Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

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Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

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Artists J'Nai Bridges, National Symphony Orchestra Kennedy Center, Gianandrea Noseda, J’Nai Bridges, National Symphony Orchestra

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Exclusively Available in Stereo & 5 Channel Surround Sound DSD & DXD from the DXD 32 Bit Edit Master Source at NativeDSD! Four Symphonic Works with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gianandrea Noseda features a collection by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence, Carlos Simon. Each piece was recorded live in concert and initially released digitally, one at a time, throughout the season. The final release, a collection of all four works. The recording features Simon’s short orchestral study, The Block, which takes inspiration from the visual art of the late Romare Bearden, an artist whose work reflected African American life in urban cities as well as the rural American south. Tales—A Folklore Symphony delves into African American culture and folklore. The work is an exploration of African American folklore and Afrofuturist stories. Songs of Separation for mezzo-soprano and orchestra was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra in connection with Simon’s appointment as Composer-in-Residence. The work takes its inspiration from a set of four poems by the 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic Jalāl al-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī and features mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges. Completing the album is the composer’s Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra, inspired by the poem Awake, Asleep, written by the Nepali poet Rajendra Bhandari. The poet, “warns of the danger of being obliviously asleep in a social world, but yet how collective wakefulness provides ‘a bountiful harvest of thoughts,’” said Simon in his liner notes.

J’Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano National Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

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Total time: 01:06:53

1. The Block

06:37

2. Tales – A Folklore Symphony I. Motherboxx Connection

04:48

3. Tales – A Folklore Symphony II. Flying Africans

04:46

4. Tales – A Folklore Symphony III. Go Down Moses (Let My People Go)

08:17

5. Tales – A Folklore Symphony IV. John Henry

04:43

6. Songs of Separation I. The Garden

04:40

7. Songs of Separation II. Burning Hell

04:19

8. Songs of Separation III. Dance

03:17

9. Songs of Separation IV. We Are All the Same

05:24

10. Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra

20:02

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Label

National Symphony Orchestra

SKU

NSO0018D

Qualities

DSD 128, DSD 256, DSD 64, DSD 512, DXD 24 Bit, DXD 32 Bit

Channels

2ch Stereo, 5ch Surround, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround

Artists

J'Nai Bridges, National Symphony Orchestra Kennedy Center, Gianandrea Noseda, J’Nai Bridges, National Symphony Orchestra

Composers

Simon

Conductors

Gianandrea Noseda

Genres

Classical

Original Recording Format

DSD 256

Instruments

Orchestra

Release Date

August 23, 2024

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Rushton Paul

Carlos Simon, the current John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Composer-in-Residence, paints an orchestral canvas filled with color, percussion, and panache. This is music that engages, challenges, and tells stories.

My wife and I had the very great pleasure of hearing the fourth symphonic work on this album, "Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra," live at the Kennedy Center in January 2024. We were stunned by the impact of the music. And the performance by Noseda and the NSO was simply breathtaking from our second tier right seats, just above the orchestra. It is simply a "knock your socks off" work, with tremendous dynamics and vast amounts of percussion. I'd love to tell you that the recording made that night for this album will have the same impact as we heard it live, but no audio system reproduces the impact of a full orchestra playing for all they are worth. Still, the recording in 32-bit DXD and DSD256 is whoa jiminy good. The Soundmirror recording team of John Newton and Mark Donahue have done a great job capturing a good portion of what we heard live in the hall.

The other works on this album, all recorded live on various dates in 2022 and 2023 similarly have great character... All of these works are well worth seeking out. As NSO Music Director and conductor Gianandrea Noseda says, "This composer and his music must be heard, not only because he speaks to important issues but because his music is deeply evocative." And I agree.

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Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

Carlos Simon: Four Symphonic Works

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