Credits:

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Master Chorale

Description:

A new recording of Thomas Adès' new ballet music "Dante" by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel is now available!Presented as part of the 700th anniversary of the death of Italy's greatest poet Dante Alighieri in 2021, this epic journey through the afterlife of Dante's epic poem " The Divine Comedy" and is realized through a pioneering artistic collaboration on the contemporary art scene. In the first-ever co-production between the Royal Ballet and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the groundbreaking choreography by the Royal Ballet's resident choreographer, Wayne McGregor, has been fused with composition by composer and conductor Thomas Adès, one of the most influential musicians of the 21st century In October 2019, Dudamel (conductor) and the Los Angeles Philharmonic will premiere the first part of "Inferno," and in October 2021, the Royal Household will present a production of the piece with award-winning visual artist Tashita Dean, known and acclaimed for her pioneering work in film and drama, lighting designer Dante's extraordinary vision was presented in three parts, with Tashita Dean, acclaimed visual artist known for her pioneering work in award-winning film and drama, lighting designer Lucy Carter, and Uzma Hameed for the adaptation.It's a mixture of pure Franz Liszt in different ways, like I'm playing a Liszt piece and I start a fantasy or an improvisational cadenza, and it gradually changes into something different. It's not a clear transition, but it's somewhat eerie, and I quite like it," Ades said. Recorded live at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on April 28-30, 2022, this performance is performed with overwhelming power and expressiveness by Gustavo Dudamel, who is one of the best exponents of Ades' work, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The recording was engineered and mastered by the highly acclaimed and Grammy Award-winning Alexander & Dmitry Lipei. Warner Music Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Dante~Inferno. I. Abandon Hope -
2.Dante~Inferno. II. The Selfish - stung by wasps
3.Dante~Inferno. III. The Ferryman
4.Dante~Inferno. IV. Pavan of the Souls in Limbo -
5.Dante~Inferno. V. Paolo and Francesca - the endless whirlwind
6.Dante~Inferno. VI. The Gluttons - in slime
7.Dante~Inferno. VII. The Suicides - the bleeding trees -
8.Dante~Inferno. VIII. The Deviants - on burning sand -
9.Dante~Inferno. IX. The Fortune - tellers - facing both ways
10.Dante~Inferno. X. The Popes' Adagio - heads first -
11.Dante~Inferno. XI. The Hypocrites - in coats of lead
12.Dante~Inferno. XII. The Thieves - devoured by reptiles
13.Dante~Inferno. XIII. Satan - in the lake of ice