Bernstein - A Quiet Place | Decca 4833895

Bernstein - A Quiet Place

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4833895

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 22nd June 2018

Contents

Artists

Claudia Boyle (soprano)
Joseph Kaiser (tenor)
Gordon Bintner (baritone)
Lucas Meachem (baritone)
Rupert Charlesworth (tenor)
Daniel Belcher (baritone)
Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano)
Steven Humes (bass)
Maija Skille (mezzo-soprano)
John Tessier (tenor)
OSM Chorus
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal

Conductor

Kent Nagano

Works

Bernstein, Leonard

A Quiet Place (chamber version, ed. Garth Edwin Sunderland)

Artists

Claudia Boyle (soprano)
Joseph Kaiser (tenor)
Gordon Bintner (baritone)
Lucas Meachem (baritone)
Rupert Charlesworth (tenor)
Daniel Belcher (baritone)
Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano)
Steven Humes (bass)
Maija Skille (mezzo-soprano)
John Tessier (tenor)
OSM Chorus
Orchestre symphonique de Montreal

Conductor

Kent Nagano

About

Decca Classics and the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal are proud to present the world premiere recording of the chamber version of Leonard Bernstein’s A Quiet Place, adapted by Garth Edwin Sunderland. It is conducted by Kent Nagano and released ahead of the Bernstein centenary on 25 August 2018.

Premiered in 1983, Bernstein’s opera A Quiet Place was the composer’s last work written for the stage and remains one of his lesser known large-scale compositions. The concert-version presented on the new album features a chamber orchestra and was recorded live at the Maison symphonique de Montréal in May 2017. Garth Edwin Sunderland’s adaptation offers a compact presentation of the three-act opera which places equal focus on librettist Stephen Wadsworth’s dramatic narrative and Bernstein’s complex and highly developed late musical style.

Kent Nagano was introduced to Bernstein by Seiji Ozawa in 1984 and studied with him until his death in 1990. Nagano says, “For Bernstein music was life – the two were synonymous, inseparable. He never stopped exploring and pushing his own compositional language. The goal in this particular adaptation is to allow the spirited brilliance and poetic depth of the work to shine through – including dance rhythms and elements of American folklore. Our hope is that the timeless and universal quality of the piece and the genius of the composition are laid bare in this new recording.”

“It’s such a brilliant work, the culmination of what he accomplished and the culmination of his gifts as a composer” he accomplished and the culmination of his gifts as a composer” – Garth Edwin Sunderland, Senior Music Edotor at the Leonard Benstein Office

Cast:
- Dede: Claudia Boyle (soprano)
- François: Joseph Kaiser (tenor)
- Junior: Gordon Bintner (baritone)
- Sam: Lucas Meachem (baritone)
- Funeral Director: Rupert Charlesworth (tenor)
- Bill: Daniel Belcher (baritone)
- Susie: Annie Rosen (mezzo-soprano)
-  Doc: Steven Humes (bass)
- Mrs Doc: Maija Skille (mezzo-soprano)
- Analyst: John Tessier (tenor)

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