Title from disc label. New York Philharmonic ; Alan Gilbert, conductor. Recorded Avery Fisher Hall (now named David Geffen Hall), Lincoln Center, New York City. Odna Zhizn recorded live 2010 February 20. Symphony no. 3 recorded live 2013 June 20. Symphony no. 4 recorded live 2014 June 5. Prospero's rooms recorded live 2013 April 17. Booklet with biographical and program notes in English and Danish (34 pages : color portraits) inserted in container.
This album presents four world premiere recordings of works by Christopher Rouse (b.1949), the New York Philharmonic's second Marie-JoseĢe Kravis Composer-in-Residence, three of them composed for the Orchestra and Music Director Alan Gilbert. Taken together, the Fourth Symphony, Prospero's Rooms and Odna Zhizn bear witness to a remarkable period of artistic collaboration between the legendary Orchestra, its celebrated Music Director, and one of America s most evocative composers.
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