Naxos
Daugherty: Blue Electra / Meyers, Miller, Albany Symphony
$13.99
Details
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Artist
- Anne Akiko Meyers
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Apr 11, 2025
- Catalog #
- 8559955
- UPC
- 636943995525
About
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.
Tracklist 8 tracks
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1 I. Courage (1928) 07:22
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Courage (1928)
- Duration
- 07:22
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Anne Akiko Meyers
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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2 II. Paris (1932) 03:30
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Paris (1932)
- Duration
- 03:30
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Anne Akiko Meyers
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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3 III. From an Airplane (1921) 05:36
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. From an Airplane (1921)
- Duration
- 05:36
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Anne Akiko Meyers
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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4 IV. Last Flight (1937) 09:53
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Last Flight (1937)
- Duration
- 09:53
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Anne Akiko Meyers
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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5 Last Dance at the Surf 16:07
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Last Dance at the Surf
- Duration
- 16:07
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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6 I. Moonrise 06:49
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Moonrise
- Duration
- 06:49
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Elissa Johnston
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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7 II. One Small Step 04:18
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. One Small Step
- Duration
- 04:18
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Elissa Johnston
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller
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8 III. Splashdown 08:01
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Splashdown
- Duration
- 08:01
- Composer
- Michael Daugherty
- Performer
- Elissa Johnston
- Ensemble
- Albany Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- David Alan Miller