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Both [Harmonielehre and The Gospel According to the Other Mary] benefit from the full palette of the Berlin Philharmonic, from powerful lower brass to exquisite wind solos and sensuous strings;... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Nov 2017
Catalogue No: BPHR170141
Label: Berliner Philharmoniker
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

The New York Times

Recordings of the Year 2017
Grammy Awards

61st Awards (2019)

Nominee - Classical Compendium

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Adams, J: Harmonielehre

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Berliner Philharmoniker
John Adams

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II. The Anfortas Wound

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III. Meister Eckhardt and Quackie

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Adams, J: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Alan Gilbert

Adams, J: City Noir

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Gustavo Dudamel

I. The City and Its Double

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II. The Song Is for You

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III. Boulevard Night

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Adams, J: Lollapalooza

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Alan Gilbert

Adams, J: Scheherazade.2

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Berliner Philharmoniker
John Adams

I. Tale of the Wise Young Woman – Pursuit by the True Believers

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II. A Long Desire (Love Scene)

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III. Scheherazade and the Men with Beards

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IV. Escape, Flight, Sanctuary

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Adams, J: The Wound-Dresser

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Kirill Petrenko

Adams, J: The Gospel According To The Other Mary

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Berliner Philharmoniker
Rundfunkchor Berlin
Sir Simon Rattle

The Next Day in the City Jail

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Now a Certain Woman Named Martha

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And She Had a Sister Named Mary

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I Am Surprised That I Am Beginning to Pray Daily

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Chorus: En un Día da Amor Yo Bajé Hasta la Tierra

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Now a Certain Man Was Sick

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Lazarus Dies While His Sisters Await Jesus

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Why Standest Thou Afar off, O Lord?

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In My Own Quietly Explosive Here

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Don't Touch My Left Arm

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When Mary Was Come Where Jesus Was

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Jesus Said, Take Ye Away The Stone

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And When He Thus Had Spoken

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Drop Down, Ye Heavens, from Above

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Then Jesus Six Days Before the Passover

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For the Grave Cannot Praise Thee

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Then Took Mary a Pound of Ointment

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And There Were Some That Had Indignation

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We Know There Will Be No Utopias

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Tell Me: How Is This Night Different

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The Gospel According to the Other Mary, Act II Chorus: Who Rips His Own Flesh Down the Seams

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The Gospel According to the Other Mary, Act II Scene 1: Martha and Mary, Not Knowing

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Introduction

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Up at Two a.m., Picketed All Day

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The Said Defendants

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Chorus: Jesus, Incomparable Perdonador de Injurias

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And They Were Come unto a Place Called Golgotha

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Daughters of Jerusalem, Weep Not for Me

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Now There Stood by the Cross of Jesus

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When Jesus Saw His Mother

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When the Rain Began to Fall

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On Earth When He Heard the First Rain

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His Son Cried Out to Him

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Now in the Place Where He Was Crucified

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Mary Awakens on the Third Morning

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Chorus: It Is Spring

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And, Behold, There Was a Great Earthquake

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Why Seek Ye the Living Among the Dead?

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John Adams is one of the most important musical voices of America. His tonal language is at once unmistakable and of infinite variety. Minimalism mixes with imaginative orchestration and a jazz-inflected spirit to create a cosmos full of energy and colour that constantly reveals new facets. During the season 2016/2017 John Adams has accompanied the Berliner Philharmoniker as composer in residence.

The orchestra performed a wide variety of his works, from the oratorio The Gospel According to the Other Mary and the famous Harmonielehre to more unfamiliar treasures. The concerts were conducted by chief conductor Sir Simon Rattle and outstanding guests: Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert and Kirill Petrenko. In the course of this partnership, John Adams himself also made his debut as conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker. The design of the edition is by the world-renowned Turner Prize winning artist Wolfgang Tillmans.

· 4 CD

· 2 concert video Blu-ray discs, including:

Documentary “Short Rides with John Adams” (45 min)

Interviews with John Adams

· 24-bit download code

· Hardcover edition

Please Note: JAPAN, CHINA & HONG KONG - For contractual reasons, we have been asked not to sell this product to customers in Japan, China and Hong Kong. We apologise for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.

Reviews

March 2018

Both [Harmonielehre and The Gospel According to the Other Mary] benefit from the full palette of the Berlin Philharmonic, from powerful lower brass to exquisite wind solos and sensuous strings; the melodic line halfway through Part 1 of Harmonielehre, a symphony in all but name, can never have been more beautifully phrased or recorded. Each performance brings its own special character, even when the same sounds are in question.

January 2018

Purity of sound, rhythmic precision and attention to detail make this a recording quite unlike any other to date. If there’s no experience quite like hearing Harmonielehre live in a hall, this is certainly a very close second…Petrenko conducts [The Wound-Dresser] with taste and discretion…The luxuriously lifelike sound the engineers have so artfully captured here, and indeed throughout the entire set, gives Berlin the edge. This is a treat not to be missed.

29th November 2017

Its seven works are all already available on disc, but the chance to hear them played by one of the world’s greatest orchestras is a treat...The composer conducts both the earliest and the most recent of the works. His athletic account of Harmonielehre is more buoyant, less weighty than some, but 30 years after its composition it remains Adams’s greatest achievement.

New York Times 13th December 2017

Who can forget the great mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in the Cantata No. 199, “Mein Herze Schwimmt im Blut”? Fortunately, Ms. Sampson’s brighter version is different enough to be appreciated on its own terms.

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The John Adams Edition

4 CDs + 2 Blu-ray Videos

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