Title: Saariaho: Adriana Mater Artist: Esa-Pekka Salonen Label: Deutsche Grammophon Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 028948666751 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2025-05-30 Number of Discs: 2
Esa-Pekka Salonen/San Francisco Symphony -"Saariaho: Adriana Mater" [2 CD] GRAMMY Award-winner for Best Opera Recording, the late Kaija Saariaho's much-admired second opera, Adriana Mater, was recorded at Davies Symphony Hall in June 2023, just days after it's composer's untimely passing. In it's review, the New York Times wrote, "Saariaho's delicately consoling music stares down the worst of the world and says: the only way forward is grace." Featuring Esa-Pekka Salonen, Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan, Christopher Purves, San Francisco Symphony & Chorus. 2 CD set.
