Scheherazade. 2 / John Adams.

Composer
Adams, John, 1947- [Browse]
Format
Audio
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
  • New York, NY : Nonesuch Records, [2016]
  • ℗2016
Description
1 audio disc (approximately 48 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Library of Congress genre(s)
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    Medium/​Support
    4 3/4 in.
    Summary note
    John Adams's dramatic symphony Scheherazade. 2 imagines a modern day Scheherazade, an empowered, liberated spirit embodied in the multifaceted solo violin role.
    Notes
    • A dramatic symphony for violin and orchestra.
    • Title from disc label.
    • Edition recorded: Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes).
    • Program notes by John Adams in English (14 unnumbered pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Produced by Friedemann Engelbrecht.
    Time and place of event
    Recorded 2016 February 19-20 Powell Hall, St. Louis, Missouri.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Leila Josefowicz, violin ; St. Louis Symphony ; David Robertson, conductor ; Chester Englander, cimbalom.
    Contents
    • Tale of the wise young woman ; Pursuit by the true believers (15:00)
    • A long desire (love scene) (14:24)
    • Scheherazade and the men with beards (9:46)
    • Escape, flight, sanctuary (8:25).
    Other title(s)
    • Scheherazade.two
    • Scheherazade point two
    ISBN
    • 9786316635860
    • 6316635869
    Publisher no.
    557 170-2
    OCLC
    957527816
    Universal Product Code
    • 075597943511
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