Treemonisha > Studio Cast

Show Details

Show: Treemonisha (3)
Music: Scott Joplin (5)
Lyrics: Scott Joplin (5)

Recording Details

Date: 2011
Type: Audio / Studio Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Producer: Judith Sherman (10)
Engineer: Judith Sherman (10)
Liner Notes: Rick Benjamin (3), Chris Ware
Conductor: Rick Benjamin (3)
Orchestrations: Rick Benjamin (3)
Performer: Janinah Burnett — Lucy, Frederick Jackson (2) — Luddud, Anita Johnson — Treemonisha, Robert Mack (2) — Andy, Chauncey Packer (3) — Remus, Paragon Ragtime Orchestra (4), Todd Payne — Simon, Edward Pleasant — Zodzetrick, AnnMarie Sandy — Monisha, Phumzile Sojola (3) — Cephus, Darren Stokes — Parson Alltalk, Frank Ward Jr. — Ned
Notes: Recorded May 31 and June 1–2, 2011 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, using new "historically accurate" orchestrations by Rick Benjamin.
Shortcode: [r24533]

Releases

Format: CD
Label: New World Records 80720
Released: 2011-12-05
Country: US
Barcode: 093228072027
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Notes: 116-page companion book by Benjamin and Chris Ware which includes Joplin's complete libretto and stage directions for the opera.
# Tracks: 29
Lists: 27 collectors / 5 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl37600]

Disc 1
1. Overture
2. The Bag of Luck
3. The Corn-Huskers
4. We're Goin Around
5. The Wreath
6. The Sacred Tree
7. Surprised
8. Treemonisha's Bringing Up
9. Good Advice
10. Confusion
11. Superstition
12. Treemonisha in Peril
13. Frolic of the Bears
14. The Wasp-Nest
15. The Rescue
16. We Will Rest Awhile
17. Going Home
18. Aunt Dinah Has Blowed de Horn
Disc 2
1. Prelude to Act 3
2. I Want to See My Child
3. Treemonisha's Return
4. Wrong Is Never Right
5. Abuse
6. When Villains Ramble Far and Near
7. Conjurers Forgiven
8. We Will Trust You as Our Leader
9. A Real Slow Drag
10. Bowing Music: Themes from the Opera in One-Step Tempo
11. Scott Joplin's Treemonisha Preface read by his closest living relative