Artist: Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Alexander Shelley
Album: New Worlds
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:11:06
Total Tracks: 11
Total Size: 1,12 GB

Tracklist:

Ana Sokolovic (b.1968)
01. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: I. À la claire fontaine
02. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: II. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…
03. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: III. Mie mama mata mata, Lazarice
04. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: IV. Tarantella del Gargano
05. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: V. Guter Mond
06. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: VI. Durme, durme
07. Golden slumbers kiss your eyes…: VII. Dodole, À la claire fontaine

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
08. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: I. Adagio – Allegro molto
09. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: II. Largo
10. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: III. Molto vivace
11. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”: IV. Allegro con fuoco

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Themes of migration and crossing borders are as hot topics today as they ever were. This recording explores two works written in the so-called “New World” by composers from the “Old World”.

Ana Sokolovic left war-torn Yugoslavia for a new home in Montréal, and her piece Golden slumbers kiss your eyes… looks back to European lullabies. It features Canadian-Korean counter-tenor David DQ Lee and several Ottawa choirs, and was commissioned by the NAC Orchestra in honour of its founding conductor, Mario Bernardi.

Antonín Dvořák wrote his famous symphony when he lived in North America, and there is still discussion about how much of the “New” and “Old” Worlds are to be found in it. It was taken to the moon, presumably because it contains some of the most recognizable and moving music ever written, and Neil Armstrong considered that the next “New World.”