WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC COMMISSION - MICHAEL GORDON’S DYSTOPIA - TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2015
Live, Uncut Recording of the LA Phil Conducted by David Robertson at Walt Disney Concert Hall in January 2008 to be Released by Cantaloupe Music
Los Angeles, CA (February 17, 2015) – Michael Gordon's new album Dystopia will be released by Cantaloupe Music on February 24, 2015. The title piece, a city symphony for Los Angeles, was commissioned and performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The live, uncut LA Phil recording of this world premiere was conducted by David Robertson at Walt Disney Concert Hall in January 2008.
Dystopia is part of an ongoing collaboration between Michael Gordon and filmmaker Bill Morrison to "capture the aura of a city through music and imagery." On writing Dystopia, Gordon explains, "I explore the gray areas between harmony and dissonance, where pleasure meets pain. I thought about the sound of a phonograph record speeding up and slowing down - that point where you hear the beauty of the music but also its altered state."
Michael Gordon Dystopia
Tracklisting:
Dystopia 30:58
Los Angeles Philharmonic, David Robertson, conductor
Live, uncut recording of the world premiere; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Jan. 12, 2008
Rewriting Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony 21:45
Bamberger Symphoniker, Jonathan Nott, conductor
Live, uncut recording of the world premiere; Beethovenfest Bonn, Sept. 30, 2006
Part 1 5:48
Part 2 7:39
Part 3 4:21
Part 4 3:57
La Asociación Filarmónica de Los Ángeles, bajo el dinámico liderazgo del director musical Gustavo Dudamel, presenta una inspiradora variedad de música de todos los géneros —música orquestal, de cámara y barroca, recitales de órgano y de artistas famosos, música contemporánea, jazz, música del mundo y pop— en dos de los recintos emblemáticos de Los Ángeles: el Walt Disney Concert Hall (www.laphil.com) y el Hollywood Bowl (www.hollywoodbowl.com). La temporada de la LA Phil en el Walt Disney Concert Hall se extiende desde septiembre hasta mayo, y durante todo el verano en el Hollywood Bowl. Con la destacada Filarmónica de Los Ángeles como pilar fundamental de su oferta, la LA Phil tiene como objetivo enriquecer y transformar vidas a través de la música, con una sólida combinación de programas artísticos, educativos y comunitarios.
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Sophie Jefferies, 213 972 3422, sjefferies@laphil.org