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Track Listings
| 1. Adagio For Strings (Samuel Barber) |
| 2. Dooryard Bloom (Jennifer Higdon) |
| 3. Elegy (John Corgliano) |
| 4. On The Transmigration Of Souls (John Adams) |
| 5. Agnus Dei (Samuel Barber) |
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CD Description
This new recording by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by Robert Spano bears the title "Transmigration", and is a collection of hymns and requiems for those we wish to honour and remember.
The featured pieces are Samuel Barber's universal expressions of loss, "Adagio for Strings" and the vocal transcription "Agnus Dei", John Corigliano's "Elegy" to lost youth, Jennifer Higdon's setting of poetry about Abraham Lincoln, "Dooryard Bloom", and John Adams's reflection of personal grief for the victims of the World Trade Centre tragedy on September 11, 2001, "On the Transmigration of Souls". The ASO is joined on this piece by the Gwinnett Young singers and the soloist in "Dooryard Bloom" is the baritone Nmon Ford.
Robert Spano is recognised internationally as one of the brightest and most imaginative conductors of his generation. His achievements include a 2005 Grammy Award ("Best Choral Album") for Berlioz's Requiem and two 2003 Grammy Awards ("Best Classical Album" and "Best Choral Album") for Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quite simply, this why we purchased SACD players, 13 July 2010
By Thomas Martin "sonomatom" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Transmigration (Audio CD)
I don't think I've heard a much better recorded or performed CD in my many years of collecting. The taped voices heard "On the Transmigration of Souls" will give you pause, and bring back that awful day all over again. Spano and his Atlantic Symphony are stunning (giving my own SF Symphony with Tilson Thomas a real run for their money). Buy it for the Corigiliano, and the Adams pieces. A wonderful recording that I hope reaches many more listeners.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great innitative, poor execution, 23 Jun 2011
By Chris - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Transmigration (Audio CD)
I purchased this SACD for Adagio For Strings. I already have this track on regular cd (Emotiva Sampler CD)
This did sound interesting in multichannel. That said, the recording was noticably worse then the Emotiva Sampler version.
There was far more white noise on this version.
In the end the Emotiva version is the one I reference. While SACD is technically superior to CD, it really depends on a great mix.
Adagio For Strings on this SACD is poor at best, honestly most MP3s floating on the net will sound better.
Very disappointed, and I would not recommend.
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