John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer

John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer

by Kent Nagano, John Adams
John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer

John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer

by Kent Nagano, John Adams

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Overview

The creations of post-classical composers yield a treasure trove for the adventurous ear. John Adams, a West Coast composer, gives the world a wealth of new compositions through the San Francisco orchestra. His post-modern 1991 opera "The Death of Klinghoffer," a modern tale of terrorism, is one such work. The choruses from this modern tale of Middle East mayhem are as powerful as Verdi's mourning of the Jews in "Nabucco." The Nonesuch label brings these choruses with an equally haunting Adams work on "Harmonium/The Klinghoffer Choruses." ~ Tom Schulte

Product Details

Release Date: 11/17/1992
Label: Nonesuch
UPC: 0075597928129

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Prologue: Chorus Of Exiled Palestinians
  2. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Prologue: Chorus Of Exiled Jews
  3. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 1: "It was just after one fifteen"
  4. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 1: "My Grandson Didi, who was two"
  5. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 1: "Give these orders"
  6. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 1: "So I said to my grandson"
  7. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 1: "We are sorry for you"
  8. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 1: Ocean Chorus
  9. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 2: "Now it is night"
  10. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 2: "I think if you could talk like this"
  11. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 2: "I have often reflected that this is no ship"
  12. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 2: "I kept my distance"
  13. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 2: "Those birds flying above us"
  14. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 1, scene 2: Night Chorus

Disc 2

  1. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2: Hagar Chorus
  2. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 1: "Come here. Look"
  3. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 1: "I've never been a violent man"
  4. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 1: "You are always complaining of your suffering"
  5. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 1: "I must have been hysterical"
  6. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 1: "It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably"
  7. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 1: Desert Chorus
  8. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 2: "My one consolation"
  9. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 2: Klinghoffer's death
  10. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 2: "Every fifteen minutes, one more will be shot"
  11. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 2: Aria of the Falling Body (Gymnop¿¿die)
  12. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 2: Day Chorus
  13. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 3: "Mrs. Klinghoffer, please sit down"
  14. The Death of Klinghoffer, opera~Act 2, scene 3: "You embraced them!"

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kent Nagano   Primary Artist,Conductor,Musical Director
John Adams   Primary Artist
Lyon National Opera Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Sheila Nadler   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal),Alto (Vocals)
Eugene Perry   Baritone (Vocal)
Thomas Young   Tenor (Vocal)
Janice Felty   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
Thomas Hammons   Baritone (Vocal),Bass (Vocal)
Stephanie Friedman   Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
London Opera Chorus   Ensemble,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
James Maddalena   Baritone (Vocal)
Sanford Sylvan   Baritone (Vocal)
Louis Erlo   Director
Lyon National Opera Chorus   Choir/Chorus
Peter Sellars   Conductor
Michael Steinberg   Conductor
Jean-Pierre Brossmann   Director

Technical Credits

Nick Granito   Photography
Peter Sellars   Original Album Producer
James F. Ingalls   Lighting Design
Pierre Radisic   Photography
John Newton   Balance Engineer
Henk Jansen   Engineer
Graham Carmichael   Stage Production
John Boesche   Design
Kunya Ramicova   Clothing/Wardrobe
John McClure   Producer
Mark Morris   Choreographer
Albert Lee   Music Consultant
John Adams   Composer
Robert Hurwitz   Executive Producer
Susan Presson   Assistant
Carol Yaple   Editorial Director
Alice Goodman   Librettist
Christian Steiner   Cover Design
Kathryn King   Production Coordination
Jonathan Deans   Stage Sound,Sound Design
George Tsypin   Set Design
Jon Chomitz   Photography
Deborah L. O'Grady   Photography
Joel Meyerowitz   Photography
Zoe Dominic   Photography
Martha Swope   Photography
Lisa Kohler   Photography
Tony Vinella   Photography
Everett Porter   Editing Engineer,Engineer
Bob Marshak   Photography
John Heiden   Design
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