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Assunto: Nonesuch Records (nova newsletter)
10-04-2014
 

 

NEW THIS WEEK

 



Emmylou Harris
Wrecking Ball [2CD+DVD]

This three-disc reissue of Emmylou Harris’s groundbreaking, Grammy Award–winning album Wrecking Ball, produced by Daniel Lanois, features the remastered original album, a bonus CD of previously unreleased material, and a DVD of the documentary Building the Wrecking Ball , which includes interviews and studio footage of Harris and Lanois as well as special guests Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Brian Blade, and others. The reissue earns five stars from Mojo and Uncut, which calls it "ambitious and audacious ... a masterpiece."

Catch Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois on the Wrecking Ball tour now. Click for tickets ...

 


Kronos Quartet
5-CD Box Set & New Album

Kronos Quartet and its artistic director/founding violinist David Harrington have long been known as interpreters of music from around the world, expanding the string quartet repertoire with works from across genres. Nonesuch celebrates the group's 40th anniversary year with two releases:

The Kronos Explorer Series five-CD box set comprises five classic albums from five different parts of the world—Pieces of Africa, Night Prayers, Caravan, Nuevo, and Floodplain—with new liner notes that include an in-depth interview of Harrington by renowned author Jonathan Cott.

A Thousand Thoughts is a look at the group's geographically wide-ranging sources, featuring music from 14 different countries, including China, India, Sweden, and Vietnam. The album includes the four cellists who have been in Kronos Quartet over the last 36 years. Ten of the album’s 15 pieces are previously unreleased.

 

Available to Pre-Order

 

John Adams
City Noir / Saxophone Concerto
Release date: May 6

John Adams's City Noir and the debut recording of his Saxophone Concerto are performed here by the St. Louis Symphony led by David Robertson, featuring saxophonist Timothy McAllister. City Noir , inspired by Los Angeles "noir" films of the 1940s and '50s, "is riveting," says the New York Times. Adams composed his Saxophone Concerto for McAllister, whom he calls "a fearless musician and risk taker," after McAllister's performance of the sax solo part in City Noir.

 

David Byrne + Fatboy Slim
Here Lies Love: Original Cast Recording
Release date: April 22

The Here Lies Love cast recording features music by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim as performed by the original 2013 Public Theater cast of the Obie Award-winning Here Lies Love musical, starring Ruthie Ann Miles and Jose Llana as Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos. The cast recording features seven new songs written specifically for the musical. CDs include an 80-page full color book with lyrics, an introduction by Public Theater director Oskar Eustis, and two essays by Byrne. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an instant download of the new track "Child of the Philippines."



Here Lies Love returns to the Public Theater April 14. Click for tickets. ...

 

Toumani & Sidiki Diabaté
Toumani & Sidiki
Release date: May 19

Toumani Diabaté, widely recognized as the greatest living kora player, and his eldest son Sidiki, release the recording Toumani & Sidiki on World Circuit May 19. The Guardian has called it "the finest Toumani collaboration since his classic work with Ali Farka Touré." The album is a set of unaccompanied kora duets, featuring both obscure, almost forgotten kora pieces and a new look at some Mandé classics from Mali. With this album, Toumani aims "to show the positive side of Mali," to reassert the legacy of a country with access to untold musical riches. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an instant download of the track "Rachid Ouiguini."

 

News from the Nonesuch Journal

 

Watch: Natalie Merchant's "Giving Up Everything" Video Premieres on NPR

Natalie Merchant's new self-titled album is due May 6. The video for the song "Giving Up Everything," directed by Dan Winters and featuring the first music to be heard from the album, has premiered on NPR . "Rarely is an artist as honest and revealing as Natalie Merchant in her new video and song, 'Giving Up Everything,'" says NPR Music's Bob Boilen. "Watch the video, let it settle in your bones, and watch again."

Watch the video ...

 

Nickel Creek's A Dotted Line Debuts at #7 on Billboard 200; Band Announces Summer Tour Dates

Nickel Creek's new album, A Dotted Line, debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200, the band's highest chart position to date It's been a busy week for the group, with appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, WNYC's Soundcheck, CBS This Morning Saturday, and A Prairie Home Companion . Nickel Creek, which begins its first US tour in seven years next week, has announced a new batch of tour dates for this summer; a limited pre-sale begins today.

Read more ...

 

Listen: Barbican Podcast Showcases Explorations: The Sound of Nonesuch Records

The Barbican's Contemporary Music Podcast offers a taste of what's to come in the Barbican's marathon weekend, Explorations: The Sound of Nonesuch Records, and wider Nonesuch celebration this May. The latest edition of the podcast is devoted to these events, featuring interviews with Nonesuch President Bob Hurwitz, Carolina Chocolate Drops' Rhiannon Giddens, and composer/pianist Timo Andres. "Musical visionaries and true pioneers have been recorded by the label in the last 50 years," says the Barbican, "and here we celebrate their legacy, their free spirit and what's still to come."

Listen to the podcast ...

 

 

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