: At the River (Charles Ives)	1:14
6	Five Songs: Serenity (Charles Ives)	1:52
7	Fog Tropes (Ingram Marshall)	9:59
8	Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety (Morton Feldman)	4:10
9	Eros Piano (John Adams)	14:50
10	Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel (David Diamond)	6:19

News & Reviews

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New Production of John Adams's "Nixon in China" Premieres at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris

A new production of John Adams's groundbreaking first opera Nixon in China, led by director Chen Shi-Zheng, receives its premiere performance at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris tonight. Musical director Alexander Briger leads the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, the Châtelet choir, and a cast featuring baritone Franco Pompini as President Richard Nixon. Performances begin tonight and run through next Wednesday, April 18. Watch a preview of the new production here. Nonesuch Records reissued the Grammy-winning original cast recording of Nixon in China last year.
Thursday, March 8, 2012

John Adams's "Absolute Jest" to Premiere in San Francisco Symphony's Month-Long American Mavericks Festival, US Tour

As part of their 2011-12 Centennial Season, Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launch a month-long American Mavericks Festival of music by pioneers of the American sound. The Festival begins at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall tonight, with performances there through March 18, followed by a national tour to Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium, and Carnegie Hall in New York through March 30. The American Mavericks Festival explores the music of path-breaking composers like Steve Reich and builds on their visionary spirit with world-premieres, including John Adams's "Absolute Jest." Watch Adams discuss the piece here.

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About this Album

Adams conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in this exploration of 20th-century American composers, with soprano Dawn Upshaw featured on orchestrations of five Charles Ives pieces. Entertainment Weekly calls this “an enchanting collection, continually beautiful, quietly profound.”

Credits

MUSICIANS
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Adams, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano (2-6)
Paul Crossley, piano (9)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded August 1989 at Manhattan Center Studios, New York City
Engineered by Paul Zinman
Mixed at DJCS, Oakland, CA, and SoundMirror, Jamaica Plain, MA

Cover photograph: Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, by William Eggleston
Design by John Heiden

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz