Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: Your first word was "light" (Mehldau/Rilke) | 5:28 |
| 2 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: The hour is striking so close above me (Mehldau/Rilke) | 5:09 |
| 3 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: I love the dark hours of my being (Mehldau/Rilke) | 4:35 |
| 4 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: I love you, gentlest of Ways (Mehldau/Rilke) | 7:02 |
| 5 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: No one lives his life (Mehldau/Rilke) | 2:36 |
| 6 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: His caring is a nightmare to us (Mehldau/Rilke) | 2:31 |
| 7 | The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God: Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you (Mehldau/Rilke) | 6:13 |
| 8 | The Blue Estuaries: Tears in Sleep (Mehldau/Bogan) | 2:31 |
| 9 | The Blue Estuaries: Memory (Mehldau/Bogan) | 3:25 |
| 10 | The Blue Estuaries: A Tale (Mehldau/Bogan) | 4:28 |
| 11 | Love Sublime (Mehldau/Fleurine) | 4:20 |
News & Reviews
- Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Brad Mehldau Trio Returns March 13 with "Ode," Featuring 11 Original Mehldau Compositions; Pre-Order Now
Nonesuch releases an album of original songs from the Brad Mehldau Trio—Ode—on March 13; it is available to pre-order in the Nonesuch Store now with an instant download of the title track. The record, which is the first from the trio since 2008’s live Village Vanguard disc and the first studio trio recording since 2005’s Day Is Done, features 11 previously unreleased songs composed by Mehldau. Many of the songs on the new album were written as tributes, or “odes,” to real and fictional people.
- Friday, January 27, 2012
Brad Mehldau Trio Box Set Shows Why Mehldau Is Among "True Masters of the Jazz Piano" (Jambands)
Brad Mehldau is set to perform an intimate solo set in Washington, DC, this weekend. The Washington City Paper says: "His performances are wondrous, and this one promises to be no different." The Washington Post, reviewing the new Brad Mehldau Trio box set The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996-2001, cites "an intuitive and highly interactive level of performance" in the set. JazzTimes says the retrospective offers "a fresh vantage point on a body of music by enabling the listener to experience it whole. The best art requires time to release all of its revelations." Jambands calls it "a solid reminder why Brad Mehldau has earned his place amongst the true masters of the jazz piano."
About this Album
Love Sublime originated as a commission from the Carnegie Hall Corporation, composed expressly for Fleming—along with Mehldau—to perform at Zankel Hall, where it was premiered in May 2005. Most of the songs draw their texts from two collections of poems: The Blue Estuaries by Louise Bogan and The Book of Hours: Love Poems to God by Rainer Maria Rilke. The text of the title track, “Love Sublime,” was written by the Dutch singer/lyricist Fleurine.
“It was a great pleasure to work with Renee," said Mehldau. "I wrote the music, but she brought it to life."
Credits
MUSICIANS
Brad Mehldau, piano
Renée Fleming, vocals
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Steven Epstein
Recorded January 10–11, 2006, at SUNY Purchase Performing Arts Center, Purchase, NY
Engineered by Todd Whitelock
Assistant Engineer: Jim Yates
Additional Engineering: Richard King
Stage Manager: Andrew Ryder
Mixed by Todd Whitelock at Sony Music Studios, New York, NY
Mastered by Todd Whitelock and Steven Epstein at Sony Music Studios
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
Music by Brad Mehldau; text by Rainer Maria Rilke (1-7), Louise Bogan (8-10), Fleurine (11)
Design by Barbara de Wilde
Photography by Michael Wilson
