Simon Rattle conducts American Music

 

Label : EMI

Format : Flac track

Cover : Front

Tracklist :

CD 1

Adams, J: Harmonielehre

Adams, J: The Chairman Dances

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Adams, J: Tromba Lontana

Wesley Warren (trumpet), Jonathan Holland (trumpet)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Adams, J: Short Ride in a Fast Machine

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Ives, C: Holidays: Decoration Day (1912) (conclusion)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (opening)

Wayne Marshall (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Carter, E: Celebration of some 100 x 150 notes

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Bernstein: West Side Story - Symphonic Dances: Mambo

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

CD 2

Bernstein: Wonderful Town

Brent Barrett (vocals), Timothy Robinson (vocals), Simone Sauphanor (vocals), Kim Criswell (vocals), Rod Gilfry (vocals), Robert Fardell (vocals), Michael Dore (vocals), Audra McDonald (vocals), Carl Daymond (vocals), Melanie Marshall (vocals), Kimberly Cobb (vocals), Ken Atkinson (vocals)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, London Voices, Simon Rattle

Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue & Riffs for Solo Clarinet and Jazz Ensemble

Peter Donohoe (piano), Michael Collins (clarinet)

London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle

CD 3

Strayhorn: Take the A Train

Joshua Redman (saxophone), Regina Carter (violin), Joe Lovano (saxophone), Clark Terry (trumpet), Lena Horne (lead vocals), Bobby Watson (saxophone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Strayhorn: You're The One

Lena Horne (vocals), Joshua Redman (saxophone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Ellington: Sophisticated Lady

Bobby Watson (saxophone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Ellington: Harlem

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington: Isfahan

Peter Walden (cor anglais), Bobby Watson (saxophone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Ellington: Ad Lib on Nippon (Part 2)

Geri Allen (piano), Colin Parr (clarinet)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Duke Ellington, Luther Henderson: That Doo-wah Thing from 'It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing': Part 2, duet / fugue

Regina Carter (violin), Clark Terry (trumpet)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington: Something to Live For

Lena Horne (vocals), Joe Lovano (saxophone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Ellington: Come Sunday

Regina Carter (violin), Clark Terry (trumpet)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange: Solitude in Transblucency

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Strayhorn: Maybe

Lena Horne (vocals), Bobby Watson (saxophone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Ellington, M: Things ain't what they used to be

Lena Horne (vocals), Regina Carter (violin), Joshua Redman (saxophone), Joe Lovano (saxophone), Bobby Watson (saxophone), Clark Terry (trumpet)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

CD 4-6

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

Marietta Simpson (mezzo-soprano), Maureen Braithwaite (soprano), Wayne Marshall (piano), Johnny Worthy (tenor), Mervin Wallace (tenor), Bruce Hubbard (bass-baritone), Ron Travis (vocals), Ted Maynard (vocals), Barrington Coleman (tenor), Billy J. Mitchell (vocals), Harolyn Blackwell (soprano), Curtis Watson (bass-baritone), Colenton Freeman (vocals), Cynthia Clarey (soprano), Paula Ingram (mezzo-soprano), Autris Paige (bass-baritone), William Johnson (bass-baritone), Damon Evans (tenor), Camelia Johnson (soprano), Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Alan Tilvern (vocals), Willard White (baritone), Linda Thompson (soprano), Gregg Baker (bass-baritone)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus, Craig Ruttenberg, Simon Rattle

CD 7

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

Peter Donohoe (piano)

London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle

Gershwin: A Gershwin Songbook

Peter Donohoe (piano)

Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F major

Peter Donohoe (piano)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

J. Turner Layton: After you've gone

Jeremy Taylor (vocals)

London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle

Billy Meyers, Elmer Schoebel, Ernie Erdman, Gus Kahn: Nobody's Sweetheart

London Sinfonietta, Simon Rattle

Young, V: Sweet Sue, Just You

London Sinfonietta, Harvey And The Wallbangers, Simon Rattle