Daugherty: Blue Electra / Meyers, Miller, Albany Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
April 11, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Michael Daugherty
    • CONDUCTOR
      David Alan Miller
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Albany Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Anne Akiko Meyers
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 11, 2025
    • UPC
      636943995525
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8559955
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Courage (1928)

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    2. II. Paris (1932)

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    3. III. From an Airplane (1921)

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    4. IV. Last Flight (1937)

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    5. Last Dance at the Surf

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    6. I. Moonrise

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elissa Johnston

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    7. II. One Small Step

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elissa Johnston

      Conductor: David Alan Miller

    8. III. Splashdown

      Composer: Michael Daugherty

      Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Elissa Johnston

      Conductor: David Alan Miller


This recording showcases three new evocative works by GRAMMY Award-winning American composer Michael Daugherty, exploring the triumphs and tragedies of flight. Blue Electra is a dramatic violin concerto inspired by the sensational life and mysterious disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in 1937. Last Dance at the Surf is a one-movement dance symphony for orchestra that reflects upon rock 'n roll legend Buddy Holly's final performance in 1959 at the Surf Ballroom in Iowa and his tragic death in a plane crash just hours after his show. To the New World for orchestra celebrates the triumphant Apollo 11 moon mission in 1969 and Neil Armstrong's historic moonwalk. Under the baton of GRAMMY Award-winning conductor David Alan Miller, the Albany Symphony is joined by GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who performs Blue Electra with electrifying musicality and emotion.