Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, Gunther Schuller - Scott Joplin: Treemonisha (2005)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 1 Overture
02. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 2 The bag of luck
03. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 3 The corn huskers
04. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 4 We're goin' around (A Ring Play)
05. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 5 The wreath
06. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 6 The sacred tree
07. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 7 Surprised
08. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 8 Treemonisha's bringing up
09. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 9 Good advice
10. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act one-No. 10 Confusion

CD2
01. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 11 Superstition
02. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 12 Treemonisha in Peril
03. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 13 Frolic of the bears
04. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 14 The wasp nest
05. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 15 The rescue
06. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 16 We will rest a while
07. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 17 Going home
08. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act two-No. 18 Aunt Dinah has blowed the horn
09. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 19 Prelude
10. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 20 I want to see my child
11. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 21 Treemonisha's return
12. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 22 Wrong is never right (A Lecture)
13. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 23 Abuse
14. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 24 When villains ramble far and near (A Lecture)
15. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 25 Conjurors forgiven
16. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 26 We will trust you as our leader
17. Joplin: Treemonisha / Act three-No. 27 A real slow drag


Scott Joplin's Treemonisha, a uniquely beautiful and inspiring score, is a buoyant blend of ragtime, vaudeville and grand opera, with lots of dancing, a big portion for the chorus and arias and ensembles of stunning beauty. Its inherently American tone was definitely created by a true entertainer. Now available in spectacular multi-channel sound, this Pentatone re-release of Deutsche Grammophon's 1975 recording of Gunther Schuller (the work's orchestrator) and the Houston Grand Opera's performance reveals an interpretation that probably comes closest to Joplin's original intention.

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