Creation (Branford Marsalis album)

Creation
Studio album by Branford Marsalis / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Released March 2001
Recorded March 2000
Genre Classical music
Length 1:08:36
Label Sony Classical
Producer Thomas Mowrey
Branford Marsalis / Orpheus Chamber Orchestra chronology

Contemporary Jazz
(2000)		 Creation
(2001)		 Footsteps of Our Fathers
(2002)
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Allmusic [1]

Creation is a classical music album by Branford Marsalis with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Focused on 20th century French classical music, this second classical album from Marsalis, coming 15 years after his earlier Romances for Saxophone, was recorded March 9 – 11, 2000 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City.

Reception

The album reached number 2 on the Billboard Top Classical Albums chart.[1]

In his AllMusic review, Richard S. Ginell calls the album a "winner, sumptuously recorded and proof that good things can come from those who wait." He specifically calls out the rendition of Darius Milhaud's La Creation du Monde for praise, calling the performance "well-paced, very polished and urbane, yet sufficiently raucous -- if not ideally swinging -- in the jazzy stretches."[1] Tim Smith, writing for the Baltimore Sun, calls the performance "sometimes sexy" and "thoroughly winning."[2] In PopMatters, Ben Varkentine says the album is "a beautiful and rewarding work, perhaps nowhere more so than on Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche, a suite for Saxophone and Orchestra."[3] Hilarie Grey, writing in JazzTimes, says the recording contains "intimate, sacred moments to vivid cinematic vistas" and calls the artists "a powerful and absorbing combination."[4]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Gymnopedie" (Erik Satie) 2:24
2. "'The Little Shepherd' from Children's Corner" (Claude Debussy) 2:27
3. "Pavane pour une infante defunte" (Maurice Ravel) 6:28
4. "La création du monde, Op. 81" (Darius Milhaud) 17:24
5. "'Pie Jesu' from Requiem" (Gabriel Faure) 3:34
6. "Sorocaba (Sarabandes do Brasil No 1), Op 67" (Darius Milhaud) 1:34
Scaramouche, Suite for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 165c, Darius Milhaud
No. Title Length
7. "I. Vif"   3:14
8. "II. Modere"   5:31
9. "Brazileira"   2:35
No. Title Length
10. "Corcovado' (Saudades do Brasil No. 7), Op. 67" (Darius Milhaud) 2:01
11. "Sumare' (Saudades do Brasil No. 9), Op. 67" (Darius Milhaud) 1:54
Concertino da camera for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Jacques Ibert
No. Title Length
12. "I. Allegro con moto"   4:29
13. "II. Larghetto"   4:29
14. "III. Animato molto"   6:19
No. Title Length
15. "Laranjeiras' (Saudades do Brasil No. 11) Op. 67" (Darius Milhaud) 1:01
16. "'Golliwogg's Cake-Walk' from Children's Corner Suite" (Claude Debussy) 3:05

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ginell, Richard S. "Creation". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  2. ↑ Smith, Tim (2001-04-05). "Marsalis Creation". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  3. ↑ "Branford Marsalis/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Creation". PopMatters. 2001-03-01. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  4. ↑ Grey, Hilarie (May 2001). "Branford Marsalis and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra: Creation". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2014-12-09.

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