Mahler Symphony No. 3

Recorded live September 17–18 & 22, 2009

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Petra Lang, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Westminster Symphonic Choir
    Joe Miller, director
The American Boychoir
    Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, director

Mahler Symphony No. 3

I. Forcefully. Decisively.

II. Tempo Di Minuetto. Moderately.

III. Comodo. Scherzando. Unhurriedly.

IV. Very Slow. Misterioso. Pianississimo Throughout.

V. Joyous In Tempo and Jaunty In Expression.

VI. Slow. Calm. Deeply Felt.

"Mr. Gilbert certainly favors full-bodied, robust sound, which can build to daring decibel levels in climactic moments. But he cares intensely about inner textures and strives for clarity."

— Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, September 18, 2009

Passion & Pain: Haydn, Adams, Schubert & Berg

Recorded live January 14–16, 2010

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone

HAYDN : Symphony No. 49 in F minor, La passione, Hob. I:49

I. Adagio

II. Allegro di molto

III. Menuet - Trio

IV. Finale: Presto

John ADAMS: The Wound-Dresser

John ADAMS: The Wound-Dresser

SCHUBERT: Symphony in B minor, Unfinished

I. Allegro moderato

II. Andante con moto

BERG: Three Orchestral Pieces

I. Prelude: Slow

II. Round-dance. At the beginning somewhat lingering — Nimble and speedy

III. March: Moderate March Tempo

"Arguably an expression of greater anguish than anything else on the program, this early atonal work [Berg Three Orchestral Pieces] is so powerful that you couldn't help but be drawn in by Gilbert's deftly coordinated performance.... It made for a bracing close."

— George Loomis, MusicalAmerica.com, January 19, 2010

All-American New Year's Eve 2009

Recorded live December 31, 2009

Alan Gilbert, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone

COPLAND: Suite from Appalachian Spring

I. Appalachian Spring

COPLAND: Old American Songs (selections)

I. The Dodger

II. Simple Gifts

III. The Little Horses

IV. The Golden Willow Tree

V. The Boatmen’s Dance

PORTER: Selections from Cole Porter's Musicals

“Night and Day” (from Gay Divorce, arr. Robert Russell Bennett; 1932)

“Who Said Gay Paree?” (from Can-Can; 1953)

“Where Is the Life that Late I Led?” (from Kiss Me, Kate, arr. R. R. Bennett; 1948)

“In the Still of the Night” (from Rosalie, arr. R. R. Bennett; 1937)

“Begin the Beguine” (from Jubilee, arr. Philip Lang; 1935)

GERSHWIN: An American in Paris

GERSHWIN: An American in Paris

"The Gershwin could not have been more energetic or assertive, nor could its painterly, cosmopolitan vision have been presented more vividly."

— Allan Kozinn, The New York Times, January 1, 2010