Media
The first recording of John Adams’ 2017 opera, Girls of the Golden West, is his eighth music theater work to be released by Nonesuch. It tells the story of the California Gold Rush not through familiar time-worn myth, but in the words and deeds of real people. Longtime Adams collaborator Peter Sellars drew from original sources from the era—letters, journals, newspaper articles, and familiar song lyrics—to create the libretto. The composer leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in this recording made in Disney Hall, with the Los Angeles Master Chorale led by Grant Gershon and a cast featuring Davóne Tines, Julia Bullock, Paul Appleby, Hye Jung Lee, Elliot Madore, Daniela Mack, and Ryan McKinny.
Watch This VideoIn celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, the label has partnered with photographer Michael Wilson—who has exquisitely captured dozens of Nonesuch artists over the past quarter-century—to produce Michael Wilson / 25 Years: A Nonesuch Collection, an extremely limited quantity of 100 box sets containing newly created prints from his Nonesuch archive, due September 13. Designed by the Grammy-winning team at SMOG Design, each box will comprise twenty 12" x 12" prints, numbered and signed by the photographer. Artists featured are Allen Toussaint, Ambrose Akinmusire, Audra McDonald, Bill Frisell, The Black Keys, Brad Mehldau, David Byrne, Dr. John, Emmylou Harris, Frederic Rzewski, Jeremy Denk, Kronos Quartet, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Manuel Galbán and Ry Cooder, Philip Glass, Randy Newman, Rhiannon Giddens, Stephin Merritt and Lemony Snicket, Steve Reich, and Timo Andres, who wrote a note for the box.
As part of the year-long celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, Sam Amidon joins the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Amidon stops by and chooses music by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express; Astor Piazzolla; Kronos Quartet featuring Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, Natalie Merchant; Sam Gendel; Word of Mouth Chorus; and Bill Frisell.
Watch This VideoThe title track to Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's 2024 album, Rectangles and Circumstance. Video by Robert Edridge-Waks with photography by Daniel Kukla.
Watch This VideoThe title track to Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's 2024 album, Rectangles and Circumstance. Video by Robert Edridge-Waks with photography by Daniel Kukla.
Watch This VideoCécile McLorin Salvant shares a live performance video for “Fenestra,” from her 2023 album, Mélusine. For the performance, filmed at Clonick Hall at Oberlin College and Conservatory, Salvant is joined by Sullivan Fortner on piano and Weedie Braimah on djembe. The video is directed & edited by Jacob Strauss. Mélusine features a mix of five originals and interpretations of nine songs, dating as far back as the twelfth century, mostly sung in French along with Occitan, English, and Haitian Kreyòl, that tell the folk tale of Mélusine, a woman who turns into a half-snake each Saturday after a childhood curse by her mother. Additional live performance videos for Mélusine tracks “Dites moi que je suis belle,” “Le temps est assassin,” and “Dame Iseut” may be found here.
Watch This VideoThe Black Keys share a lyric video for “This Is Nowhere,” from their 2024 album, Ohio Players. The track is written by Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Beck.
Watch This VideoA scrolling piano score for “Après Fauré: Prelude” from Brad Mehldau's 2024 album, Après Fauré. On the album, Mehldau performs four nocturnes, from a thirty-seven-year span of Gabriel Fauré’s career, as well as a reduction of an excerpt from the Adagio movement of his Piano Quartet in G Minor. Here Mehldau’s four compositions that Fauré inspired are presented in a group, bookended by two sections featuring the French composer’s works. Video by Robert Edridge-Waks.
Watch This VideoAs part of the year-long celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, Tigran Hamasyan joins the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Hamasyan stops by and chooses music by Brad Mehldau Trio, Richard Goode, Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau, Kronos Quartet, and Fleet Foxes.
Watch This VideoThe music video for “DESTEJER,” the lead single from Bolivian-born singer and multi-medium performer Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti and renowned Chicago expat jazz drummer Frank Rosaly's MESTIZX, their debut full-length album as co-composers, arrangers and musicians. The video, directed by Espectador Domesticado, is filmed near Ferragutti’s hometown in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Watch This Video