Cécile McLorin Salvant sat down for a Nonesuch Q&A about her new album, With Every Breath I Take, her first orchestral record. She talks about what she looks for in a song, Sondheim's "Being Alive," the benefits of creative constraints, the power of intuition, working with the Metropole Orkest and conductor Jules Buckley, Darcy James Argue's arrangements, and the twists and turns on the album. You can see what she had to say—including two questions with pianist Sullivan Fortner—filmed by Matthew Edginton here.
Cécile McLorin Salvant sat down for a Nonesuch Q&A about her new album, With Every Breath I Take, her first orchestral record, on which she and the Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley perform timeless songs—by Coleman, Coward, Ellington, Sondheim, Strayhorn, and Salvant—newly arranged by composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue. She talks about what she looks for in a song, Adam Driver's take on Sondheim's "Being Alive," the benefits of creative constraints, the power of intuition, working with Buckley and the orchestra, Argue's arrangements, and the twists and turns on the album. You can see what she had to say in the seven-part series—including two with pianist Sullivan Fortner—filmed by Matthew Edginton here:
You can get With Every Breath I Take and hear it here. You can find details on seeing Cécile McLorin Salvant performing live on tour here.
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