Thomas Adès, Molly Tuttle, Julia Bullock, Makaya McCraven, Rachael & Vilray, Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Thile & More
New Adès pre-order * Molly Tuttle covers Olivia Rodrigo * Julia Bullock in LA Times * Makaya McCraven on NPR * Rachael & Vilray on 'Radar' * Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Thile with Yo-Yo Ma * and more
Available to Pre-Order
Thomas Adès: Dante
Available April 21
Thomas Adès' Dante—a ballet score in three acts based on Dante Alighieri's La Divina Commedia—was recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel in concert at Disney Hall for this premiere recording. Dante was first performed at the Royal Opera House as part of Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project for the Royal Ballet, with the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and with designs by visual artist Tacita Dean. "In any new shortlist of great ballet scores by Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Bartók, Ravel, Prokofiev, Britten, and Bernstein, Dante must newly be included for its musical invention alone," exclaims the Los Angeles Times. "There is not a second in its 88 minutes that doesn't delight. All of it is unexpected and wanted." The collectable limited vinyl two-LP edition includes artwork by Dean and photography from the Royal Ballet’s performance.
News From the Nonesuch Journal
Listen: Molly Tuttle Covers Olivia Rodrigo for Spotify
Best New Artist Grammy Award nominee Molly Tuttle and her band Golden Highway have released their take on last year's Best New Artist winner Olivia Rodrigo's "good 4 u" and a new recording of "Dooley's Farm," a song from their debut album, Crooked Tree, a Best Bluegrass Album Grammy nominee and the winner of the International Folk Music Award for Album of the Year, for the Spotify Singles series.
Listen: Molly Tuttle on NPR’s All Things Considered
Molly Tuttle was on NPR's All Things Considered as part of its series on first-time Grammy Award nominees. She talks with host Ailsa Chang from the famed Station Inn in Nashville and performs the title track to her album Crooked Tree.
Julia Bullock in LA Times
"Her voice is a resonant soprano, with hints of Nina Simone, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and, in its intensity and presence, Maria Callas," the Los Angeles Times' Mark Swed wrote in the feature "How Julia Bullock Became an Essential Soprano for Our Times," ahead of her performance in John Adams' opera Girls of the Golden West with the LA Phil last weekend. Of her debut solo album, Walking in the Dark, he writes: "By the end of the recording, you just may feel the world ever so slightly differently, with your perception a little changed, your receptivity a little enhanced, your sense of wonder a little improved."
Listen: Makaya McCraven on NPR's World Cafe
Makaya McCraven was on NPR's World Cafe to talk with host Raina Douris about his new album, In These Times, and share two tracks from it—the title track and "The Calling"—performed live at his debut concert at Chicago's Symphony Center.
Listen: Rachael & Vilray on The Vinyl District's Radar
Rachael & Vilray are on The Vinyl District's Radar podcast to discuss their new album, I Love a Love Song!. "There is an intrinsic grandeur to the Great American Songbook that we can all appreciate," says host Evan Toth. "However, the Great American Songbook must always be accepting new entries and if we had to suggest some additions from our time, from this year; Rachael and Vilray should be at the top of our list."
Nonesuch Events for the Weekend
This Grammy Awards weekend—in which Nonesuch recordings are nominated for 15 awards—Best New Artist nominee Molly Tuttle performs at MusiCares’ Persons of the Year tribute and the Americanafest Pre-Grammy Salute to Lucinda Williams, and The Black Keys DJ in LA. Elsewhere, Sam Amidon is in Leeds. Julia Bullock is in Miami. Jeremy Denk performs in NYC. Gabriel Kahane joins SF Symphony. Makaya McCraven performs In These Times in Nashville. Brad Mehldau is in Tokyo. Mandy Patinkin is in Wilmington. Joshua Redman joins Ambrose Akinmusire at SFJAZZ. Caroline Shaw and So Percussion perform Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part in Philadelphia and NYC. Chris Thile shares Laysongs in Grand Rapids.
Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer to Perform in Yo-Yo Ma's "Our Common Nature" Concerts
Yo-Yo Ma has partnered with arts nonprofit Big Ears for the multi-faceted concert "Our Common Nature: An Appalachian Celebration," with musical guests Rhiannon Giddens, Chris Thile, and Edgar Meyer, on Friday, May 26, at World's Fair Park in Knoxville, TN. It's the culmination of a week-long series of cultural experiences and conversations to lift the many voices of Appalachia. In addition, Thile and Giddens will each perform a concert, on May 25 and May 27, respectively, at Knoxville's Bijou Theatre.
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán's Mambo Sinuendo at 20
It was 20 years ago this week: Ry Cooder and Manuel Galbán's Grammy-winning album Mambo Sinuendo was released. Cooder returned to Havana's Egrem Studio, site of the Buena Vista Social Club recordings, to cut these tracks with the legendary Los Zafiros guitarist, joined by drummers Jim Keltner and Joachim Cooder, conga player Miguel "Angá" Díaz, bass player Orlando "Cachaíto" López, singers Juliette and Carla Commagere, and others. They "create a time-warped neverland," said the New York Times, "where unhurried melodies hover above subtly swaying Cuban rhythms."