Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live) Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta

• Irving Berlin (1888 . 1989):
• 1 How Deep Is the Ocean (Live) 04:00
• Rufus Wainwright (b. 1973):
• 2 Foolish Love (Live) 05:50
• Anna McGarrigle (b. 1944 , Philippe Tatartcheff:
• 3 Excursion à Venise (Live) 03:44
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764):
• 4 Tristes Apprêts (Live) 03:31
• Kate McGarrigle (1946 - 2010)
• 5 Go Leave (Live) 04:05
• Rufus Wainwright:
• 6 Gay Messiah (Live) 03:46
• Leonard Cohen (1934 - 2016):
• 7 Who by Fire (Live) 05:20
• Joni Mitchell (b. 1943):
• 8 All I Want (Live) 03:48
• Rufus Wainwright:
• 9 Argentina (Live) 02:45
• Lhasa de Sela (1972 - 2010):
• 10 I'm Going In (Live) 08:26
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869):
• 11 L'île Inconnue (Live) 03:50
• Rufus Wainwright:
• 12 Arachne (Live) 04:17
• Jacques Romain G. Brel (1929 - 1978):
• 13 Amsterdam (Live) 04:30
• Total Runtime 57:52

Info for Rufus Wainwright and Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live)

“Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live)” wurde im Januar 2017 aufgenommen, als Wainwright mit dem renommierten Streicherensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta durch die Niederlande tourte. Die zehn von Wainwright kuratierten Konzerte spiegeln die immense Bandbreite seiner musikalischen Einflüsse und Interessen wider: Sie reichen von Verdi-Arien über Stücke von Rameau und seinem geliebten Berlioz bis hin zu amerikanischen Standards, Klassikern von Leonard Cohen und Joni Mitchell, französischem Chanson, Liedern seiner Familie und eigenen Liedern, die er teilweise eigens für dieses Programm geschrieben hat. Das emotionale Zentrum des Albums ist eine epische Version des Stückes “I’m Going In” der verstorbenen kanadischen Singer-Songwriterin Lhasa de Sela. Ein Lied, das sie über ihren eigenen Krebstod im Alter von 37 Jahren schrieb.

Mit Wainwrights Stimme auf dem Höhepunkt ihrer substanziellen Kraft zeigt “Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live)” die erstaunliche künstlerische Nähe zwischen dem gefeierten Singer-Songwriter und der Amsterdam Sinfonietta – unter der Leitung von Candida Thompson – und macht diese bisher unveröffentlichten Live-Aufnahmen zu etwas Einzigartigem.

“These were some of the most challenging and most fulfilling shows I have done in my life”, sagt Wainwright. “Never have I sung so many songs from such different styles and worlds of music from French baroque to classical arias to contemporary music. I dont think this would have been possible without the Amsterdam Sinfonietta and Candida Thompson. I was caught, uplifted, secure, challenged in their beautiful string playing.”

“Rufus Wainwright & Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Live)” wurde in Los Angeles vom mehrfachen GRAMMY-Preisträger Ryan Freeland abgemischt und von Ruairi O’Flaherty gemastert und besteht aus Aufnahmen von fünf der insgesamt zehn Konzerte, die 2017 stattfanden. Alle Arrangements wurden speziell für die Amsterdam Sinfonietta geschaffen.

Rufus Wainwright, Gesang, Gitarre, Klavier
Amsterdam Sinfonietta

Rufus Wainwright
Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. The New York-born, Montreal-raised singer songwriter has released seven studio albums, three DVDs, and three live albums, including the fantastic Grammy nominated Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, which captured his celebrated Judy Garland tribute performance at the London Palladium in 2007, and the album Release The Stars which went Gold in Canada and the U.K.

Wainwright has received Juno Awards for Best Alternative Album in 1999 and 2002 for Rufus Wainwright and Poses, respectively, and nominations for his albums Want Two (2005) and Release the Stars (2008). He was nominated for Songwriter of the Year in 2008 for his Release the Stars album. He also composed the original music for choreographer Stephen Petronio’s work BLOOM which has toured across the country.

Musically Rufus has collaborated with artists including Elton John, David Byrne, Boy George, Joni Mitchell, Pet Shop Boys and producer Mark Ronson among others. His most recent collaboration is on the title track of Robbie Williams’ latest album, Swings Both Ways, which was co-written with renowned musician and producer Guy Chambers and sung as a duet between Rufus and Robbie.

In addition to being a celebrated contemporary pop singer, Rufus has made a name for himself in the classical world. His much acclaimed first opera, titled Prima Donna, premiered at the Manchester International Festival in July 2009. The opera was subsequently performed in London at Sadler’s Wells in April 2010, in Toronto at the Luminato Festival in June 2010 and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House in February 2012. Now fully established as a composer of operas, Rufus was commissioned by the Canadian Opera Company to write his second opera based on the story of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and Antinous. The new opera, Hadrian, premiered in Toronto on October 13, 2018.

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